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Originally Posted by JRG1974
I agree. Austin gets all the love when it comes to talk on growth. Thing is that San Antonio is having growth that would be the envy of most cities in this country.
If you look at this link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...tistical_areas
You can see that we are the 24th largest metro area in the country. By 2030, we should overtake Baltimore and St Louis, and we would be really close to overtaking Charlotte. That would make us the 21st market in the country, with little chance of other areas catching up. Taking the rate that Austin is closing the gap, they would not catch up until the year 2054. After 2050, it will be Austin and SA at 21 and 22 in metro size. Of course, no one has a crystal ball of the future, and things can always change. Especially since SA has actually decreased the rate that Austin is catching up when comparing the 1st decade to this second. It may end up taking Austin beyond 2060 to catch up. |
Not so fast (or should I say it would be a wiser bet that you would be wrong). If one takes the growth of both cities between the 2010 census and the July 1, 2017 estimate (according to the Census Bureau), and extrapolate that same growth out from July 2, 2017 to July 1, 2050, Austin's metro will have over 1 million more people than SA's (~6.197 million to ~5.065 million respectively).
Of course, nobody can see the future.
Oh - never quote Wiki. Heck, anyone can go in there and change the numbers.