The Insane Rise Of The Texas Triangle

[@BeaverGeography]

Regarding the statistics used in this video and why they are off, Me and my very official team used 2019 UN Estimates, which sounded fine in theory and was what we used on the last megalopolis video. But in this case, they were estimated before the 2020 census, meaning they didn't know the sheer growth the texas triangle had seen over the past decade. I'm really sorry, but the stats are not off to the extent that it completely ruins the video, it just shows how insane the megalopolis really is.

[@tulaquen7884]

good video👍

[@ncvgchanel822]

How do pronounce cleburne wrong smh definitely not from texas

[@carlj208]

DFW and Houston Metro numbers were a bit low. They are both over 7 million and DFW is larger in population. The other metros seemed more current; maybe 2.5 for San Antonio.

[@Mahoot]

Hey Beaver, I’ve liked all of your videos so far but I’m sorry, for me the numbers are definitely off enough that it ruins this video, especially when you got to the DFW Metroplex. As a resident of a Dallas suburb, when you said the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area has over a million less residents than it actually does, and said the Houston metro is bigger, that totally took me out of the video and I had to click off immediately 😂

[@Juice1984]

reissue the video?

[@katemariemc]

It's crazy because as a San antonian I always viewed those other smaller towns as "really small" but then I moved to a "small" town. I had no idea how big these "small" texas towns really are. Like I thought college station was small. Turns out there are towns that are barely a fraction of the populations of the towns I thought were small.

[@leggonarm9835]

Ever been to Knippa? lol

[@BakkuIa]

Passed through Paint Rock, TX. An impressive population of under 200.

[@Dingghis_Khaan]

Well you know what they say: everything's bigger in Texas. Seems that applies to the small towns as well.

[@The_WatchList]

​@@leggonarm9835 Knippa was always the 1a academic rival of Moulton! Another blip of a village! 😂

[@jimoconnor6382]

SAN ANTONIO IS CRAAAAAZY !!!!!

[@jbw53191]

I was born in Texas and lived the first 38 years of my life in there. Left for Chicago and have now retired in Mexico. Texas has changed so much! When I go back to visit, it just seems so very fast-paced and overwhelming. Oh well. Nothing stays the same.

[@joedoug6251]

Even west Texas is growing fast.... El Paso is huge now....the good thing is there are a lot of areas around El Paso that are still small towns.

[@jasonsacrifice1]

Hate it

[@larsedik]

I only stayed for 23 years and then moved to California. I haven't been back to Texas to visit since 2017, even though most of my relatives still live there. My parents died in 2012, and I used to go back every year until then - now it is more like once every five years. I plan to visit Houston in 2023 although my family lives mostly in Austin. They can drive to Houston to see us, if they want to.

[@reynoldmichael1348]

Lol. It's just the cities. HUGE areas of Texas are still slow paced and beautiful and community orientated. The panhandle, down by Big Bend. Lots of little towns in East Texas. A bunch of cool border towns. Little places near Lake Texoma. The hill country like Fredericksburg. Nice drives, sunshine and friendly people. That's like saying all of Mexico is Mexico city.

[@No-wl4ki]

@clot shots tell me about, I’ve grown up on the edge of lake Texoma and it pains me to see the Dallas area and all it’s issues travel up 75 and eating away at the towns around me

[@AshLilburne]

Texas Triangle always makes me think of the 3 game NBA road trips against San Antonio, Houston and Dallas. But as an Australian I think I picked up most of my knowledge on US geography through NBA teams anyway

[@charlesphilhower1452]

It’s really said that Democrats move out of the areas to escape the consequences of the policies they voted for and go to a neighboring state any to ruin it by voting for the same policies they just ran away from.

[@AshLilburne]

@@charlesphilhower1452/videos If youre a real person, are you able to say what day comes between monday and wednesday? Serious question

[@charlesphilhower1452]

@@AshLilburne Why the stupid question, don’t like the truth about voters that keep voting for policies that destroy the place where they live?

[@AshLilburne]

I’m undecided actually, can you give me some more of your insight so I can make an informed decision? I think KZbin caught onto your motivation anyway and deleted your original comment before we had the chance to bask in your wisdom bummer dude ☹️

[@clydekimsey7503]

That's great! Of these 3 teams, I hope you like the Spurs the most😉

[@savingpyro]

As someone who lives in DFW, that 80 min travel from McKinney to Weatherford shown was mostly on toll roads and no traffic. Actual time is probably closer to 2 hrs.

[@maxcox7097]

I live in Fort Worth and I remember one time it took me two hours to get to Dallas on I-30 😆

[@ashleykinder8877]

That's exactly what I was thinking, that that must've been with no traffic. There is just no way!

[@phrewilly8556]

Yep, sometime even longer!

[@josiah5776]

Been there, done that, way to many times, for over 20 years. Finally moved to BFA Arizona, far from Phoenix. Love it here.

[@davidlemons5650]

Yes. I live in Weatherford and had a co-worker in McKinney. Toll road is near $20 in high traffic times. closer to 2 hours if you do not use the toll, more during high traffic.

[@rylencason4420]

I lived in Austin and it is crazy how fast I-35's, 1-45's, and I-10's traffic has increased just in the last 5 years.

[@edwardmiessner6502]

And yet Texas is trying to make it impossible for even a private entity to build a high speed railway connecting Houston and Dallas. The thinking there is totally backwards

[@geosophik9369]

@David Garcia The same way everyone from all over the country flocked to New York and California in the good old days :)

[@jaya.d-gauthier1644]

It’s crazy to think I was 16 and driving through 71 when it was all lights before the freeway portion by the airport and I’m only 30 now lol. Austin used to be a tiny little town to me growing up it’s huge now

[@Impozalla]

Cheap real estate, really, really relaxed laws, extremely low taxes of all kind are driving people to Texas.

[@leifkhas7425]

@David Garcia They are refugees from the failed Democrat States. Unfortunately Texas has really good road infrastructure but thanks to the refugees the induced demand has made it undrivable. I'm sure Texas will have high speed rail a decade before California though :)

[@bearpohler3548]

Thanks!

[@BeaverGeography]

Ofc, love you bestie

[@bearpohler3548]

@@BeaverGeography First reply on youtube.. back at Ya.. I liked your vid. and . Hope to support more

[@ian22222]

As a resident of Killeen, I must agree with you. The suburbs are terrible. Too uniform, heartless, treeless, and -most importantly- it's damn near impossible to get anywhere without a car.

[@SLACKERBOY]

lack of side walks too lol. Go a few blocks with one and then bam next block no sidewalks at all or just on one side of the road. Still haven't fixed Bunny Trail or Stagecoach lol.

