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Originally Posted by Runner
Yet we take a back seat to Austin. They just opened up 10 new gates while we debate whether to allow chick-fil-A in the airport. What is wrong with our leadership?
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I think you've confused bad leadership with the underlying market economics that drives demand for air travel. Austin is just a more attractive market for airlines because it's a lot wealthier, and has been forever. It's really that simple. If the City announced the 1,000 gate airport in New Braunfels of Brad Parscale's et al's dreams, we'd still be a a middle sized market with a high poverty rate, with an economy based on a tourism industry that largely caters to people within driving distance of the city. That's not the recipe for Texas' next super hub airport.