What cities in Texas would you consider to be a major cities? (Houston: houses, living)

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by j96g

Answer me this? Just look at what city-data did for Texas forum. IMHO, I feel Fort Worth should have been paired up with Dallas, because really how far apart are they in miles? And put Rio Grande Valley as a separate forum. But they divied it up as Austin, Corpus, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio. Why? I think they saw them as major cities.

Cities are picked due to how much they are discussed on this board, and going by your logic. Cities like Boulder, CO and Ocala, FL are all major cities which are both smaller than many cities in TX.

[j96g]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

Cities are picked due to how much they are discussed on this board, and going by your logic. Cities like Boulder, CO and Ocala, FL are all major cities which are both smaller than many cities in TX.

True, but Denver is considered the major city of Colorado and it's population wouldn't even rank it in the top 3 to Texas, but seeing what it does for that state, it's major. I'm just saying it all depends on the state and all.

[theSUBlime]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

Nope, the majority of the cities in TX over 100k (excluding suburbs) each offer something different and unique feel. To say that only the top 5 are the only major cities is wrong. Tx offers more than just those cities.

Ranging from Killeen, to Lubbock, to Waco.

To exclude cities like Galveston, South Padre, El Paso,. for being considered Major cities is just insane.

In California, cities like SF, SD and LA aren't the only cities considered to be major cities, it goes much more beyond that,

No offense to the residents, but the only people that talk about those cities are people on this forum. To include those cities is insane! Most people in the US don't even know where those cities ARE. If you have noticed, population is not the only criteria for a major city. IMO Texas has about 4 major cities: 2 are solid and the other 2 are iffy. I think you need to try living in some new cities. Get a clue!

[TXTwizter]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

Nope, the majority of the cities in TX over 100k (excluding suburbs) each offer something different and unique feel. To say that only the top 5 are the only major cities is wrong. Tx offers more than just those cities.

Just because a city offers something different than another one does not make it major. Please define what you think makes a city major?

Originally Posted by jluke65780

To exclude cities like Galveston, South Padre, El Paso,. for being considered Major cities is just insane.

Galveston and El Paso, maybe could be considered borderline major, but how do you figure South Padre (with a population of 2,422) remotely major. Just because it is a major tourist trap DOES NOT make it a major city. With that reasoning I guess Salado is also a major city!

Again, please define what you think makes a city major!

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

It dosen't matter because we all have a different opinion of what a major city is (even though I'm right ).

Major cities in Texas go beyond the top 5, and anyone outside of TX will tell you that. No one says the only major cities in TX are Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, and Fort Worth. They are the most important, but not the only major ones.

Waco is not a major city. It's a medium-sized city in Texas. Just because it's above 100K does not make it major. Cities over 100K aren't major cities anyway. You're going by one news story where they called Waco a "major city".

[Spade]

Originally Posted by KerrTown

So what are counties made up of?

Dallas, Rockwall, Collin, Ellis, Kaufman, Hunt, and Delta.

Out of those counties, only Dallas and Collin county are heavily populated.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by mayhem154

Dallas and Houston are the major cities. Not only are they major cities, they are considered Global Cities, along with only a handful of others in the United States.

Originally Posted by crbcrbrgv

There are two major cities in Texas. They are Dallas and Houston. The rest are minor cities.

Originally Posted by Angel713

National wise? Houston and Dallas. Regional wise? Add in San Antonio and Austin.

I agree with these assessments.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by Westerner92

Don't forget the largest hospital district between Dallas and Phoenix.

Houston has the largest medical district.

Texas Medical Center - Welcome to Houston, Home of the World's Largest Medical Center

[Westerner92]

Originally Posted by AK123

Houston has the largest medical district.

Texas Medical Center - Welcome to Houston, Home of the World's Largest Medical Center

I was talking about Lubbock's healthcare industry in that post. Even though Lubbock is half the size of El Paso, Albuquerque, and Tucson, we have a bigger hospital district. By some accounts, our hospitals are more advanced than those in Phoenix.

[portyhead24]

Originally Posted by Angel713

Waco is not a major city. It's a medium-sized city in Texas. Just because it's above 100K does not make it major. Cities over 100K aren't major cities anyway. You're going by one news story where they called Waco a "major city".

I couldn't agree more. It's hard for me to take it seriously when people believe a "city" of 100,000 is big and major. Population isn't the sole determining factor, but it is definitely one factor at the very least. I'd rep you again but apparently I have to spread the love to some others before I can rep you again.