Austin's INSANE Skyline Transformation By 2030!

The iconic Austin skyline has undergone some pretty dramatic changes. During the past two decades, the Texas state capital has transformed from a settlement of fewer than 1,000 residents to the fastest-growing metropolis in the country. Austin’s development boom is in full swing as plans to bring in more than 20 new skyscrapers with hundreds of stories in the next few years, transforming the city’s skyline.
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0:00 Evolution of Austin’s Skyline
2:21 Austin’s Skyscraper History
4:46 Upcoming Skyscrapers In Austin
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[@willrobinson4976]

There were some Houston and Dallas skylines mixed in the video, otherwise nice video.

[@platonique]

There were NYC in there too. Maybe comprehension. Watch it again with the sound on lol😅

[@ruckusbeblack]

3:14 bruh that building is in Houston not Austin.

[@bertygonzalez6683]

You might want to clarify your statement about the number of people living in Austin in any certain time period. Austin had about 1,000 inhabitants when it was designated as the Capital of Texas back in the day. In 1983 when we returned to Austin after spending over 20 years in the Military, it had grown to over 300,000 ( still a relatively small city ) compared to what it is now. Bergstrom AFB and the UT campus were the main factors of that growth before the big corporations moved to Austin as well.

[@ryanchristoffersen7040]

Yeah when he said that in two decades it went from less than a thousand...I almost exited the video right there.

[@Meatloaf9001]

It's an AI generated video

[@devinmathews7809]

I lived in Austin when the Austonian was almost finished. Downtown was changing rapidly then. I hear the neighborhoods surrounding downtown have changed drastically as well. Cant wait to see what it looks like in a few years.

[@felixdatche9278]

2 decades to move from 1000 residents...are you drunk or somthing?

[@zachpercival9464]

That's what I was thinking. Either drunk or high. Lol.

[@AliciaTheTroonSlayer]

He showed the Houston chase tower and said it’s on Congress Ave in Austin lmao

[@williammaddox3339]

Also stated San Francisco was the fastest growing city in America. Currently San Fransico and the bay area in general is losing population and has been a slow growing area for decades.

[@markanthony1004]

@@AliciaTheTroonSlayerSome seem to think Texas cities are all the same lol

[@sterlingmckinney4228]

It's disconcerting to see shots of Dallas mixed in with what looked like Pittsburgh or Atlanta, and some historic structure closer to the original thirteen colonies, than anywhere near Austin.

[@JERios-wv8lx]

Mr. McKinney, i've always suspected these kind of videos are made in foreign countries by people that never have visited USA, and they dig some info in Wikipeadia and then look for some public domain pictures to publish a KZbin video and make some money. (I'm sure the voice in this video is from a software app.)

[@AliciaTheTroonSlayer]

Bro, the chase tower is in downtown HOUSTON. what is this video lmfao

[@gottawatch1932]

It’s crazy we lived a year in Austin in 2010- and then moved to the coast near Houston- went back to Austin a few different times over the last 14 years and it’s unrecognizable every time. I’m proud of Austin for jumping out front of other Texas cities and going bigger. It was inevitable because the terrain, the amenities, and the vibe there. It’s always been a cool college town. I think in the last 14 years it’s taken on a new identity. But cities have to keep reinventing themselves in order for them to prosper.

[@thomashankins569]

Remember when you were able to see the capital from pretty much anywhere in Austin? 😢❤

[@goldfishkaden1539]

Bro really uploaded this video and thought it was fine lmfao

[@BryantBaudelaire]

I’m from Nashville and I love Austin. I live in Raleigh and they wish they were Austin lol!

[@dvferyance]

They need to build some more skyscrapers in San Antonio. It's not fair that Austin get them all.

[@b-a-r4696]

It makes sense though 🤷‍♂️

[@tyreek.6815]

I think its time for Austin to pass SA. The biggest skyscraper in SA isnt even a skyscraper. Its a tower then Austins buildings come in. SA has the river walk, six flags, and a NBA team. So let Austin get some love lmfaoo. Although Austin got the biggest indoor water park resort in the U.S. i believe so i think its fair.

