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Originally Posted by JManc
Texas is not really decentralized either; the four major metros are all relatively close to one another (in the east) while much of west Texas is desolate.
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I wouldn't call Dallas and Houston relatively close, they are 240 miles and over 3.5 hours apart. Same with Austin to Dallas, and Austin to Houston is over 160 miles or over 2.5 hours apart.
The other thing is, Texas just has way more small-medium sized towns and cities independent of its big 4 metros than CA does. Around 67% of Texans live in the big 4 Texan MSAs of DFW, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio, while over 80% of Californians live in Greater LA, SF Bay Area, San Diego, or Greater Sacramento.
For reference, if CA were more like Texas, both Greater LA and Bay Area would sit around 9~10 million people, and 5 million people in Greater LA would be scattered across smaller towns and cities in the state
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