[@StylistecS]

I grew up in Killeen. It will always remain suburban and dull imo. I grew up in Willow Springs.

[@ligmablocks9998]

I grew up in harker heights which is within the killeen-temple megalopolis, it was literally so boring, but my family moved to europe when i was 9 so my childhood wasnt so boring later on after all

[@leekleek1]

For whatever reason Texas hates trains & subways

[@peterbelanger4094]

Don't worry, nobody is forcing you to live there. There are plenty of dense urban apartment blocks, with very few trees and heartless urbanites you can go live with. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean you have to live there. And you have no right to prevent others from living that way. Or maybe you just love to complain about stuff and imply that everyone should live like you? Some of us love suburbs. What are you going to do about that? Force us to change to be like you? not going to happen. If you don't like where you live, then MOVE!

[@broondjongen]

Ive seen Dallas’ skyline slowly change in the past 10 years with my own eyes. Insane how fast we’re growing

[@dankelly5150]

Unfortunately people who are escaping their former states and cities for Texas are also bringing their voting habits with them! Soon all of the major cities in Texas will look like LA or Seattle with the homeless all over the streets if it hasn't happened already?

[@VibnWavez]

@@dankelly5150 That's because of demographics. People keep blaming "outsiders" but it happens over and over and over. California was once a right wing intolerant conservative stronhold... throwing asians in jail for just being asian for example. Look at it now. Technically same thing with NYC only swap asians for natives. It's the growth/wealth that sends things "left" whatever that even means anymore. Basically just not insane and wishing it was the 1600s still from what I can gather.

[@furrycircuitry2378]

@Dan Kelly talk about it being an influx of good for nothing panhandlers that harass people for change at gas stations and sidewalks in dallas which used to have slim to none at the gas stations now they have 5 or 8 of them fighting for some change it's ridiculous

[@gdwiggy]

I live in Fort Worth, and the growth here is insane. I’d love to see more videos involving the DFW area.

[@billsfo6400]

Especially the Mid-Cities, Arlington, and NE Tarrant County.

[@SIGNALFREQ]

😭🤬😡

[@jm5390]

Fort Worth/Haltom City here and agree, the growth (especially the northern part towards Haslet, Keller, and Alliance) is nuts.

[@ruckusbeblack]

But the downtown still is boring. DFW keeps growing out by the northern toll roads instead of centrally. Glad Houston has reversed course, now people are moving INTO the city lol

[@gdwiggy]

@@ruckusbeblack For sure. I hate the amount of sprawl. Fort Worth needs some serious densification to accommodate the growth.

[@sascotttx5145]

College Station is unique for having its name before it was even there. It used to be that travelers going to the Texas A&M College, from Bryan or Houston would take the train, and they would disembark when the train stopped at the College Station. Eventually the town grew up from around the college, but the conductor on the train kept announcing it as the College Station.

[@KingAsa5]

Texas triangle has a population of over 20million as of 2022 DFW: 8.1million Houston: 7.2million San Antonio: 2.4million Austin: 2.3million And over another 2million or so in between all that.

[@phillygrunt2154]

But how much land mass are they using for these “urban” Cities

[@neiandresamuels5428]

@@phillygrunt2154 TBH if you look at all the megacities in Japan and China and the northeast it’s no different. All the urban areas have blended to one another

[@vcostaval]

@@neiandresamuels5428 it's absolutely different if you look at Japan or China, i mean, tokyo is probably the same size in area as DFW and it alone has over 35 million people, while the texas triangle occupies an area of a small european country and still only has 20 million and if you take the area of the texas triangle and put it over eastern China, it would be almost 1 billion people so yes, of course the urban areas have blended like the northeast or other parts of the world, but in this case what makes it blend is the ridiculous amount of space the "urban" areas take for not that many people living there in comparison to those other examples

[@njv1234]

This was the post I was looking for, thank you bro

[@phillygrunt2154]

But they have DENSITY.

[@jonboyd9186]

You pronounced Waxahachie and New Braunfels correctly, while most Texans who aren’t from there don’t, but missed CorsiCANa and CLEburne,which most Texans always get right. Just a funny observation. Good video, very informative.

[@joedellinger9437]

wuck suh HATCH ee Go see the total eclipse there next April

[@gregorytragitt2208]

In Houston we notice natives pronouncing San Felipe as San fillipea

[@MrMendeezy]

I came here to say this. Killeen was pronounced weird too. I've never heard someone say "kill-een", its always "cuh-leen"

[@larryrobinson4252]

There is a joke about two guys arguing about how to say Waxahachie so the called the waitess over and told her to say the name of the place slowly. She said, D-a-i-r-y Q-u-e-e-n.

[@joedellinger9437]

@@larryrobinson4252 I always heard it with the city being Mexia. Muh HEY uh (I think?!)

[@1life0gods]

Great video👍 I live in the DFW area and agree the sprawl is ridiculous. It feel like a bunch of small towns only brought together by freeways.

[@TheCriminalViolin]

Which is what happens when new and bigger freeways get put into place. It's meant to induce development to expand UGBs and attempt to merge more areas into metros. ODOT was trying to do that here in Oregon with the new "Newberg Bypass" meant to bypass newberg entirely all the way to I-5 somewhere around St. Paul/Gervais. Fortunately, the majority of people from here, especially that lived within that part of the valley say "fuck you and fuck that", and they proceeded to instead build the actual bypass to literally nowhere... unless you want to just drive down through farmland and St. Paul itself for some reason or none at all.

[@BeaverGeography]

Thank you so much!

[@bearsarefast1483]

one of the reasons this is happening is because of the Hunt brothers' development of Fort Worth. They were the greatest businessmen ever imo

[@kosjeyr]

Outside of the Triangle but worth a mention is the Odessa-Midland, TX growth. They both gained over 100k since the 1950s.

[@highway2heaven91]

El Paso is growing too

[@geosophik9369]

@@highway2heaven91 Yes, El Paso got so big, especially in the east side. But it's so far from the Triangle and closer to Albuquerque, so it would be included in the same metro with Las Cruces all the way to Albuquerque.

[@TommyElijahCabelloReal]

I mean, I can't be sure about Odessa's continued rise, because it's main economic driver is oil. Which is not only finite, but actively harming the human species.

[@TommyElijahCabelloReal]

@David Garcia Exactly, that's the point. And it's even worse for cities which also have oil making up a good chunk of their profits. Because of the way our ancestors built America we are headed for an inevitable collapse of the country. Europe will by far do better, not only enough to maintain their countries, but even leaving open the possibility to pursue a closer union.

