Which large Texas city will come out strongest in the future (Houston: apartment, houses)

[bostoner]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

Can you elucidate us further?

Yeah, because I don't know about that... Neiman Marcus was started in Dallas in the early 1900's and Dallas is easily the fashion capital of Texas (uh-oh, hope mpope doesn't get me for saying that). I'm not aware of any fashion school in Houston at that time. Maybe you're confusing Neiman Marcus with some other Texas-based retailer, like Sanger Harris, Foley's, or Sakowitz, and have the details mixed up?

[Guerilla]

I probably am. I am just going off with what my sister told me today (said she saw it on TV).

[Guerilla]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

I see the pope left Dallas off..hmm what a surprise!

I would say:

1. Lakewood
2. East Dallas
3. North Oak Cliff
4. Downtown Dallas
5. Uptown/Turtle Creek/Oak Lawn

Last time I checked, Dallas was in the Metroplex.

[mpope409]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

I see the pope left Dallas off..hmm what a surprise!

I would say:

1. Lakewood
2. East Dallas
3. North Oak Cliff
4. Downtown Dallas
5. Uptown/Turtle Creek/Oak Lawn

Actually, Dallas is included in #2...or do you not know your own area?

1. Houston
2. Metroplex/North Texas
3. San Antonio
4. Austin
5. Centroplex

[mpope409]

Originally Posted by houstoner

Neiman Marcus was started in Dallas in the early 1900's and Dallas is easily the fashion capital of Texas (uh-oh, hope mpope doesn't get me for saying that).

Lol, I really can't argue with that...doesn't mean that won't change, though.

[imaterry78259]

San Antonio is the next Texas Super Super mega city, It would probably get there faster if Austin would combine their metros together like DFW. SA area is only about 30 miles from Austin suburbs. San Antonio will boom to over 2 mil city proper and 3in metro area within the next 10 years

[Guerilla]

Originally Posted by imaterry78259

San Antonio is the next Texas Super Super mega city, It would probably get there faster if Austin would combine their metros together like DFW. SA area is only about 30 miles from Austin suburbs. San Antonio will boom to over 2 mil city proper and 3in metro area within the next 10 years

HA! No it won't. SA actually grew by less than 300,000 since 2000 (actually, slower than Austin). The Census put it at 1.9 million at the beginning of this year. In ten years, SA may be at 2.5 million. Austin may be just 200,000 behind it. For city proper, it will be awhile before SA gets up to two million.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by imaterry78259

San Antonio is the next Texas Super Super mega city, It would probably get there faster if Austin would combine their metros together like DFW. SA area is only about 30 miles from Austin suburbs. San Antonio will boom to over 2 mil city proper and 3in metro area within the next 10 years

San Antonio will not be a mega city much less a super mega city for a while. And just because you merge with Austin does not mean it is like DFW. Dallas Ft. Worth is about 50 miles closer downtown to downtown than San Antonio and Austin. Personally, you should never hope that happens because all it is ugly sprawl between the two cities. Besides, Austin seems to want to grow North anyway.

[Spade]

Oh and this is my answer to this question
1.Houston/Dallas (these two cities will remain tied at number 1 because they each excel at different things than the other. The area surrounding Dallas including the states of Oklahoma to as far south as Waco to as far east as Shreveport and so on and so on. Houston will dominate to as far east as Lake Charles and west towards San Antonio and so on).
2.Austin
3. San Antonio
4. The Rest

There really is no point in naming other cities. Maybe El Paso, the Valley, and the South Plains but that's about it. Economically, it will be irrelevant compared to the top big cities in the state as of now.

[mpope409]

Originally Posted by Spade

1.Houston/Dallas (these two cities will remain tied at number 1...

Not forever.