Interesting Population Map

[Dynamoo]

Originally Posted by cBach

I've been around Las Vegas and it doesn't feel bigger than Austin at all. Granted I've been to the remote parts of the city doing work. Except for the Strip there ain't much. Even on the Strip there aren't all the tall skyscrapers Austin is building.

The buildings in Vegas are way bigger and taller than those in Austin.

Size comparison.

Austin

Vegas

[cBach]

Originally Posted by Dynamoo

The buildings in Vegas are way bigger and taller than those in Austin.

Size comparison.

Austin

Vegas

Tallest in Austin (56) The Austonian is taller than the tallest in Vegas (53) Palazzo if you discount the Stratosphere which really isn't a building.

[isaywhateveryo]

Originally Posted by SAguy

Based on the US census.

Population estimates, July 1, 2017,
San Antonio- 1,511,946
Austin- 950,715
Las Vegas- 641,676

https://www.census.gov

This is population within the city limits.

City proper populations aren't particularly useful. Atlanta and Miami are examples that break the model on one side (i.e., the cities are huge world cities that derive most of their population from metro areas), whereas San Antonio and Jacksonville are examples of breaking the population model in the other direction (i.e., most of the population is within its giant city boundaries).

[ashbeeigh]

[quote=isaywhateveryo;54673125 San Antonio and Jacksonville are examples of breaking the population model in the other direction (i.e., most of the population is within its giant city boundaries).[/QUOTE]


They're scooping areas up with their ETJ. If you look at older city maps much of "San Antonio proper" was not San Antonio proper thirty years ago. It's a contencious situation and there's more then one thread about it in the SA forum.