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Old 08-27-2008, 05:51 AM
 
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Why do other Texas cities think so lowly of San Antonio. Especially, the largest cities in Texas, except for Houston. SA is not Rodney Dangerfield of Texas or its red hair step child. If they really discovered SA again they will find out that this old historical city is now the third fastest growing city in America.
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Old 08-27-2008, 07:34 AM
 
Location: Hutto, Tx
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I wonder if that's only a phenomenon on the CD Forums. I personally love San Antonio, and actually find it a very nice city.
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Old 08-27-2008, 09:48 AM
 
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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i've always loved san antonio ..... went there for my first honeymoon in 1984....
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Old 08-27-2008, 11:02 AM
 
Location: from houstoner to bostoner to new yorker to new jerseyite ;)
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I notice it only on these forums, too. Isn't San Antonio the most visited city in Texas by Texans? I guess some people think it's nice, but they wouldn't want to live there? I dunno... let's break it down...

Dallas thinks Dallas is the greatest city in Texas, thinks Austin is almost as grand, but on a different scale, and hates Houston and San Antonio for being what it perceives as largely blue-collar and majority minority.

Austin thinks Austin is the best city in Texas, but hates Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio for being bland, uninteresting, boring, old-fogeyish, and --in the case of the last two-- blue-collar and majority-minority.

Houston knows it's not the best city in Texas, but is comfortable with itself for the most part, hates Dallas, likes Austin, and commiserates with San Antonio for being overlooked and underrated.

San Antonio is comfortable being one of the oldest and largest cities in Texas with the most unique, homegrown culture, and doesn't feel the need to shout it from the rooftops constantly like other Texas cities just coming into their own.

Does that about cover it?
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Old 08-27-2008, 11:13 AM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Austin isn't all that. If it weren't for UT, Austin would just be "another one of those" state capital cities.

Oh...& for those who didn't know, Houston was actually the capital of Texas at one point in history. Can Dallas claim that? Nope!
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Old 08-27-2008, 11:18 AM
 
Location: The land of sugar... previously Houston and Austin
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Austin isn't all that. If it weren't for UT, Austin would just be "another one of those" state capital cities.

Oh...& for those who didn't know, Houston was actually the capital of Texas at one point in history.
Yes.

IMO - Austin is overrated, Dallas is overrated... Houston is highly underrated, San Antonio is probably a little underrated... and I don't know much about Fort Worth.
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Old 08-27-2008, 11:23 AM
 
Location: Clear Lake, Houston TX
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Why do other Texas cities think so lowly of San Antonio. Especially, the largest cities in Texas, except for Houston. SA is not Rodney Dangerfield of Texas or its red hair step child. If they really discovered SA again they will find out that this old historical city is now the third fastest growing city in America.

SA proper is the 2nd largest in TX but outside of SA proper there is much of nothing. It's a big city that still feels like a small town in many ways.
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Old 08-27-2008, 11:24 AM
 
Location: Hutto, Tx
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I agree with that assessment
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Old 08-27-2008, 11:31 AM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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SA proper is the 2nd largest in TX. It's a big city that still feels like a small town in many ways.
Same could be said for Houston, albeit on a much grander scale.
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Old 08-27-2008, 11:34 AM
 
Location: Clear Lake, Houston TX
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Same could be said for Houston, albeit on a much grander scale.
What, big city that feels like a small town? I'll give you that one. Everything randomly scattered due to lack of zoning reminds me of small towns all jammed together.

Otherwise more people in the metro live outside the city limits of Houston. Roughly 3.5M outside vs. 2.1M inside.
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