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Originally Posted by Trae
Houston is the older city. Dallas had more little cities with identities they wanted to keep so when annexation started they did their part too, whereas Houston area suburbs did nothing as Houston surrounded them. Houston benefited from the energy industry consolidation that is still going on but also finally diversifying. The way DFW planned and built itself just appeals to more general Americans which is why it is far and away the most popular metro area right now to move to (it gained 90k alone in domestic migrants last year).
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I may be wrong but is the land around Dallas easier to develop (drier) than around Houston? Or that makes zero difference to sprawl potential?
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