[@bruceh4180]

@@TommyElijahCabelloReal resources are far more limited in Europe. Also they are experiencing low population growth, another problem for economic expansion.

[@ziplockbaggies8707]

I remember driving up to Austin from San Antonio in the early 2000s and there was lots of undeveloped land…. Now it seems like there’s non stop development up the whole 35 section between to two cities.

[@jesuslovesthebroken]

I remember being in the "country" when in between Austin and San Antonio, now it feels like one big city similar to DFW

[@UneducatedGeologist]

Yup just 10-20yrs ago it was a pretty drive. Now its a complete construction zone

[@tscott78109]

It will soon be another DFW

[@usmcmech96]

I grew up in Beaumont and describing it as "mini Houston" is probably the best way to describe it. Same climate, similar demographics, similar economies, same sports teams, similar cultures.

[@chefssaltybawlz]

Similar demographics? Not at all. Beaumont feels like lake Charles for houstonians

[@HoodAdventures]

@@chefssaltybawlz exactly!! It definitely has more of a Lake Charles feel minus the casinos 🎰.

[@chefssaltybawlz]

@@HoodAdventures right? Lol. I always considered them kinda like twin cities across the river. Because Beaumont looks nothing like the rest of Texas 😂

[@IanDeRanieri]

Half my family is in the golden triangle, and it’s nothing like Houston. Demographics are totally different. Decent, hardworking people for sure, but calling it mini Houston is just inaccurate.

[@aaronkamakaze2967]

Demographics are not that similar though. Beaumont has nearly 50% black population and 20% Hispanic and 30% non Hispanic white.. Houston is 45% Hispanic, 22% black and 25% white .... Houston has a much larger Hispanic population and influence, while Beaumont has a stronger black influence, more in common with Louisiana then TX honestly

[@LordKlektar]

I’m watching this from a hotel in Dallas, on a business trip. Every time I fly into DFW, I’m reminded of how massive the city is. First by seeing it from the air, then by the 30 minute taxi to the gate after landing. The airport alone is staggeringly huge.

[@user-uo4rf4ez8c]

yep, it's 7 miles wide

[@ericdew2021]

I believe DFW airport is larger than San Francisco is area.

[@theeclectic2919]

Our airport is too damn big. It's completely unnecessary to have an airport that huge.

[@matthewmcmahon1541]

​@The Eclectic no, it isn't. A significant portion of the airport us purely cargo. DFW is the central hub for the southern US and is the main reason that so many large corporations have their headquarters here.

[@theeclectic2919]

@@matthewmcmahon1541 It's too big for civilian passengers. That's why I always fly from Love Field.

[@jeretcarrotproductions3510]

I've always thought it was a good idea to cover smaller metro areas, maybe a series of forgotten or unknown but secretly booming metro areas (Northwest Arkansas for instance)

[@paulwalter2590]

Or the Fox River area of Wisconsin. Brown-Outagamie-Winnebago Counties amass a large metropolitan area.

[@NAUM1]

Des Moines could fit the bill also

[@mikehurt3290]

North West Arkansas is starting to get more recognition but I guess since it's still Arkansas most people assume it's like the rest of the state which does really suck

[@honeybadger1610]

@@mikehurt3290 arkansas will be the next Illinois

[@swinde]

Northwest Arkansas used to be the place where many "anti-government" groups gathered back in the 1970s. It is good to hear that it has changed for the better.

[@prakesh2904]

Ive been in dallas for about 8 years now, and the growth of literally everything is wild. Stuff that used to be open plains are now fully developed areas and massive complexes

[@ezraminard2406]

I like the suburb slander

[@minnalunar]

suburb slander is always fun

[@user-hm1zb8js5i]

You are what is wrong with America. A great way to alienate your audience when over half of the country lives in the suburbs.

[@user-hm1zb8js5i]

@@minnalunar No it's not. Suburbs are way better than inner cities. People who hate suburbs are just jealous and envious that rich people want nice things.

[@GeoHuman.]

@@user-hm1zb8js5i says the one that thinks sitting in a car for 2 hours a day is fun

[@sirwahwee4488]

@@user-hm1zb8js5i tf u talking about

[@alyrios]

I've been living in San Antonio since 2002. The growth in population has been insane and driving around the city, especially at peak hours is even crazier.

[@UneducatedGeologist]

Its sad

[@YoutubeChanneI]

I love Texas and think it's a great place to live but it's becoming way too urban and unpleasant to look at. Not enough green areas as well, I think the US in general would benefit a lot if we took a look at Spain and how they do urban planning.

[@superdank1631]

North East Texas checking in it's quite green on our side for now but that could just be the edges of the Ozarks poking in.

[@MayaMaya-tj7kw]

I live north of Houston, there are alot of trees up here.

[@railroadforest30]

There needs to be taller buildings

[@wheel-e-umm]

Texas is still majority farmland. Once you get about 40-50mins outside of each major city there’s nothing but land that goes on for forever

[@georgiadriven]

@@railroadforest30 fr tho

[@Ndw1995]

This dude really said "the area is turning more blue" and "maybe the economy will grow" in the same breath

[@ethanr2202]

Yeah not only that but he was using statistics from 2020 election and we know those aren't credible.

[@lightfeather9953]

I rewound a couple times and I think it's just how he has short pauses between paragraphs. The politics comments weren't meant to be related to the growth comment at the end.

[@SF-cb8wi]

I was born and raised in Galveston County, which is directly south of Houston and within the triangle. A few years ago, there used to be this huge, empty plot of land that I always loved looking at to see the horizon. Now, there’s two new, fancy neighborhoods, a Buc-ee’s (GIANT major gas station chain in Texas), and plans to build another neighborhood complex. In the past, my hometown was deemed unfit to have a Chick fil a. Now, we have a Chick fil a, a Starbucks, an outlet mall, and more local businesses. It’s been so fascinating to witness. Additionally, I’m surprised you didn’t mention Galveston, as it is within the triangle. Sure, it’s population didn’t experience these significant growths, but it is, historically, a very fascinating city, with a lot of the old architecture still in tact. After all, it is the location of Juneteenth, it was deemed the “New York City of the South” in its prime, and the 1900 storm, that hit Galveston, is the deadliest natural disaster in USA history.

[@jm5390]

I LOVE Galveston (the city) as I'm usually just driving through the county unless stopping at Buc-ee's or Kemah. Galveston is such a lovely, quaint city with awesome architecture and fun Strand area. :) Lots of history for a city of its size.

