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and 3 Bennigans.

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And dickheads will still be saying they miss the old Austin of 2088 back when it was cool. 

53 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

We’re gonna need a shitload more water.

And electricity

So how long till they annex Norman?

2 hours ago, slorch said:

and 3 Bennigans.

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3 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

We’re gonna need a shitload more water.

Yep.  Assuming we even make it to 2100 at all.

We don't have the power grid nor water supply to make it, with flat growth, to 2050.  And suddenly we're have the three largest MSA's in the nation 50 years after that?  

Is there some super secret, functioning grid I don't know about?  That actually uses the insane amount of natural gas and sunlight we have in this state?  

I mean, all those people will move here.  And then they'll die.  Mostly on Rainey Street.  From not not Nicole.  

Maybe those are the only three metro areas that survive the nuclear holocaust since the citizenry will be acclimated to the associated heat well before then.

It's unlikely enough that current growth trends hold steady over a century - just look at the 1920 census vs the present. Projecting out 80 years based on current trends is just making clickbait.

Beyond that, many of the coastal MSA's are artificially small. Poughkeepsie, NY as well as Fairfield County and New Haven County in CT are each considered their own MSA's when in reality they are dependent on NYC (and included in the larger NYC CSA). Ventura County and Riverside/SB Counties are considered separate MSA's from LA. San Jose and San Francisco are separate MSA's. 

Houston is more likely to be the 21st century Detroit than it is to be the second largest MSA and larger than NYC.

The average temp will be 115 degrees in the Summer months 

We’re gonna need a shitload more water.

Houston will look like Venice by then. Borrow some of their's.
6 minutes ago, DaysOff said:


Houston will look like Venice by then. Borrow some of their's.

We still be poppin' trunks and droppin' tops even then.

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An analysis by moving services site moveBuddha published June 22 says the Metroplex's population could swell to 33.91 million people in the next 77 years.

Yeah I seriously fucking doubt it. 34 million? 

2 hours ago, YGIFS said:

We don't have the power grid nor water supply to make it, with flat growth, to 2050.  And suddenly we're have the three largest MSA's in the nation 50 years after that?  

Is there some super secret, functioning grid I don't know about?  That actually uses the insane amount of natural gas and sunlight we have in this state?  

I mean, all those people will move here.  And then they'll die.  Mostly on Rainey Street.  From not not Nicole.  

This.  Obviously.

Then ztejas’ comment.  Poor forecast.

2 hours ago, gmr548 said:

It's unlikely enough that current growth trends hold steady over a century - just look at the 1920 census vs the present. Projecting out 80 years based on current trends is just making clickbait.

Beyond that, many of the coastal MSA's are artificially small. Poughkeepsie, NY as well as Fairfield County and New Haven County in CT are each considered their own MSA's when in reality they are dependent on NYC (and included in the larger NYC CSA). Ventura County and Riverside/SB Counties are considered separate MSA's from LA. San Jose and San Francisco are separate MSA's. 

Houston is more likely to be the 21st century Detroit than it is to be the second largest MSA and larger than NYC.

Dibs on '21st Century Detroit' for my Houston realtor firm.  

"I have a number of homes to show you today.  We think this area could be the next Dearborn, or even Flint."  

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7 hours ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Good for them. I’ll be long gone by then

Our great grandkids will do well if we start buying some property now

Stupid projection unless someone creates a free energy system, someone else creates cheap desalination, and then they put a bubble over the entire triangle for climate control. 

5 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Stupid projection unless someone creates a free energy system, someone else creates cheap desalination, and then they put a bubble over the entire triangle for climate control. 

aggy still working on their maroon fusion project?

no, but progress has  been made on the aggy manure fishin project.  But they're still using their dicks to get the sheep shit out.

Long term growth is going to be in places that have plenty of the 3 W’s: water, weather, and women.  Texas is only gonna have 1 of those.

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9 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Yep.  Assuming we even make it to 2100 at all.

Spoiler...We won't.

3 hours ago, closetohumping said:

Our great grandkids will do well if we start buying some property now

I got a guy 

2 hours ago, Snake Diggity said:

Long term growth is going to be in places that have plenty of the 3 W’s: water, weather, and women.  Texas is only gonna have 1 of those.

