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Is DFW the only “metroplex” or would Houston also be called its own Metroplex?
Posted on 12/12/22 at 7:19 am
Posted on 12/12/22 at 7:19 am
The growth is out of control and places that we’re not considered part of the metro are now being connected to it.
This post was edited on 12/12/22 at 9:24 pm
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Posted on 12/12/22 at 7:23 am to turnpiketiger
Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metroplex, sure
Posted on 12/12/22 at 7:24 am to turnpiketiger
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Posted on 12/12/22 at 7:27 am to turnpiketiger
quote:
Is DFW the only “metroplex” or would Houston also be called its own Metroplex?
no one refers to houston as the metroplex
glad i could help
Posted on 12/12/22 at 7:36 am to turnpiketiger
They just call it the Houston metro
Posted on 12/12/22 at 7:45 am to msutiger
quote:
Houston’s largest suburb is only 120,000.
Fort Worth is nearly a million.
Dallas is just over 1 million. What makes it a metroplex is that the two very large cities ( Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington is what the U.S. Office of Management and Budget calls it) make up the hub of the metroplex. The Dallas-Fort Worth metro is slightly larger than the Houston metro. The actual city of Houston is larger than the city of Dallas.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 7:46 am to fightin tigers
quote:
Beaumont-Orange
Is not part of metro Houston. Yet.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 7:49 am to turnpiketiger
Here is the definition I find and this explains why Dallas- Fort Wort is a metroplex and Houston isn't.
A metroplex is a conurbation with more than one principal anchor city of near equal importance.
A metroplex is a conurbation with more than one principal anchor city of near equal importance.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 8:01 am to turnpiketiger
I think in 150 years. San Antonio, Austin, Houston and DFW will be a mega plex.
SA to Austin is building up fast. The other two keep growing.
SA to Austin is building up fast. The other two keep growing.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 8:32 am to Napoleon
A buddy of mine works for TXDOT and he says they are planning for this in the next 50 or so years. He said that Houston and College Station would be connected within the next 10 years, and that is close to being achieved already.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 8:38 am to MTB
TX-249 is almost completed all the way to College Station. Just have to jump on 105 for a few miles.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 8:45 am to turnpiketiger
The Houston MSA is the fifth most populous in the U.S. and spans an area larger
than five states.
• Founded in 1836, the City of Houston had a population of 2.3 million as of July 1, 2016, making it the
fourth most populous U.S. city. Only New York, Los Angeles and Chicago have more residents.
Houston has been Texas’ most populous city since 1930.
• The Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Metropolitan Statistical Area (Houston MSA) consists of
nine counties: Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery and
Waller. The metro area’s 2016 population of 6.77 million ranks fifth among U.S. metropolitan
statistical areas. The Houston MSA covers 9,444 square miles, an area larger than five states,
including New Hampshire, New Jersey and Connecticut.
• The Houston MSA’s nominal gross area product in 2016 was $478.6 billion, according to U.S. Bureau
of Economic Analysis. If Houston were a country, its economy would rank 24th in the world, and is
larger than that of Poland and Nigeria, according to the International Monetary Fund. Only 23
foreign nations’ gross domestic products exceed Houston’s.
• The Houston MSA recorded more than three million nonfarm payroll jobs in September 2017, more
than the job counts of 35 U.S. states, including Oregon, Oklahoma, and Colorado.
• The Houston MSA is home to 20 Fortune 500 headquarters, ranking fourth among metro areas.
Many other Fortune 500 companies maintain U.S. administrative headquarters in Houston.
than five states.
• Founded in 1836, the City of Houston had a population of 2.3 million as of July 1, 2016, making it the
fourth most populous U.S. city. Only New York, Los Angeles and Chicago have more residents.
Houston has been Texas’ most populous city since 1930.
• The Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Metropolitan Statistical Area (Houston MSA) consists of
nine counties: Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery and
Waller. The metro area’s 2016 population of 6.77 million ranks fifth among U.S. metropolitan
statistical areas. The Houston MSA covers 9,444 square miles, an area larger than five states,
including New Hampshire, New Jersey and Connecticut.
• The Houston MSA’s nominal gross area product in 2016 was $478.6 billion, according to U.S. Bureau
of Economic Analysis. If Houston were a country, its economy would rank 24th in the world, and is
larger than that of Poland and Nigeria, according to the International Monetary Fund. Only 23
foreign nations’ gross domestic products exceed Houston’s.
• The Houston MSA recorded more than three million nonfarm payroll jobs in September 2017, more
than the job counts of 35 U.S. states, including Oregon, Oklahoma, and Colorado.
• The Houston MSA is home to 20 Fortune 500 headquarters, ranking fourth among metro areas.
Many other Fortune 500 companies maintain U.S. administrative headquarters in Houston.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 8:46 am to turnpiketiger
SA and Austin are 25 years from being the next metroplex, they just need another corridor between the two, probably the continuing widening of 281 for it to take place. They'd have a loop around it all with 281 and 130 with 35 down the middle, couldn't be any worse than 35 is now.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 8:58 am to turnpiketiger
SF/Oakland
Minny/St Paul
Those are both examples of metroplexes
Minny/St Paul
Those are both examples of metroplexes
Posted on 12/12/22 at 9:06 am to msutiger
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Fort Worth is nearly a million.
I know some people consider Fort Worth a suburb, but it is and has always been its own thing.
IMO you wouldn't say that Baton Rouge is a suburb of New Orleans. Milwaukee is a suburb of Chicago. Or that Baltimore is a suburb of DC.
Thus the metroplex designation. There are two host cities there, not one like in Houston. Dallas-Fort Worth is more like Minneapolis-St. Paul or San Francisco-San Jose. Or what Baton Rouge and New Orleans could be if the state of Louisiana didn't frick everything up.
This post was edited on 12/12/22 at 9:07 am
Posted on 12/12/22 at 9:16 am to MTB
When this happens I will be moving as far away from the texas triangle as I can.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 9:26 am to Basura Blanco
quote:
Is not part of metro Houston. Yet
Beaumont-Orange is a Metroplex in iteself.
If anything it absorbs Houston.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 9:27 am to turnpiketiger
Somewhere between Greater Baton Rouge and the Dallas Metroplex.
Let's just call it Houston.
Let's just call it Houston.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 9:29 am to Napoleon
quote:
Houston and DFW will be a mega plex.
There is a whole lot of nothing between these two cities, it will be longer than 150 years if we haven't offed ourselves as a species.
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