[@djmmwatt1719]

Same!! I use to drive behind the outlets just to look at the remaining land that hasn’t been built into yet.. which is now being built into The growth is really getting crazy. Starting to miss all the trees and farm/ranch land around the area

[@wheel-e-umm]

Hello! I’m from Texas City as well. The area is growing like crazy but It’s ideal being between Galveston and Houston.

[@Bacopa68]

Galveston is also home to a federal BSL-4 disease research lab administered by UTMB Galveston. They have almost all the frozen samples of Ebola in the US, and have a lab that can breed genetically engineered mosquitos that can stop Zika should the need arise.

[@danielking2944]

The absence of a Starbucks should be a point of pride in your town . We used to have a culture that rejected pseudointelectualism,unfortunately replaced by anti- intellectualism. It extends from dumb-chic of George Bush to the idiots who pay $5 for a 50 cent cup of coffee in styrofoam cup.

[@LuLuOTM]

Feels strange growing up in Austin cause it’s grow so much in my life, my childhood years I felt like I lived in a small town, nowadays it’s one of the most popular cities in the country and it certainly feels like it too. I wonder how much it’ll change by the time I leave earth.

[@blifx]

the amount of skyscrapers seems like it's doubled just since i lived there in 2015

[@plumebrise4801]

Historical Population of Austin : 1850 :629 1860 :3 494 (+455.5%) 1870 :4 428 (+26.7%) 1880 :11 013 (+148.7%) 1890 :14 575 (+32.3%) 1900 :22 258 (+52.7%) 1910 :29 860 (+34.2%) 1920 :34 876 (+16.8%) 1930 :53 120 (+52.3%) 1940 :87 930 (+65.5%) 1950 :132 459 (+50.6%) 1960 :186 545 (+40.8%) 1970 :253 539 (+35.9%) 1980 :345 890 (+36.4%) 1990 :465 622 (+34.6%) 2000 :656 562 (+41.0%) 2010 :790 390 (+20.4%) 2020 :961 855 (+21.7%)

[@TornadoSponge]

Oh man, I’m a native of Copperas Cove, which is considered to be apart of the Killeen Metro. You are so right about the suburbs there. I remember 10-15 years ago when those areas were just grassy fields. Now it’s a suburb jungle, thanks in part to Fort Hood. I also remember when Waco was considered the biggest city in the area, only for Killeen to overtake it by 2010. It’s a fast developing region, and I can only wait to see how further the area will change in the coming years.

[@SLACKERBOY]

I moved to Killeen in 2011 from Michigan. The amount of new houses and businesses since then is nuts with the growth lol.

[@kokofan50]

Hey, another Cover! I fully endorse what’s said, which part of why I moved a few years ago

[@falsificationism]

"Maybe if they added one more lane it wouldn't be so bad." 🤣🤣 Seriously though, these development patterns are unsustainable. Beaver's right to poke fun! There simply aren't enough people per square mile of infrastructure to deal with the looming repairs. They depend on inbound growth to fund current infrastructure needs. Eventually the growth will slow and the infrastructure will need repair, but there won't be enough tax revenue per square mile of infrastructure for everything to pencil out. One way to deal with this is to remove restrictive R1 zoning rules, which allows for more density when people want it (e.g., ADUs, tiny homes, etc.). The density makes mass transit possible. The mass transit frees up space to make more parks and bike paths and community gardens. We can make these places amazing if we try. We probably won't try though.

[@eddievangundy4510]

People don't want to live in more densely populated areas. At least Texans don't.

[@falsificationism]

@@eddievangundy4510 and that’s fine. This has nothing to do with them. For people who want to however, they should be allowed. Currently they aren’t with R1 zoning. Do you agree?

[@MikeV8652]

@@falsificationism There is no zoning in the City of Houston, and there never has been.

[@falsificationism]

@@MikeV8652 Exactly. Which means they require population growth to subsidize the current development pattern. As soon as population goes sideways, they'll be unable to support their sprawling infrastructure without raising revenue from somewhere (or by getting a bailout from somewhere).

[@MikeV8652]

@@falsificationism First you complain that zoning is the problem. When I tell you there is none in Houston, you seem to want zoning. Huh?

[@BUKHAREE]

Amazing video, loved it. I lived in DFW metroplex and travelled around the triangle a lot. Please make a video on the front range megalopolis, it is growing as well. Would love it

[@CIAagent12]

The Katy area outside of Houston is growing stupidly crazy. Within 8 or so years I have seen that place build massive houses within massive neighborhoods. The I-35 corridor is also part of extreme growth. The city of San Marcos (in between SA and Austin) was the fastest growing city in the USA a couple years ago-and it is still growing! Cities within the hill country have seen so much growth. Cities like Buda, New Braunfels and Kyle are booming with suburbs popping everywhere. The infamous I-35 corridor is going to be massive!

[@trustyoungpierre9959]

Katy is growing. Houses are going up just outside of I-10 West. I couldn’t believe it. Texas soon will be the most populous state 😢

[@elijahosters3212]

Is NOBODY going to say ANYTHING about how he totally skipped the Great Lakes/ Chiwaulkee Megalopolis?!? Man, I love most of your vids but this is unacceptable coming from a Chicagoan.

[@danielm4436]

The greater great lakes area is actually the largest. Bigger in population but more spread out than the northeast so that's why people don't look at it. It's very disconnected but the numbers are HUGE. AND that's not even considering Toronto/Mississauga right there across the border. It's a lot closer to Detroit and Cleveland than it is to NYC.

[@Car_guy31]

I know right? I drive from Detroit to Chicago and there's not even one part where there aren't any people. Kinda surprised.

[@DeaconDee80]

Facts. The lack of respect.

[@jasonfischer8946]

That's because the population is dropping from within.

[@TheStig_TG]

@@danielm4436 A large connect area of cities is what a megaopolis is... so the area your talking about is not

[@peytonhull59]

So glad you shouted out port Arthur ❤❤ I’m currently working at the largest refinery in America. Keep up the great videos beaver XOXO

[@TheGarmisch]

You should make longer videos. I'd love to hear more in-depth stuff from you. Keep it up man!

[@BeaverGeography]

It’s very unsustainable, and takes a lot longer to make. I have an irl job and I’m very busy irl, so I physically can’t do videos much longer than 10 minutes

[@bruceh4180]

@@BeaverGeography just found your channel. Congrats on 1M views.

[@John-rz4cu]

Texas resident here. If you are not sure how to pronounce a towns name, check with the locals. One example, Killeen is pronounced Kill een not Kull een.

