Why Isn't Dallas Growing Like Fort Worth?? (2015, estimate)

[pamela07]

Fort Worth is growing at a much higher rate than Dallas and is expected to be bigger than Dallas by 2015. Why is that?? Dallas is the place to be, Fort Worth is an old, blue-collar cowtown.

[brajo58]

I am bumping this message as I would like to know the answer to that too.

[TXTwizter]

And where do you get the fact that Ft Worth will be bigger than Dallas by 2015? Dallas has around 1.25 million people. Ft Worth has 650,000. So in 8 years, 2015, Ft worth is going to DOUBLE its population? NOT HARDLY. Someone has obviouly mislead you terribly.

[lh_newbie]

Originally Posted by pamela07

Fort Worth is growing at a much higher rate than Dallas and is expected to be bigger than Dallas by 2015. Why is that?? Dallas is the place to be, Fort Worth is an old, blue-collar cowtown.

Very interesting - where did you get this info? I'd love to do some reading.

[Mardrew]

Where did you get your data? The estimate by NCTCOG (North Central Texas Council of Governments) the populations of FW and Dallas will be:
_______2005_____2010_______2015______2020_______20 25_____2030
FW___580,152___624,956____675,864___727,416____784 ,263 ___826,665
DAL 1,239,190__1,268,500__1,294,003__1,319,788__1,375, 983__1,404,847

(Welcome to NCTCOG.org) The growth rate for FW is higher but they are starting from a much smaller base so Dallas should be have larger population for a long time.

[nativeDallasite]

Originally Posted by pamela07

Fort Worth is growing at a much higher rate than Dallas and is expected to be bigger than Dallas by 2015. Why is that?? Dallas is the place to be, Fort Worth is an old, blue-collar cowtown.

Dallas can't get any bigger area-wise; for the population of Dallas to continue to rise, the population density has to increase in the city.

[brajo58]

Originally Posted by Mardrew

Where did you get your data? The estimate by NCTCOG (North Central Texas Council of Governments) the populations of FW and Dallas will be: : 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 : FW 580,152 624,956 675,864 727,416 784,263 826,665 : DAL 1,239,190 1,268,500 1,294,003 1,319,788 1,375,983 1,404,847 (Welcome to NCTCOG.org) The growth rate for FW is higher but they are starting from a much smaller base so Dallas should be have larger population for a long time.

A friend from there told me that. Also where in that site is that data??

[case44]

Originally Posted by pamela07

Fort Worth is growing at a much higher rate than Dallas and is expected to be bigger than Dallas by 2015. Why is that?? Dallas is the place to be, Fort Worth is an old, blue-collar cowtown.

Here's your answer. Dallas is landlocked. Fort Worth isn't.

[TXTwizter]

Well if it wasnt for Dallas, Ft.Worth wouldn't even have had the growth it has had.

[lpepping]

Originally Posted by brajo58

A friend from there told me that. Also where in that site is that data??

Your friend may have read that in a misleading article. I vaguely remember it being discussed on another msg board. Bottom line, it ain't gonna happen.