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Old 08-11-2017, 06:15 AM
 
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Do you see Austins growth slowing down any time soon?? Or do you think it will reach a population the likes of Houston and Dallas??
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Old 08-11-2017, 07:24 AM
 
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it will never catch up to houston and dallas, but will 100% reach the population of todays dallas/houston/san antonio.

Im sure it will slow during the next recession.
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Old 08-11-2017, 07:42 AM
 
Location: Round Rock, Texas
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^^^^^
What Austin97 said.

Another potential factor could be a slowdown caused by a catastrophic drought lasting for a decade or so.
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Old 08-11-2017, 02:45 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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It will when the next Dot Com bubble bursts.
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Old 08-12-2017, 05:25 PM
 
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Austin is popular right now because of the industry there. Jobs have dried up in the past a few times. They might again. Time will tell. It's not a cheap place to live without a job.
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Old 08-12-2017, 05:54 PM
 
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It is hard for Austin to grow like Dallas or Houston. Our whole West side is pretty much off limits.

The buildable areas to the East are not particularly desirable.

Salamanders are really important. People, less so.
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Old 08-12-2017, 06:41 PM
 
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I hope it does someday. Having a very high population isn't always a good thing, ask India. I see the greater Austin metropolitan area leveling off in the 3- 4 million range.
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Old 08-12-2017, 06:51 PM
 
Location: Avery Ranch, Austin, TX
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Stagnant growth...I think that's one of them oxymorironical terms.
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Old 08-12-2017, 10:19 PM
 
Location: Online
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It is already happening. Transplants are realizing (and spreading the word) that

1. Austin isn't cheap (anymore).
2. Living in Austin isn't the same as visiting Austin for SXSW in Spring season.
3. There was a huge potential for big tech companies like Google, Amazon, Apple etc. to make Austin their second HQ but Seattle took that away from us.
4. No income tax is advertised but read the fine print about Austin's property taxes.
5. You're still in the middle of Texas (this might sound weird to Texans but is a BIG deal to transplants from West, NorthEast etc.)
6. Stop reading too much in to all those "Top 10 places to ... " lists.

So yeah ... good times ahead for those of us who've already arrived here
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Old 08-14-2017, 07:23 AM
 
Location: SW Austin & Wimberley
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It will when the next Dot Com bubble bursts.
The dot com bubble already burst, in 2000. We bled out over 30K jobs, but by the end of 2005 it was full steam ahead again. Our economy is much more diverse now, not as heavily dependent on tech (though it is still a big factor).

I see a more likely scenario where Austin regionalizes to a greater degree, with San Antonio and then out east town toll road 130. It will become a big metro-plex all the way up to Temple/Belton down to San Antonio and out to Bastrop, down into Lockhart, etc. New Braunfels is attracting a lot of retirees, and San Marcos is bringing in more jobs.

Steve
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