Until somewhere between 1920 and 1930, San Antonio was the biggest city in Texas, and one could argue, the most important. Of course Spindletop discovery was around 10-15 years history at this time, and the ship channel was fairly new, so Houston quickly passed us in population and importance.
Meanwhile, Dallas was becoming becoming a boom town in it's own right, thanks to cotton, oil, and nearby Fort Worth being a booming cattle center.
The point of this little History lesson is to show that San Antonio likely would have ranked higher up the list wwmiv provided in 1920 than we do today. We have generations of small thinkers to thank for that.
Houston made itself a major port destination, and Dallas used it's many avenues of access to make itself an banking center as well as cotton and oil.
Meanwhile, San Antonio was twiddling it's thumbs, relying on the Military, and eventually tourism, to lead us to prosperity. Government provides prosperity to nobody but it's own bureaucrats, and tourism, only for a select few in position to take advantage.
Eventually, with the Riverwalk, and Hemisfair, San Antonio began taking it's head out of the sand, and we saw an uptick in development, but not necessarily economic diversity. The top two simply switched places.
Now, we are seeing some real changes, with Frost Tower, Gray Street, and Weston Urban, the transformation of the Pearl, the growth of the Schertz area, and our renewed focus on Broadway. These are good things.
There are a few on this site that see any mention of San Antonio's shortcomings as instigation or baiting. That is a fascist technique to shut down conversation. If they think they have greater affection for San Antonio than the rest of us, they are most certainly wrong.
San Antonio has always been an inspirational place, what with the Alamo and it's story. It is the Cradle of Texas Liberty. It has had times of incredible forward movement, but has had idle times, as well as some backsliding. This isn't instigating, or baiting, it's just the way it is.
Salud!!!