Locator: 50807TEXAS.
Cities: Link here.
Across the entire US, across all sizes, the top five cities ranked by growth are in Texas:
- four of them are in the DFW area;
- the fifth is in the Houston area, Fulshear.
- well west of Houston; an extension of Katy, Texas
- Celina: is in the high growth area north of DFW
- Plano, Allen, Frisco, McKinney, Prosper, Celina, Melissa, Anna (farthest north)
- essentially, Dallas already too congested; too expensive; too many homeless -- folks moving north
- Princeton: northeast of DFW; east of McKinney
Nine out of 10 of the largest population gainers in pure numbers were cities in the South because of a healthy job market and its comparative affordability. The biggest numeric gainers were Charlotte, North Carolina; Fort Worth, Texas; San Antonio, Texas; and Celina.
Fort Worth leaped over Jacksonville last year as the 10th most populous U.S. city, putting four Texas cities in the nation's top 10 most populous, with the other cities being Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.
Silicon Valley South and Silicon Valley West: Austin skipped over San Jose for the 12th most populous spot, as Texas’ capital city surpassed 1 million residents for the first time. It is now one of a dozen U.S. cities with 1 million residents or more.
Airports: Link here.
- Around the world, of all the world's airports, DFW is ranked #3 in passenger numbers;
- some sites suggest DFW is #4; other sites suggest #3.
- Of the top three, the US has #1 and #3 (in some lists, #4)
- Only one gateway to UK / EU
- the US has four gateways among the top ten
- When you look at the list:
- Look at the major US city that did not make the top ten!
- US: 4
- Europe: 0
- England: 1
- Turkey: 1
- China: 2
- Japan: 1
- Mideast: 1
- Look at the growth rate of DFW.
- in addition, DFW is adding a sixth terminal and renovating / growing its largest terminal
- a DFW terminal generally has 36 gates
- the new sixth terminal will open with 15 gates, all American
Again, note which US city / airport did not make the list; and that airport has very little regional competition in the big scheme of things.
Not one airport in the US northeast corridor made the list but that is not surprising: at least four in the NYC area, one in Massachsetts; and at least two in the Washington, DC, area, all compete with each other.