[@timizuokumor122]

I love your videos keep it up! To avoid the minor population errors, next time. Wikipedia is actually a pretty good website, that takes numbers directly from the census with accurate estimates.

[@fireandiron4181]

Austin has had the craziest growth. If you look at pictures of Austin 15 years ago compared to now, it barely even looks like the same city.

[@Strider_Bvlbaha]

I'd love to see an in-depth video on the DFW combined stat. area alone--I grew up there but it has changed and expanded so rapidly the country towns my family would drive through on the way to see relatives in Oklahoma are all part of the metroplex now! The small, densely suburban exurb I grew up in had a level population of about 38,000 for twenty or thirty years--then gained *Twenty Thousand* in the space of about five years. One can imagine what that does to traffic in a place where there are zero mass transit options and sidewalks don't connect neighborhoods, where they exist at all. As a kid, it took about 2.5 hours to travel the ~180mi to see family back on the Rez. When I moved from Ft Worth to the Rez after high school, it would take me about 1.5 hours to get the ~120 miles to Denton, and then another 1.5 hours to cover the roughly 60 miles from Denton to Ft Worth!!! If I didn't plan right and hit traffic, it could take much longer. Very glad the rest of my family quit the city and moved back up here after I did. Stats are off, but that's hardly your fault--growth during COVID right before and after the census was taken was phenomenal. I find it funny that lots of people who grew up there--but who's parents or grandparents moved to DFW from elsewhere--are leaving because the sudden population boom has radically altered the whole area. Yet even with all that, there are more people moving in from out-of-state, and I'm very curious to see what demographic shifts will occur due to that over the next few decades, not to mention how it will impact Texan identity/mythos. Edited to add: the DFW area *alone* has more than twice the population of Oklahoma (8.1 vs just under 4 million)!! For a little more context, Oklahoma is right at 1/2 the land area of the entirety of Texas--but 3/4 of the DFW population (over 6 million of the 8.1 million people) lives inside of FOUR counties.

[@RR64434]

Good post however Denton is only 30 miles from FW not 60

[@Strider_Bvlbaha]

@@RR64434 Depends on what part of town you start and end! My odometer always put it just shy of 60 miles from entering Denton to getting to where I was going in Ft. Worth.

[@RR64434]

@@Strider_Bvlbaha Yes that is definitely true. I’m sure there are some parts that are 60 miles. I was meaning more from downtown to downtown

[@philipthomas6808]

D/FW is just so international, like a miniature LA or NYC, that attracts so many immigrants... The land of opportunity!

[@seananthony7494]

Finally a video about a subject I’ve been looking for👍

[@Jprice141788]

Also how Southwest Airlines was born. They had 3 planes and they just all rotated between Houston, Austin, and Dallas all day!

[@thegr8snowmccall]

Oh way to go! I loved this content! I reside here... And two frigging awesome cities not mentioned within the Texas Triangle are the best cities in Texas in Texas to Live- Round Rock Georgetown The growth in these two cities has exploded ...so I would love to see another adding these two amazing cities! Thank you so much! I liked followed and commented...can't wait to see past Content and look forward to new! Texas sized hugs!

[@thomaswayneward]

They are both leftist to the core. Don't go there.

[@howardoberg5847]

I live near New Braunfels It now extends into 2 counties and is quickly gobbling up little hamlets left and right. the small city I live in, pop 3000, may be one of it's next acquisition. another city on I-35 just north of NB is San Marcos pop 70,000. May not be too long before people start referring to this area as the San Antonio/Austin metroplex.

[@enjoyslearningandtravel7957]

I used to visit some people in New Braunfels some decades ago and I believe the population was around 35,000 and a lot of the suburbs were not there of course. Now it’s what over 70,000 being that now it’s popular as a bedroom community to San Antonio but less expensive housing found.

[@TheMarioBrosBros]

What city do you live in?

[@jm5390]

I think by 2030 it will be a large (land area) extended metroplex since together they have about 4.5 million people as of 2020. So much growth around Kyle, Buda, San Marcos, and New Braunfels.

[@mattbowdenuh]

ya, i remember 20 years ago there was distance and lots of open fields between san antonio, NB, san marcos, and austin. Now, it's just solid all the way through. Austin to San Antonio is nothing but solid people all the way now, and that stretch of I-35 is terrible.

[@kevinbailey8827]

My uncle moved from Austin to Manchaca in the early 70s to get away from the city. The city came after him, so in the early 80s he moved to Driftwood. Now he feels like it’s catching him again.

[@pgrant7688]

Water. It will be the limiting factor in population increases. People migrating from other states are finding out we have none to spare.

[@sascotttx5145]

"Houston is a more swampy Dallas." That's a good one. They both have the same traffic congestion. In Houston the rush hour slows to a crawl, but in Dallas they've learn how to drive bumper to bumper at 70 mph. Houston is a relatively young city, especially when compared to Dallas/Ft. Worth. At the beginning of the last century, Galveston was the hot spot and Houston was pretty much a four-way stop sign. The hurricane that destroyed Galveston in 1900 was the reason people considered Houston to be a safer place to start their roots.

[@semipenguin]

As an over the road truck driver, I’ve been to all those places you mentioned.

[@AIGeographyTeacher]

Your geography content is both cool and informative! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! 🌐👏

[@Warriorcats64]

Greetings from Bryan. You really hit the nail on the head, it's part of the reason I even moved here...I mean I moved to College Station originally but... But seriously the CS area has really expanded since I arrived here even, it's kinda crazy. But it's kinda depressing how the only real "city center" to that place is Northgate. It's pretty much why I moved over to Bryan, where there actually is a real downtown.

[@BeaverGeography]

From what I found researching for this video, Bryan seems like a really nice place :)

[@timothykeith1367]

@@BeaverGeography I think the Bryan-College Station area wlll exceed 1 million in 20 years. It/s central location is an advantage. Interstate I-14 will pass through there, it will cause the western edge of East Texas to grow.

[@MrAsearcy]

Yep graduated from Bryan high in 2009. The place has grown alot

[@DoomsJ]

Spring, Tx here , thanks for the map shout out! Great video cuz your not wrong 👌

[@jaya.d-gauthier1644]

I drove down katy freeway downtown to the burbs and right back at 5pm yesterday because of an emergency. It’s brutal but should be noted 26 lanes includes the feeders and toll lanes. It’s really only 5-6 at each way at best so traffic is horrendous

[@outlawgaming2439]

San Antonian here, so awesome to see this video. Keep 'em coming!

