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Originally Posted by paul78701
I believe Austin has more residents in it's downtown (around 15k) than any other Texas city. That is way impressive considering our relative size compared to 1-3.
I'm not sure what the numbers for West Campus are these days, but I think it was getting close to 20k around 10 years ago. (I could be mis-remembering.) So I'm guessing West Campus may be close to 25k or so now. Add in the densification going on east of downtown (and whatever the population is there now), and those are some pretty good numbers.
The core of Austin is probably more dense than any part of Texas. It certainly feels more urban than any other part of Texas.
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Since there was a discussion on what is "downtown" and what is called "downtown" by folks from throughout the metro in another thread (city discussions, I think), I think it's relevant to consider the populations of downtown and the neighboring urban or somewhat urban districts also. For instance, I wonder how the downtown + west campus + east 6th (etc) areas could compare to Dallas with downtown, Uptown, Oak Lawn, Little Elm, etc. etc.... Then Houston with the surrounding areas (of which I don't know the names). Just curious. The downtown number is cool to consider, of course, but the urban fabric often goes beyond the CBD proper.
Back on topic: I like this building. I also like the fact that not all of the single story places go because it does provide some diversity. The discussion about losing the warehouse district brick fronts, etc., is certainly a relevant one, so I'm glad to see something left behind here.