[@dvferyance]

@@tyreek.6815 The tallest building in Des Moines is taller than the tallest building in Kansas City. City size vs building height aren't always the same.

[@wmbrent123]

The city of San Antonio has a building height limit in place within its downtown and city limits to prevent any building being constructed that would be taller than the Tower of the Americas. I often wondered how a city the size San Antonio had such few skyscrapers, so I did some research. Although, I feel like I also read somewhere that certain city officials are proposing to eliminate that ordinance.

[@dvferyance]

@@wmbrent123 Although the tallest building in SA is 546 feet tall while the tower of Americans is 750 feet tall. So there still is 200 feet of leeway that another skyscraper could still be taller without violating the ordinance.

[@jeffro06]

Awesome!

[@markanthony1004]

Ah yes Audalston, Tx

[@DavidThomas-xe2mb]

Oh yes, San Francisco is the fastest growing city in the US

[@b-a-r4696]

I was thinking the same thing 😂

[@blast4me754]

I thought San Francisco was dying. I saw videos of people complaining how downtown San Fran doesn't have foot traffic anymore.

[@doeshecare]

Yeah I think his research is a little off because Charlotte North Carolina population just surpassed San Francisco’s’ population and is now considered the 15th largest city and still growing with about 118 people coming to the city each day

[@blast4me754]

I think he's judging cities by metro areas. The list of biggest cities judging them only by city limits looks totally different than the list judging them by metro areas which is what most people judge them by. @@doeshecare

[@susmichael1537]

There’s too much Houston skyline and Dallas I was getting confused. Nice video

[@Fluffychoupikkos]

It's literally incredible how much has Austin developed in the recent years . I am guessing by the end of this decade it will has the most modern look and one of the most impressive skylines in USA

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

0:16 *shows two pictures of a city that isn't Austin*

[@stevenmiller3413]

This video not only used Dallas images more than once and Houston images, BUT also Frankfurt Germany city images, get your resources correct.

[@richardgrobertson5293]

Austin is not paradise guys. Kudos to the building boom and all the development! It is hot as hell there and traffic sucks because the roads and public transportation suck, not keeping up with the growth. if you can walk everywhere then you have it made...

[@i-35vagabond56]

Unfortunately, this video cannot be trusted as a reliable source if somebody was trying to prove a point. @ 1:45, San Francisco is not the fastest growing city in the United States. In fact, San Francisco's population has actually SHRUNK by about 65,000 people between the years of 2020 and 2022, while Austin has grown. Makes one wonder what else is not accurate in this video.

[@TheKrewson28]

you should edit the video so as to not show the houston skyline and dallas skyline when aculty talking about austin skyline it makes you think your showing austin when in fact your not at all in alot of the shots

[@quintonmillett5149]

They should expand economic development to the suburbs such as San Marcos, and New Braunfels to slow development in Austin. Austin is overdeveloping to much.

[@caseyjones221]

Why do you intersperse pans of skyscrapers of Dallas and Houston, and buildings from other locales, into this video about Austin?!

[@overbanked]

1:45 People are fleeing San Francisco. I don't know how it's #1 with anything positive...

[@nickiminajvevo8622]

You gotta be a Californian. 😂😂😂

[@zaxkcmous]

Why are you showing pictures of Houston and Dallas when you’re supposed to be describing Austin?

[@blast4me754]

He said iconic downtown Austin lol.. Most people have no clue of what downtown Austin looks like. It's starting to look better than it did but for the most part it still looks bland.

[@garyklimitchek45]

Not really. You must not have been there recently. Many beautiful buildings.

[@garyklimitchek45]

😮

[@ethanglawe1786]

Not completely accurate. Numerous shots of other city's buildings and wrong Austin buildings shown for building being described.

[@VahidMusictx]

Not sure why Dallas and Houston skyline is on here. But San Francisco is nothing the fastest growing city. Fort Worth , Texas is the fastest growing city at already one million people. It out here Austin and San Antonio

[@tominmtnvw]

Insane? You mean amazing, or incredible?