[@zachc8190]

Great lakes is more of one than denver. Come in now

[@JNS512]

I'm from Austin born and raised. This city has had a huge transformation in my lifetime and what is crazy is we are currently in the largest building boom this city has ever experienced before. Exciting times as what will be the tallest skyscraper in Texas is now under construction in DT Austin (Rainey Street District to be exact) and it is just one of more than a dozen new and tall skyscrapers that are at some stage of construction concurrently.

[@mrtips2175]

What's exciting about it ?

[@buckbuckner3505]

@@mrtips2175 IT'S ALL PART OF TEXAS, MY FRIEND. AND IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEN DON'T BOTHER SHOWING UP HERE CAUSE YOU'LL NEVER GET IT. MY BLOOD HAS RUN 87 YEARS A BRIGHT TEXAS RED AND I'M NOT ABOUT TO LEAVE JUST YET. TEXAS IS IN MY DNA....

[@MrChilili]

Houston really made a 26-lane highway that still got jammed

[@waynecopple385]

Oh, just add a few more lanes. Very simple.

[@enjoyslearningandtravel7957]

@@waynecopple385 add more lanes to a Highway in Houston would only solve the problem for about a year. Ha ha

[@edwardmiessner6502]

When a two-track subway line can carry the equivalent of 20 lanes of traffic

[@edwardmiessner6502]

That highway is the RL version of that photoshopped L.A. freeway in gridlock.

[@Mega_DP]

I remember being stuck in traffic for 3 1/2 hours driving from IAH Airport to Spring once. Absolutely miserable lol

[@jasonderby7635]

If they ever build the high speed rail connecting Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio it would make Texas the undisputed king of the US.

[@TexMexTraveler]

Good Video, I live in the Houston area. Thanks for acknowledging your statistics were off, in fact, according to the US Census Bureau, the Texas Triangle as 21 million residents, when counting DFW area of 7.5 million, Houston area of 7.3 million, San Antonio of 2.9 million, Austin with 2.5 million, along with the other smaller cities, and the often overlooked other counties within the Texas Triangle that do not have any large cities but do have some amount of population. I think the only thing I have a problem what you've said is that is a "more swampy Dallas" and that he two cites are "a lot alike". They are not, and are very different. Both great cities but very different. The housing market is different, the economy and industries are very different, and the sports team rivalries are significant. Even the land use is different with Houston having no zoning laws while Dallas has very struct zoning laws. Also, I-45 north from downtown to Beltway 8 is set to be widened to 24 lanes at a cost of $10 billion.

[@Bacopa68]

But 45 may end up decked over the east side of downtown, thus ending the Pierce Elevated and freeing up lots of space.

[@JenniferJohnson-fh8fx]

Agree with you on Houston and Dallas being very different, at least to Texans. Their residents would probably feel insulted.

[@jdcjeep47]

Awesome video! I expected nothing less.....Your research work really shows in the videos! Keep up the great work and thanks for the shout out!😁😁

[@TJusnow]

I’m from Beaumont, growth has been stagnant until now. People are moving here so fast that there aren’t enough homes to move into. So you see apartment complexes exploding everywhere around the city.

[@TheMarioBrosBros]

Thanks for the update, I always knew Beaumont population was stagnant unlike the rest of Texas metros. Great to hear that it’s not being left behind anymore.

[@TrustTree8117]

I grew up in Frisco Texas family moved there in 96 from Richardson. At that time it was joy to live in the Dallas area. When I graduated I moved out to Pennsylvania for about 12 years and recently moved back to Dallas in August. 😩 Dallas is now a nightmare!!! I hate what has happened. Living in the metroplex used to encapsulate the American dream. I still remember when you could get a brand new house for 100k front yard back yard the works etc. There was a real sense of community back then, with each surrounding city/suburb, having a unique culture. That’s all gone. The average person I bump into now most likely are not even from Texas let alone Dallas. The traffic is a nightmare. It’s actually easier to travel north/south on Preston than the toll road, which by the way is a set up. The highway system now is specifically designed to add nearly an hour to your trip if not used. Man I used to get from Frisco to Plano in 20 mins, compared to the near hour it takes now in some cases. 😢 I regretfully admit that although I’m a proud Texan, I will sadly be moving again. Just not the same.

[@robertlee6781]

Yep! Dallas was a blast back in the day.

[@TrustTree8117]

@@robertlee6781 what happened to it 😩

[@dmacarthur5356]

Waco boy here who after living on the east coast for 25+ years always wanted to go back home when I retire but I doubt if I will. CenTex has become too urban and too many transplants are starting to take a toll on Texas identity. Sadly, with the current trend it's destined to become another blue cesspool as soon as the cities completely take over the political landscape.

[@TrustTree8117]

@@dmacarthur5356 completely agree

[@rosademuro1]

ive lived in san antonio since 1999 and the growth is actually kind of unbelievable sometimes

[@mattbosley3531]

You're right about the ridiculous growth in Texas. I live in Anna, which is just a little north of McKinney which was one of the measurement points you used for Dallas. When I moved here in 2015 the population was around 10,000. Now it's about 20,000, having doubled in just seven years. At the rate things are going it's going to be solid city from McKinney all the way up to Sherman (near the Oklahoma border) in another 15 or 20 years.

[@markquintonii]

Even Durant which is on the other side of the red river is becoming a suburb of DFW.

[@Default78334]

There are some huge developments going up in Van Alstyne already.

[@dcheyenne4079]

I live in Sherman been here for 6 years and the growth just with in the last year is crazy

[@Perrples]

& Houston is the only “Southern City” in that triangle! Not only, are we right on the gulf coast. We also, are loaded with Louisianans, Mississippians, Alabamans, etc. so the culture is southern as well. The culture in Dallas & Austin leaves a lot to be desired.

[@Fightre_Flighte]

Excellent video. I find it funny how you want to talk about places like Corsicana, yet with an apt view at the DFW Metroplex, Denton goes mysteriously ignored. It might not look like much on a map, because 90% of it is suburbs.... But Dallas and Ft. Worth would be significantly different without Denton's influent, if not a shell of their current selves. That cool little Venn diagram of the Metroplex realistically looks more like a triangle when such things are considered. It might not look like a lot on a satellite picture, but Denton does carry a lot of weight in Metroplex decisions. All that said, carry on with the good content.

[@mattbowdenuh]

Ya, Denton used to be it's own little thing north of DFW where both 35s came back together that had it's own outlying towns like Ponder, Krum, Sanger, Aubrey, etc. Carrollton and Keller used to be the northern boundaries of Dallas and Ft. Worth, when i grew up in the 90s. Now, Denton and its outlying cities is just another part of DFW.

