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Silly is thinking the impact of Dell is limited to the 16,000 they employ.
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Even with all the spin-off economic development, Dell-related jobs make up a fraction of the jobs in Austin. I suppose it's what your definition of "much of" is...
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In addition, I said I think Hays County may have been larger at one time. If I wanted to say with certainly, I would have looked it up as you did.
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But before Dell came along, I think It was the other way around.
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In recent history Williamson has been a larger county. I was just clearing that up.
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Lastly, I never implied growth stopped, only that it slowed.
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During the 80's, South Austin along IH35 was a high growth area, but after Dell that stopped.
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South Austin continued to experience rapid growth "after Dell". North Austin and the northern suburbs are more populous, but they always have been.
Austin's founding on the north bank of the Colorado, and inability to tame the river resulted in little development on the south side until the 1940s. That's when the LCRA built the dams that prevented catastrophic floods from washing out the bridge crossings.