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Originally Posted by Scottolini
Okay.
I am willing to admit that a company employing 16,000 people has a big impact, and had a huge impact on Round Rock. What we are in disagreement is your claim that "much of" Austin's growth is directly tied to Dell. Greater Austin's added over 600,000 people since 1995. I don't think Dell was the reason for "much of" that growth. Some? Of course. Tens of thousands even. But tens of thousands is not "much of" 600,000+ in my opinion.
Well luckily for me I have http://recenter.tamu.edu/ bookmarked on my computer, so it's not time-consuming or difficult to get detailed population data. I already posted the Hays County data that disputes you claim, or "opinion", that it "was a high-growth area, but after Dell that stopped".
I'll let you have the last word if you want it, though. I've said all I have to say on this subject.
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My last word is this:
1. I never said Hays County was a high growth area, only that I
think
it may have been larger than Williamson County.
2. I did say South Austin was a high growth area and that the level of
growth slowed during the 80s. The census data you provided does
not even address this.
3. The census and TAMU data only provides information on growth,
by rate and real number, within a tract or recognized area. They
do not determine/provide information on how a tract performs
relative to other tracts, be they adjoining or across town.
Companies/universities conduct paid studies to determine this and
typically do not make the information available on free
websites.
4. You are much more interested in defending Austin and/or being right
than even trying to understand the post of others. When I am on the
Austin page there are many times I want to dispute the opinion of
Austin forumers, but I don't. What's bad is you probably do not have a
clue, why that is.