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DFW. You would have thought Kansas City would have been DFW, but Dallas had some very smart business leaders earlier on. Fort Worth kind of went along for the ride. There really isnt a reason for DFW to be as big as it is closing in on 8M people but it cemented itself due to great business decisions and marketing.
Can't believe only one other person mentioned Austin. It definitely benefits from being in Texas, but to have a cultural profile that currently outshines the three larger metros in the state is something no other city in America does.
Is Boston considered an independent city? Suffolk County exists on paper only, correct?
County government in Massachusetts is extremely weak. All Massachusetts cities and towns are autonomous. Counties have no taxation. The state organizes some things along County lines like the court system but the money is coming from the state.
Can't believe only one other person mentioned Austin. It definitely benefits from being in Texas, but to have a cultural profile that currently outshines the three larger metros in the state is something no other city in America does.
Because even though Austin might be more popular (I wouldn't say it's profile is larger overall though), it is appropriate for it's size given it's the capital of the second largest state in the US, has the state's largest university + all the government jobs, as several military installations in nearby cities, and is in a scenic area of the country, so Austin's growth isn't surprising.
Because even though Austin might be more popular (I wouldn't say it's profile is larger overall though), it is appropriate for it's size given it's the capital of the second largest state in the US, has the state's largest university + all the government jobs, as several military installations in nearby cities, and is in a scenic area of the country, so Austin's growth isn't surprising.
Ok but all of that has been true for ages, yet it's only over the past few decades that Austin's popularity has started to almost eclipse the rest of the triangle -- and none of those things would be directly responsible for it having the "cool" reputation with the best downtown and nightlife, since the other cities in the state could have accomplished some form of that if they cared to.
It's growing at the highest rate and many people still swear they would never live anywhere else in Texas. Whatever the reasons, I think it qualifies as an overachiever being only the 4th largest in the state.
And honestly I don't consider Austin to be that scenic when you consider every US city. I think they take better care of what they have than the rest of the state does.
Before I visited Boston, I didn't get the hype, but Boston was a vibe. I have it as my favorite Northeastern city at this point. Top 3 favorite overall.
Because even though Austin might be more popular (I wouldn't say it's profile is larger overall though), it is appropriate for it's size given it's the capital of the second largest state in the US, has the state's largest university + all the government jobs, as several military installations in nearby cities, and is in a scenic area of the country, so Austin's growth isn't surprising.
But none of those things by themselves are why Austin is experiencing breakneck growth. The city's leaders made a deliberate decision decades ago to harness UT's advantages to carve out a tech-centric economic niche that would differentiate it from the state's other major cities, and it was long a place that prided itself on its "weirdness" or counter culture. It was that marriage of economic success and cultural uniqueness that made it what it has become today.
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