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The Austin-Killeen Temple Corridor is well on its way, Austin-San Marcos-New Braunfels-San Antonio is the one that has the most potential because of 35 and the toll road east of it. Bedroom Communites like Kyle-Buda-manchaca are experincing record growth.
Plus the travel between these two cities is amazing especially during the sports and entertaiment seasons (UT, Spurs, NCAA Final Four, SxSW, Texas Relays, ROT Rally, Fiesta. )
The rural gaps between DC-Baltimore and Philadelphia-NYC are a lot smaller than the gaps between Dallas and Houston.
I could see a megalopolis develop between DFW and Austin and SA long before one developing between Dallas and Houston. I'd even say that the parts of California between the Bay Area and LA-Santa Barbara have more population centers.
I don't think there is anything of much importance. Modesto-Fresno-Bakersfield [maybe a million people but 100 miles between each city]. Santa Barbara-Ventura are barely 250,000.
The point about distance between each city is well-taken. The outer city limits can be many miles from city hall.
I don't think there is anything of much importance. Modesto-Fresno-Bakersfield [maybe a million people but 100 miles between each city]. Santa Barbara-Ventura are barely 250,000.
The point about distance between each city is well-taken. The outer city limits can be many miles from city hall.
Yes, they're not the biggest cities, but they are larger than what you see along the Dallas-Houston I-45 Corridor.
Also, I was referring to the infamous part along I-5 between the Grapevine up to I-580. BFE.
101 has a few population centers past Santa Barbara, including SLO and the Monterrey area, and there are still more people in those areas than there are between DFW and Houston
Yes, they're not the biggest cities, but they are larger than what you see along the Dallas-Houston I-45 Corridor.
Also, I was referring to the infamous part along I-5 between the Grapevine up to I-580. BFE.
101 has a few population centers past Santa Barbara, including SLO and the Monterrey area, and there are still more people in those areas than there are between DFW and Houston
I didn't know that. Maybe that is why California has the largest population [even the more rural areas have fairly large cities].
I don't think there is anything of much importance. Modesto-Fresno-Bakersfield [maybe a million people but 100 miles between each city]. Santa Barbara-Ventura are barely 250,000.
The point about distance between each city is well-taken. The outer city limits can be many miles from city hall.
That is not true. There are about a million people in Fresno County alone. From Modesto down to Bakersfield lives a little over 3 million people. If you include San Joaquin County just north of Modesto, the population is about 4 million. SJ county will be added to the Bay Area csa in a matter of time.
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The area between DFW and Waco is sparse. The area between Waco and Austin is more developed. Every metro area chooses a direction to grow. DFW choose North. Austin and San Antonio also choose north, Houston choose west. Because DFW choose north, its not reaching down toward Waco.
For Austin, it's also south as well, San Marcos is pretty developed. The drive from SA to ATX, is very nice, there's only a stretch of 7 miles that isn't entirely developed.
I drive between the two nearly every weekend with friends, one unique drive, minus the cops, just so many of them on I-35.
Yeah you're right about Houston and Dallas. Houston has weak suburban influence on it's east end, and can't much on the south because it reaches the coastline, meaning they're restricted. Plus they've already developed that area.
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The cities are much further apart
Example
NYC to Philly 46 miles
Philly to Baltimore 60 miles
Baltimore to DC 30 miles
Plus the population concentration is not even close- So yes it very well could but probaly would need to triple the propulation to get there
You know, I agree with half of what you're saying but not the other half.
Agree- Yes, it's not there yet, and it'll be sometime until it reaches that point maybe even decades, but it's getting there.
Disagree- I know it's a lot larger in land area than the NE mega city corridors, but I can't stress this enough. Texas has vast amounts of land, it utilizes and takes advantage of the amount of land it has. NE, the land isn't comparable to Texas, because it's smaller and more dense, definitely more urban.
It's like comparing county sizes by land from the NE to the county sizes by land to the west coast. We have to go with the boundaries given.
Another thing I don't think people are taking into consideration is the MASSIVE amount of flights between the Triangle cities on a daily basis. In particular, the Dallas/Ft. Worth - Houston corridor is one the heaviest flown in North America. This incredible amount of flights shrinks distances between the cities to mere minutes, basically.
There is a big reason Southwest Airlines has traditionally been lukewarm at best to high speed rail proposals over the years...........
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Another thing I don't think people are taking into consideration is the MASSIVE amount of flights between the Triangle cities on a daily basis. In particular, the Dallas/Ft. Worth - Houston corridor is one the heaviest flown in North America. This incredible amount of flights shrinks distances between the cities to mere minutes, basically.
There is a big reason Southwest Airlines has traditionally been lukewarm at best to high speed rail proposals over the years...........
Ditto, in I fly between the cities during vacation, to go from college to home as fast as possible. Austin to Houston.
Dallas to Houston, 5-6 hours of driving becomes 35-45 minutes of fly time.
I understand where you're coming from on this but this is being nitpicky. I do agree that the BosWash megalopolis is the only region that can call itself that right now in America but even there is still a lot of rural land between the major cities. Especially Baltimore and Delaware. A good 50-60 miles of rural land at that (maybe shorter though).
That is not true. There are about a million people in Fresno County alone. From Modesto down to Bakersfield lives a little over 3 million people. If you include San Joaquin County just north of Modesto, the population is about 4 million. SJ county will be added to the Bay Area csa in a matter of time.
Thanks for the info [I used wikipedia for the 3 cities & didn't considered the counties]. Up in the delta the Sacramento-Stockton metro is basically folding into the Bay Area as one megalopolis.
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