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Old 11-23-2007, 12:01 AM
 
Location: DFW Texas
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I ment metros of a bigger proportion such as SA-A becoming one since San Antonio already has a pop. of 2 mil and Austin has a pop. of 1.5 in their metros when they connect they would have a combined pop. of about 6 mil since they really still have some space that is still very empty.and all those metros above aren't real metros there micro metros since they have smaller pops. I think i'm not to familiar with there pops.
All those areas I listed are indeed METROpolitan areas NOT micro.

Waco MSA 226,189
Killeen/Temple 351,322
Midland/Odessa 251,842
Bryan/College Station 192,152
Beaumont/Port Arthur 383,443

Waco/Temple/Killeen arent a combined metro area Yet! If they were there would be roughly 600,000. Hardly anything micro there.
Micropolitan definition........ United States micropolitan area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 11-23-2007, 07:24 AM
 
Location: Texas
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I ment metros of a bigger proportion such as SA-A becoming one since San Antonio already has a pop. of 2 mil and Austin has a pop. of 1.5 in their metros when they connect they would have a combined pop. of about 6 mil since they really still have some space that is still very empty.and all those metros above aren't real metros there micro metros since they have smaller pops. I think i'm not to familiar with there pops.
Six million? More like 3.4-3.6 million.
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Old 11-24-2007, 05:19 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Driving the stretch from San Antonio to Austin, it is virtually all built up now. Sprawl from New Braunfels and San Marcos have inundated the stretch.

The stretch from Austin to Temple is starting to build up too.


The biggest void in creating a San Antonio-Dallas Megalopolis is the stretch from Waco to Dallas. Waxahachie is pretty much the only major "town" in between.
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Old 11-24-2007, 05:29 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Driving the stretch from San Antonio to Austin, it is virtually all built up now. Sprawl from New Braunfels and San Marcos have inundated the stretch.

The stretch from Austin to Temple is starting to build up too.


The biggest void in creating a San Antonio-Dallas Megalopolis is the stretch from Waco to Dallas. Waxahachie is pretty much the only major "town" in between.
No, there is still empty space in between. Most of the growth around Austin is heading north anyway. Waxahachie isn't in between either. Waxahachie and ithe areas around I-35E are not growing south, but instead north.
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Old 11-24-2007, 07:05 PM
 
Location: DFW Texas
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Hillsboro is'nt really growing at all either. And all of Waco's growth is taking place on the west and southwest side of town.
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Old 11-24-2007, 07:24 PM
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I see the DFW suburban areas reaching Oklahoma way before DFW and San Antonio become one continuous megalopolis. I don't believe any of us will see that type of megalopolis in our lifetime.

Great thread, JVTX72..this type of discussion was always popular in college when I was taking urban studies...which metros have the best chance of growing together, etc.
The ones that Guerilla mentioned earlier were always discussed.
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Old 11-24-2007, 08:34 PM
 
Location: Texas
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I see the DFW suburban areas reaching Oklahoma way before DFW and San Antonio become one continuous megalopolis. I don't believe any of us will see that type of megalopolis in our lifetime.

Great thread, JVTX72..this type of discussion was always popular in college when I was taking urban studies...which metros have the best chance of growing together, etc.
The ones that Guerilla mentioned earlier were always discussed.
Very true. I have heard Melissa (north of McKinney) is starting to grow. Population in 2000 was about 1,000 people. Now it is close to 4,000 people.
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Old 11-25-2007, 12:54 AM
 
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Six million? More like 3.4-3.6 million.
No cause if you add them up right now they will equal that pop. but since they haven't connected yet when they do connect they will have a pop. of about twice what it would be now which is about 3.5 mil so 3.5+3.5 is 7mil cause if you look at google maps you can fit anther SA in the middle. We do have alot of development in between but we aren't fully connected yet so do the math.
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Old 11-25-2007, 01:00 AM
 
Location: DFW Texas
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No cause if you add them up right now they will equal that pop. but since they haven't connected yet when they do connect they will have a pop. of about twice what it would be now which is about 3.5 mil so 3.5+3.5 is 7mil cause if you look at google maps you can fit anther SA in the middle. We do have alot of development in between but we aren't fully connected yet so do the math.
That is if they ever do connect.......Ever heard of a real estate bust. Ask anyone from Dallas or Houston, they know all too well. Its just a matter of time before the Austin and San Antonio areas suffer one.
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Old 11-25-2007, 09:32 AM
 
Location: Texas
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No cause if you add them up right now they will equal that pop. but since they haven't connected yet when they do connect they will have a pop. of about twice what it would be now which is about 3.5 mil so 3.5+3.5 is 7mil cause if you look at google maps you can fit anther SA in the middle. We do have alot of development in between but we aren't fully connected yet so do the math.
What year do you see them connecting? Neither Austin nor SA is suppose to be at 3.5 million until 2040+
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