[@Fightre_Flighte]

@@mattbowdenuh Right. Kind of a shame that Dallas creeped all the way up to Lewisville, and Denton met right in as well, after completely swallowing Corinth. But I don't think this City plans on losing it's identity because it touches Dallas. In fact, I think that's made the culture here a little bit stronger. Almost like the underdog that gets mistaken for Dallas.

[@timothykeith1367]

Denton to Frisco is booming, I remember when Frisco was a rural farm town

[@Fightre_Flighte]

@@timothykeith1367 At this point argyle is growing at a pretty fast rate. Won't be long until that town is separated from Denton by only one incoherent line scribbled onto a digital map. If I recall my numbers properly, I remember when Denton had population signs entering and whatnot, and they read about 30 thousand. Now the population isn't worth being reported on signs, it changes so often, and it's easily found on the internet.

[@timothykeith1367]

@@Fightre_Flighte I once lived in the Argyle / Flower Mound area when it was very rural. There were a bunch of crappy weekend houses on the north side of Lake Grapevine which are probably all removed now, but it was cheap back then.

[@TexAnts-xp7tl]

El Paso, Beaumont, Corpus Christi and a few smaller connected cities along the Rio Grande Valley are outliers of the Texas Triangle that also have massive populations and huge urban sprawls. The combination of these outliers have a population equal to or greater than that of Austin.

[@rosendojr1110]

Mission, Texas

[@DROIDFARM]

Good video, a local here liked and subscribed!

[@Hillers62]

I'm from Dallas...the three corners of the triangle are Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston...I have lived in each, and I have family in each...the funny thing is, I saw this back in the 70's, imagining a triangle of population, with Austin in the middle...I also lived in Ft. Worth...and I can say that big industries, tech companies, and major corporations have been here for some time...now other big businesses are joining...so...if this region becomes that successful...could we see the Republic of Texas become a nation again??????

[@GalacticNovaOverlord]

Hell no

[@bruhbutwhytho]

Haha no

[@aidenrokez8629]

No state can succeed from the Union, they signed it.

[@Sharkhunterking]

I really enjoyed watching two of your videos about Florida and Texas and I like how you asked very nicely so I subscribed

[@UpperZenith]

It was already predicted many years ago. I was born and raised in Houston, attended university in Austin in 1995-1999. My international business prof predicted a unified economic triangle between San Antonio, Austin and Houston in 1998.

[@davidbell1684]

This was super informative. Just subscribed

[@superdank1631]

As someone from Texarkana and being just right of the triangle, you really do feel the pull the triangle has on it's surrounding cities/towns it's crazy since Shreveport seems to be repulsing anyone and everyone. Wild being in the middle of opposing magnets.

[@polarbear353]

You bring up a good point. My buddy and I stayed a couple of nights in Shreveport to attend a car show. My goodness that town is dead, it’s like you’re in another world. I don’t go anywhere near that dump anymore.

[@heavyd9346]

I was running hotshot through Shreveport and thought the same thing. If you can get property by the lake or out by Caddo it might make sense. Especially if you are blue collar. Plano has become an absolute mess. I use the highway as much as possible. The crossing streets take forever. Wylie, Parker, and Sasche are next. Just one big ass suburb.

[@trevorjameson3213]

Texarkana is nice, and fairly big. I drive though there often on the way to visit family in Arkansas. Shreveport is a complete dump, there's no reason to ever go there.

[@ganapatihegde1024]

Nice geography vlog! Great presentation with cogent analysis.

[@BeaverGeography]

Thanks a ton!

[@goldfishkaden1539]

“Killeen Temple Metro An under appreciated area” said literally no one in the history of the world

[@HLegendJ]

Great video !

[@neiandresamuels5428]

I love your videos but jeez my man, where are you getting these Population numbers from? In 2022 Texas triangle has more than 20million. And DFW and Houston’s population numbers are wrong Dallas has 8.1million And Houston has 7.2million Austin has 2.3million It’s not a big deal or anything but using these decade old population numbers is very misleading.

[@DavidWillisCO]

Thanks for the Beaumont shoutout 🥲🥲🥲

[@PoolGyall5441]

It’s kind of scary how fast the USA is urbanising I’m curious to see how this country will look in the next few decades

[@johnmeraz7348]

Not urbanizing but suburbanization which is awful, boring and just houses everywhere no real community or mix used community all car everywhere

[@Kylora2112]

@@johnmeraz7348 "What if we had all the services and dysconnectivity of a rural area, but all of the problems of an urban area?" "Can we also make everything even more boring than brutalist Soviet architecture without it actually helping people because it'll be incredibly expensive single-family homes dozens of miles from where people can work instead of affordable apartments for workers close to their jobs?" "BRILLIANT!"

[@ashleykinder8877]

I am from Texas and while I have lived in Tyler and Dallas, the house where I grew up (I'm back there now) in East Texas is in a town of 531. Love it! We're right up against the woods. I missed trees sooo much when I was in Dallas.

[@1882osr]

All I can think watching this is... all those wonderful landscapes and nature, bulldozed for cookie cutter sprawl and a nightmare commute.

[@chazhinkeldey1465]

Thanks for making this video... very interesting!

[@santibanez91]

Houston, a more swampy Dallas. Grew up in Houston and live in Dallas now, I can confirm.

[@p2a0p2e0r1]

Houston has waaaay more diversity than Dallas and is less segregated. It's truly the melting pot city of the United States.

[@tubefaze]

Thank you for mentioning the Golden Triangle, Houston and Beaumont countinue to move toward one another and it would not surprise me if it becaome the "Golden Houston" Metroplex like DFW. Hopefully folks in the area realise a highspeed rail line connecing the corners would greatly benefit the region. Good video.

[@Ace-002]

I been hearing a high speed rail that’ll connect Houston to Dallas and greatly decrease travel time between the two cities. Hopefully they actually do that and eventually connect all the major cities with it

[@texaswunderkind]

The Texas Triangle is a case study for everything wrong with city planning in the U.S. Car-centric sprawl as far as the eye can see, with very little public transportation. Few viable public spaces, but lots and lots of irrigated grass that wastes water in a dessert wasteland that regularly experiences drought. I live in a very desirable neighborhood in Austin, and it is mind-numbingly boring. You have to get in your car to do literally anything. There are no parks, shopping areas, or anything else within walking/biking distance. Ironically, the developer did not allow a gas station to be built in this commuter hell, because gas stations are dirty and disgusting. So you even have to get in your car and drive a mile to get gas for the car that took you there to get gas. Fortunately, suckers keep wanting to move here, so my property value has doubled in five years. I'm going to ride out the upcoming real estate bubble bursting and then sell when I am eligible to retire in five years. I can't wait to see Austin and Texas disappear in my rear-view mirror.