[@chasehorton24]

There’s so much wrong with this video lol

[@edwardfersch9661]

Narrator voice not pleasant. Is it AI?

[@Mohamd8y]

Why do the Arabs and Dubai and China have towers that are more lengthy than ours? I hope that the lengths of a tower in the world will be in Miami 200 floors, the same Arabs

[@JP-mu3xl]

And it will be just as trashy as San Francisco if the Mayor has his way...

[@ualredyno8767]

Not all of this is Austin

[@passepartout2239]

Been watching the Austin skyline shoot up ever since I was a student there in the 1970s. The city's current fascination with trendy urbanity makes me giggle. Those who don't remember the past are doomed to repeat it, this time with a dusting of chili powder and mango.

[@ronrendon]

Giggle?! More like BARF. Greedy repugnant republicans destroyed Austin.

[@paco7992]

Welcome to SOHO... er, Belltown.. I mean, um... Oak Lawn...um..where are we?

[@ronrendon]

Purgatory?

[@sunspots6077]

Austin no longer exists

[@ronrendon]

It’s just a memory at this point.

[@kevinkeswick1243]

For Austin Skyscraper enthusiast's this must be an exciting time to be alive with each new year bringing an ever-taller skyscraper to eclipse the city's tallest. It is like the city is on steroids.

[@DonRashad]

Austin is growing like crazy. I love that they are building multiple supertall skyscrapers. Dallas and Houston better catch up lol

[@psynetFM]

The Wilson and Waterline buildings will be the two tallest buildings in the state. So much crazy development!

[@ruckusbeblack]

How does Houston need to catch up? We have 7/10 Texas’ tallest towers. Austin has 0.

[@blast4me754]

Does Austin feel like a big city? I've noticed when it come to newer cities like Nashville, Charlotte or Raliegh they don't have a big city feel even though they're gaining skyscrapers and growing.

[@ruckusbeblack]

@@blast4me754 Not really, no. Downtown and UT is dense but outside of that no. But they have the hills and lakes. They just hit a million tho in the city

[@214dude2]

Austin is getting taller but Dallas still has more overall buildings. Especially, when you include Uptown Dallas, which is adding a lot of new high-rises. Austin’s buildings are mostly residential towers, while Dallas and Houston’s tallest buildings are office. This is Dallas’ skyline currently kzbin.info/www/bejne/epXLeJtqeNR4p9k

[@jiggyfun807]

Austin had that unfinished shell of a building for awhile. I wonder if building a bunch of office space in during an office space downtown is wise. Unless it's laboratory/ or med lease, it's hard to find investors

[@richardcogbill6791]

If you mean the unfinished Intel building, that was eons ago. They long since demolished it and built a federal courthouse on that site. As far as investors go, most of these new developments get leased or residential units sold out long before the building gets finished. As long as the demand for office, residential and hotel is there, Austin's downtown will keep growing.

[@killaboyz808]

Try do hawaii

[@Jeschitown]

Iconic skyline? Lmao

[@dariusbrock2351]

It will once all of the towers are built plus many more not even mentioned here.

[@Jeschitown]

@@dariusbrock2351 no not really

[@texaswunderkind]

Sixth and Guadalupe had Facebook as its anchor tenant for the commercial space. I wonder how that is being impacted now that Facebook is conducting massive layoffs.

[@LivingstonFishing]

Just in, a new 1035 foot tall tower will be built and completed shortly after the 1021 foot tall Waterline tower. Stay tuned

[@IbelieveinJesusAmen]

UT athletes have the cowgirls taking 🪵!!!

[@LivingstonFishing]

@@IbelieveinJesusAmen I give those UT gals plenty of wood too 😂

[@keytiger7]

Then a 80 story tower in Dallas, 1040 feet has the go to be built.

[@recifebra3]

I'm so glad I moved here. My balcony faces downtown and the view gets better every year. However I think you meant past 2 centuries, not decades.

[@noahg4369]

The Republic will be 715 feet