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Originally Posted by ILUVSAT
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.
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I was quoting the table in wiki that is based on the table from the census bureau. This is not really an opinion piece that someone entered.Here is where the numbers came from (US Census Bureau Factfinder Site).
https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/...xhtml?src=bkmk
Hope this helps clarify things.
It shows that Austin is catching San Antonio by about 10k people a year. The same numbers were showing 12k from 2000 to 2010. My point is that San Antonio is growing rapidly as well, but people only seem to see Austin as growing. The metro areas are 360k apart. Not sure about how you extrapolated you data, but I would see it taking 30+ years for Austin just to break even. Again this is about San Antonio having explosive growth as well. San Antonio may even shrink the rate that Austin is catching up by even more.
Can you send me the sites you were getting you information from?
Even taking your higher numbers into account, maybe we are 19 -20 instead of 20-21 (surpassing Detroit). In the end, my main point was that both cities will be about the same size and will mostlikey split teams. The area will be large enough to support a full compliment of pro sports. I can't wait to see how it all plays out.
As far as my numbers being wrong, I would agree. Mainly because there are no numbers that can predict the future. I would say that you are wrong as well based on how I calculated my numbers, only time will say who is right. Either way there is no prize fr the winner.