Austin's 2010-2013 growth leads the nation (Houston, Dallas: rail, estimates, suburban)

[scm53]

Among the 52 major metropolitan areas, Austin has grown at the greatest percentage rate since 2010.

Some other interesting items in here:

Late in the last decade, Dallas-Fort Worth passed Philadelphia to become the fourth largest metropolitan area. Then, Philadelphia was passed by Houston in 2011. The result is that, for the first time since the nation's founding, two of the five largest cities (which are functionally defined as metropolitan areas) are in a single state (Texas).

While it may not be so in the Austin metro, there is a clear signal nationally:

Specious claims of a net suburban movement to the cores have been refuted by the domestic migration data. During the Great Recession, domestic migration declined substantially, as is to be expected when the economy is depressed.

Yet, in each of the three years of this decade, suburban counties have experienced net domestic migration gains and in each year have substantially led the core counties. The most recent 2013 data shows that core counties experienced a 70,000 net domestic migration loss, while the suburban counties gained 163,000 net domestic migrants.

[austin-steve]

I think I'm going to invest in land in Liberty Hill, which will someday be "NW Austin".

[Austin97]

i think it will be manor/elgin

[Novacek]

I think both, especially since both LH and M/E have potential future rail access to Austin. Probably easier for Liberty Hill, since they basically just have to run the Red Line further out.

[Debsi]

Jim and Pam moved to Austin from Scranton. I wonder if they checked city-data first?

[scm53]

Originally Posted by Austin97

i think it will be manor/elgin

Won't match growth NW. People have demonstrated for fifty years a preference for trees and hills over black land farm land. Won't change any time soon.

[cBach]

"Population projections by the National Conference of Mayors indicates strong growth in Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston over the next three decades could have them by pass Chicago by 2050. "

Interesting, wait until the Houston and Dallas boosters get a hold of this!

[hts]

Did I make a mistake by investing in Dripping? #hopenot

[JT-3]

Let's hope there's enough water for this continued growth...

[cBach]

Originally Posted by JT-3

Let's hope there's enough water for this continued growth...

Well, they're building WTP4 and it's almost finished. Technically, there is still water that is in Lake Travis, but I can't imagine how low the lake will get when they turn the pumps on for it.