🤔

6 hours ago, We’reTexas said:

🤔

He didn’t say it had to be good weather. Insane heat, random freezes, hurricanes, tornadoes and hail are types of weather 

2 hours ago, Captainant said:

I wonder how many of those largest cities will still have a vote by 2100

They’ll be run by their overlords in Lubbock and Midland.  What a world.  

San Antonio / New Braunfels / San Marcos / Buda / Austin / Round Rock / Georgetown will be the huge I35 metroplex 

3 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

San Antonio / New Braunfels / San Marcos / Buda / Austin / Round Rock / Georgetown will be the huge I35 metroplex 

Georgetown to SA = Austin

Houston + College Station + Galveston + Beaumount

Dallas/FW down to Waco, Tyler and all the to the the red river 

Eventually it will just be one big megacity 

Houston to Beaumont will never fill in

Houston to Freeport, 288 filling will happen, all the way to 45 

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On 6/24/2023 at 5:39 PM, closetohumping said:

I actually think the population will eventually migrate back north.   It’s getting hotter

So possibly places like Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis boom.  

I just drove to San Antonio for the first time in over a decade.  Maybe fifteen years.  I was shocked at how the entire drive was one city.  No exaggeration there may have been ten acres total of empty space along I-35. Crazy.  

There is no way the Austin area will have enough water for 22 million people in 2100...  Probably not even 2 million.

Austin headlines for the year 2100:

  "Rail extension to the airport approved"
  "East Austin focus group raises concerns about West Austin"
  "Texas may finally turn blue during the coming election cycle"
  "Traffic, affordability highlight local election issues"

Having never lived there, I didn’t realize that DFW has so many current/potential water sources to support all the growth. Tons of decent sized lakes. I think Dallas currently sources water from 6 of them.

18 minutes ago, Texas Jeff said:

There is no way the Austin area will have enough water for 22 million people in 2100...  Probably not even 2 million.

Austin headlines for the year 2100:

  "Rail extension to the airport approved"
  "East Austin focus group raises concerns about West Austin"
  "Texas may finally turn blue during the coming election cycle"
  "Traffic, affordability highlight local election issues"

You forgot $1 trillionth dollar spent on homelessness.  City celebrates homeless population down as much as  5%

On 6/25/2023 at 3:12 PM, Js1 said:

Eventually it will just be one big megacity 

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8 hours ago, YGIFS said:

You forgot $1 trillionth dollar spent on homelessness.  City celebrates homeless population down as much as  5%

Homelessness is up, but at least commercial real estate and 2nd/3rd/4th home investments are up too! 

As a 50 year resident of Texas, I don't really understand why anyone wants to move here. I assume some combination of people being sheep and/or it really sucks elsewhere. 

I will never fully leave Texas due to family/friends but I can't wait to spend more time away.

Texas has enough water to continue growing with smart management.  Increase reuse and get rid of waste.  But it’s unlikely to happen without crisis.  Unfortunately that’s the way in the state.  This next go round will be driven by the growth currently under way and will happen once aquifers go down enough for the imposition of development moratoria.  Which is coming in the next ten years.  Hell it’s already happening in some of the towns north of Austin but no one will say it out loud.

 

 Right now a bunch of different pipes are being run from the Simsboro and Corrizo back to central Texas.  When those draw down they are out of options and direct reuse from wastewater will start.

There is no such thing as water availability issues.  There may be water transportation and water treatment/processing cost issues.  But there’s more than enough water.  Desal and wastewater reuse can solve any water availability issues.  It just has to be needed enough to justify the cost.

On 6/27/2023 at 7:48 AM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

As a 50 year resident of Texas, I don't really understand why anyone wants to move here. I assume some combination of people being sheep and/or it really sucks elsewhere. 

Bullshit propaganda about "low taxes" (just ignore the property taxes, nothing to see here!) and FREEDUMB (for certain groups, but not for others)

On 6/27/2023 at 9:47 AM, Snake Diggity said:

There is no such thing as water availability issues.  There may be water transportation and water treatment/processing cost issues.  But there’s more than enough water.  Desal and wastewater reuse can solve any water availability issues.  It just has to be needed enough to justify the cost.

If only we spent our surpluses on shit like desal at scale?  Nah, we have a functionless shit to build at the border instead.  

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