[@bobbyswanson3498]

florida as well

[@zarroth]

this bubble will burst in another year or 2. I seriously doubt it can be sustained for 5 more years.

[@AnimeALX]

Dude we have one of the best public transportation systems in America in the DFW metroplex. It can take you legit anywhere through the Dart railway and bus system. Research stuff before you post.

[@bucktooth002]

Time to ride a bycicle & cut back on the quarter pounders

[@Mega_DP]

Austin sounds nothing like Houston. There are parks, green spaces and gas stations everywhere! The biggest drawbacks to the Houston metro area are lack of public transportation (which they're improving), cost of housing (who isn't experiencing that right now?) and crime has skyrocketed over the past few years.

[@Poseidon650]

I would personally include the Northern California bay with extension into Sacramento, Stockton, and Santa Rosa as an 8th Megalopolis. Loved the video!

[@kelsibwells432]

New Braunfels, Texas is very special , it was founded by Prince Solms of Braunfels, Germany it has now surpassed over a 100000 in population , it is one of the fastest growing popular citys in all Texas/ Nation? The largest water park in the USA, also 2 beautiful Spring fed rivers meander through a park like setting. Excellent video!

[@rogerpropes7129]

My aunt, b. 1897, was named Mabel Landa Smith--ring a bell? Ever go swimming there?

[@Miguel-ng5wm]

Nice video!

[@dbeach84]

Many sources also menrion the Great Lakes megalopolis, which includes most of the Midwestern Rust Belt and Snow Belt cities like Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Indianapolis, Louisville, Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Buffalo (and sometimes including the Canadian Golden Triangle cities). Though this area has seen steady decline for half a century, many of the cities now boast more diversifoed economies and are making a rapid comeback. The largest city near me, Columbus, has grown by around 150,000 since 2010.

[@texastech56789]

Another important thing is that the great lakes megalopolis still has TONS of fresh water (something that will be a huge problem for the American Pacific South West due to droughts: LA, SD, PHX, LV), is generally the most affordable region that still has large cities (i.e you don't have to live in the middle of nowhere for not-terribly priced housing, respectfully) and due to the cities being designed earlier in America's history, they don't suffer (note: AS MUCH) the same issues with the poor implementation of suburban sprawl designed around vehicles. So while many of the cities have lost population, they have resources and past infrastructure to where if environmental and economic issues get worse to a certain level(hope fully not doomsday level), they may see a population resurgence even more than what you mentioned. That's if people from warmer states can stand the cold for at least 3 months of the year 😆

[@texastech56789]

And THEN, you have other smaller cities that are very similar overall to the bigger cities (you missed Milwaukee lol) you named:Rochester, Dayton, Akron, Toledo, Youngstown, Fort Wayne, Lansing, Grand Rapids, etc...

[@texastech56789]

and in case anyone asks, yes, I know about the problems many cities in the snow/rust belt face.

[@enjoyslearningandtravel7957]

@@texastech56789 I agree with you that the great lakes megalopolis stars tons of freshwater unlike Texas cities. Someone I know who lives near San Antonio says the water level is very low and with almost week of 105° every day they’re having water restrictions n

[@jamescoulson7729]

Except for the Canadian golden triangle which is one of if not the fastest growing region in North America, with many predicating that Toronto will become the largest city on the continent by the end of the century

[@mattgoettl6796]

Really enjoying this channel. Keep up the great work!

[@bobbygetsbanned6049]

Stop moving to Texas, it's already full! Sincerely, a Texan.

[@christianweibrecht6555]

No, instead let’s raise the Texas population to 40 million before 2040

[@bobbygetsbanned6049]

@@christianweibrecht6555 No body wants you here.

[@b.jerelljones7312]

That Texas heat is no joke. Summers are brutal

[@skeletordevops]

Great content and informative video. One point of contention: Every city within the triangle is not considered part of The Texas Triangle. In terms of the way the governing bodies see it, the Texas Triangle comprises 35 of the state's 254 counties. The 35 counties are in Texas' four largest metropolitan statistical areas: Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. Keep up the great work! 👏

[@Moss_and_Such]

I’m glad to see most folks’ commentary on the growth is an analytical one. As someone living in Denver, the growth is overwhelming but that’s the way of things. It’s easy to blame outsiders as a monolith for the changes to our environment but the truth is far more complicated.

[@MadCapMoto]

It’s depressing as hell now, trust me. When I grew up, it was chill, I’m 21 now and it’s gotten so fucking crowded that I can’t even enjoy living here. Stay the hell away unless you like sitting in traffic and light pollution. I plan on getting out of this messed up state as soon as I graduate from college.

[@MiguelOjedaJr]

Nice insight!

[@Hawxaw]

Always appreciate the Texas content. We need a major urbanism movement here.

[@gibbysmalls4219]

I grew up swimming and exploring the rivers running through San marcos. Moved away when things started blowing up. It's a completely different place now.

[@jasonjohnston94]

As a native Texan who’s grown up during the time Texas flipped from solid blue to solid red, it’s the political shift that worries me more than any other part of the population growth. A lot of people have moved here from the east and west coasts and brought their politics with them, but since the pandemic, more people seem to be moving here, as well as to Tennessee and Florida to escape the politics of their blue states. That, along with the shift towards the conservative side of the Latino population, leads me to believe that Texas will remain a red state.

[@KT22672]

The divorce is happening If you are a conservative in CA or PA for example, you are likely looking to move to TX or FL If you are a liberal in TX or FL, you are probably looking to CA or PA

[@Squee_Dow]

I would love to ship the leftists in Austin to California and tell them to take their weirdness with them. What I wouldn't give to see Austin turn into the great Texas town it was so many years ago.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

@@Squee_Dow 😢😭😩😫. Enjoy some cheese with your whine!!

[@GalacticNovaOverlord]

​@@Squee_Dow lol you're crazy

[@GalacticNovaOverlord]

I think y'all are some brainwashed Texans sadly. It's saddening to see the establishment making you back Republicans.

[@BipolarBear107]

Great summary. Thanks!

[@galenmerrick]

DFW is called the "Metroplex" bro.

[@clairethewave]

Thanks for not forgetting about us here in Beaumont! We have our own little “golden triangle”, with Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange.

[@karlas4446]

I’ve lived Fort Worth for 20 years, and has grown so much, the land area is too small for how many people have moved there. I miss when it was a small cute city :(

[@meanoldson5098]

Good video, thanks