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Old 07-08-2010, 12:35 PM
 
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Austin also has a much stronger downtown than Fort Worth. Both are vibrant, but Austin more so.
Thats so subjective and holds no weight...
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Old 07-08-2010, 01:58 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Thats so subjective and holds no weight...
All you have to is look up "Austin downtown" and "Ft. Worth downtown" info on Google and Austin's increased business/ social activity and healthier economic outlook is clear in comparison.

Austin downtown
Downtown Austin | Downtown: As Austin As It Gets

Ft. Worth downtown
Downtown Fort Worth
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Old 07-08-2010, 08:21 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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This thread has been resurrected! I forgot I even made this like two years ago... Lol. I still believe Austin will reach the 1,000,000 mark before Ft. Worth due to the national attention Austin has been getting.
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Old 07-09-2010, 07:17 AM
 
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No, Texas is number 1 in pop growth since many years, it was the same thing with a very good economy (2005/2006).And some hot spots of the last decade (Florida, Nevada..) will wait some years to recover totally because they are hard hit.
Renaud, have you accounted for all the people that are going to leave as soon as the economy gets better? A lot of people hate living here and will leave at the drop of a hat. Austin isn't like California, Houston is too dirty, etc. etc. I love it, and many of us do. The only place I could see reaching one million is Fort Worth. That would have more to do with the Dallas metro area moving there as opposed to others, in my opinion.
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Old 07-09-2010, 08:00 AM
 
Location: Tower of Heaven
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Renaud, have you accounted for all the people that are going to leave as soon as the economy gets better? A lot of people hate living here and will leave at the drop of a hat. Austin isn't like California, Houston is too dirty, etc. etc. I love it, and many of us do. The only place I could see reaching one million is Fort Worth. That would have more to do with the Dallas metro area moving there as opposed to others, in my opinion.
They came BEFORE the recession, a recovery in the other states won't change anything.I know you would like that, but that won't happen.
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Old 07-09-2010, 03:09 PM
 
Location: The Mid-Cities
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Fort Worth. As if having lots of undeveloped land wasn't enough, it has lots of land to the north, south, and west it can annex.
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Old 07-10-2010, 05:09 PM
 
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They came BEFORE the recession, a recovery in the other states won't change anything.I know you would like that, but that won't happen.
They came before the recession started here. And why exactly would I like that? I am merely stating that in my opinion I don't see Austin or Fort Worth proper reaching a million due to, in part, people leaving Texas for their former homes once the economy turns around.
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Old 07-10-2010, 05:26 PM
 
Location: Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
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They came before the recession started here. And why exactly would I like that? I am merely stating that in my opinion I don't see Austin or Fort Worth proper reaching a million due to, in part, people leaving Texas for their former homes once the economy turns around.
Are you Texan?
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Old 07-10-2010, 05:29 PM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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They came before the recession started here. And why exactly would I like that? I am merely stating that in my opinion I don't see Austin or Fort Worth proper reaching a million due to, in part, people leaving Texas for their former homes once the economy turns around.
They came before the recession started anywhere... The recession just slightly increased the numbers. Texas has always been pretty big in domestic AND international migration numbers. Doubt it will change when the economy gets better. In fact, it should only increase.
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Old 07-10-2010, 06:32 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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They came before the recession started here. And why exactly would I like that? I am merely stating that in my opinion I don't see Austin or Fort Worth proper reaching a million due to, in part, people leaving Texas for their former homes once the economy turns around.
Taking what you say into deep consideration, net internal migration was only one factor to the explosive population growth. Immigration was the other.

The thing is, the economy will not be recovering in some of the places those people are coming from in the next few immediate years. Some of those states have doomed themselves with their high costs, tax system, and regulations...they have to get enough jobs for the people already there to fight off the high unemployment, then and only then can they focus on attracting newcomers to their state.

Austin & Fort Worth are both going to reach 1 million in the next decade and a half at the longest. It's inevitable really.
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