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Old 09-22-2015, 10:51 PM
 
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Of course the comparison is not actually apples to apples, as it is not the "city" of Katy that is being compared to the city of Pittsburgh. But this is kind of interesting anyway.

From the Houston Chronicle:
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Katy surpasses Pittsburgh population

According to the analytics company Alteryx, the Katy area's population is 309,556 compared to the city of Pittsburgh's 308,237. A year ago, the EDC projected that the Katy area's population would surpass Pittsburgh, but the milestone came sooner than expected.

Council officials have been comparing the area to Pittsburgh ever since they hosted an economic leadership group from the Steel City years ago.
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Old 09-23-2015, 05:35 AM
 
Location: Texas
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There was a thread about this about a year ago, iirc. I agree with your assessment that it is not an apples to apples comparison, but one that rather looks solely at population. It reminds me of those statistics where something is compared to something else more identifiable so people can comprehend how large the scale is.
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Old 09-23-2015, 07:32 AM
 
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And some of the most heavily trafficked roads are still only 2 lane. Not good!
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Old 09-23-2015, 10:55 AM
 
Location: Upper Kirby, Houston, TX
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The city proper in Pittsburgh may be only 300k, but it's surrounded by 2 million people that help make up its metro area, whereas Katy is bordered by an open prairie on one side and a huge park on the other. All it takes is a look at their population densities to see that this comparison is extremely disingenuous, (5,540/sq mi vs 1,317.9/sq mi in Katy). As it is, if you only look at Katy proper by its old boundary lines, it only has roughly 15,000-20,000 people in it.
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Old 09-23-2015, 01:30 PM
 
Location: Houston
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What area is being measured? I know there tends to be some disagreement about where Katy and Cypress meet.
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Old 09-23-2015, 02:26 PM
 
Location: Houston
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What area is being measured? I know there tends to be some disagreement about where Katy and Cypress meet.
I believe the Katy EDC was using Katy ISD as the boundary.
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Old 09-23-2015, 11:11 PM
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Real comparo is what are market caps of cos. HQd in EnergyCorridor-DT corridor vs any in Pitt metro

And why does PA have a state income tax? And why does the silly dump of Pitt have a city income tax on top of that? The silly slum of Phila has a similar city income tax making it useless for anyone efficient

Such basic questions often reveal why no one young and productive, nor any profitable, well-run co. chooses to be based in nearly any Eastern US region (or Atlanta or NC or Phx or Denver, etc etc....all places w/absurd state inc taxes despite poor roads/schools, etc etc)

FL has 0% income tax but given dismal schools, etc and lack of any real industries anyone young/productive would rather be TX-based vs FL

Seatt is TX's only real rival given WA's 0% state inc tax....but it's a two co. town w/no ability to create valuable new tech cos. post AMZN of 20yr ago or MSFT of 30+y ago.....kinda a bigger version of Austin....
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Old 09-24-2015, 11:04 AM
 
Location: Westbury
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Actually pittsburgh is a fairly hip place to live attracting a lot of younger people. Its often cited as one of the next places to pull small business and tech start ups from silicon valley and austin. It is much more urban and city oriented than austin is. But hell it gets cold. Cost of living there isn't bad. Id argue better than texas cities (actual living in the hub of the city)
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Old 09-24-2015, 01:09 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Well, according to my ID, I live in Katy. But it took me few months to realize that this is not Katy. Got a reply from Katy mayor's office that this territory is not under their jurisdiction and they don't care about what's going on there.

Also there is a supermarket very close to me, and its official address says Cypress TX. But it is still not real Cypress though (Cypress people do not consider this area as Cypress).

There are houses few miles east from me, and on paper they belong to Houston. But again, it is not real Houston.
This area brings a lot of confusion. Not Katy, not Houston, not Cypress
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Old 09-24-2015, 05:40 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Well, according to my ID, I live in Katy. But it took me few months to realize that this is not Katy. Got a reply from Katy mayor's office that this territory is not under their jurisdiction and they don't care about what's going on there.

Also there is a supermarket very close to me, and its official address says Cypress TX. But it is still not real Cypress though (Cypress people do not consider this area as Cypress).

There are houses few miles east from me, and on paper they belong to Houston. But again, it is not real Houston.
This area brings a lot of confusion. Not Katy, not Houston, not Cypress
Cypress/Tomball/Spring boundaries get a bit messy too.
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