lockmat Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Got this from my RECON email...AUSTIN (Texas Labor Market Review) – Because of population growth, names for two Texas Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) have changed.The Austin–Round Rock MSA is now the Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos MSA. The San Antonio MSA is now the San Antonio–New Braunfels MSA.Geographic composition for both areas will remain unchanged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dariusb Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Do you think there is a possibility of both metros combining in the future to make the SA-Austin-San Marcos-New Braunfels metropolitain area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Do you think there is a possibility of both metros combining in the future to make the SA-Austin-San Marcos-New Braunfels metropolitain area?No. They're 70 miles apart and commuting between them on a regular basis does happen, but really is not practical or common.Compare to 30 miles for Dallas-Fort Worth, 35 miles for Washington and Baltimore (which aren't combined), 40 miles for San Francisco and San Jose (which aren't combined), 60 miles for Austin and Temple (which aren't combined), 80 miles for Philadelphia and New York City (which aren't combined), and 80 miles for Milwaukee and Chicago (which aren't combined). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Do you think there is a possibility of both metros combining in the future to make the SA-Austin-San Marcos-New Braunfels metropolitain area?Yes. It will happen eventually. Hopefully the sooner the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Do you think there is a possibility of both metros combining in the future to make the SA-Austin-San Marcos-New Braunfels metropolitain area?Yes, it could happen. There seems to be a trend toward hyphenating and "triphenating" American MSAs and ADIs these days. It has a lot to do with the development of exurbs. Some of them are getting too big to ignore, but remain too small to stand on their own, especially when overlaid with ADI (Area of Dominant Influence) regions.How far apart two cities are has nothing to do with it, especially considering the fluid nature of municipal boundaries these days.The reason You don't see a lot of multi-city MSAs in the northeast isn't because of their distance from one another, it's because historically ADIs and MSAs used to follow the same boundaries, and were initially defined at a time when people didn't travel as far from their homes on a regular basis as they do these days. As population grows in exurbs, they get tacked on to larger city MSAs. As they continue to grow, they often get split off into their own MSAs. Look at New Jersey, which used to be entirely in either the New York, Philadelphia, or Atlantic City zones. Now there is a Tom's River zone. And as the northeastern portion of Pennsylvania has grown, it's now part of what is sometimes the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut-Northeast Pennsylvania zone. Expect this to solidify further as commuter rail from New York City expands into places like Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sellanious Caesar Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Article on it already:The corridor council is doing preliminary research to send to the federal Office of Management and Budget, which will use 2010 census data to produce a new list of consolidated statistical areas by 2013, council President Ross Milloy said.Combining San Antonio's and Austin's market numbers would raise the region's profile for purposes of attracting new retailers, airline routes, corporate headquarters and professional sports franchises, former San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros said to about 250 people attending Friday's 2010 Austin-San Antonio Corridor Growth Summit.Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/local/article/S-A-Austin-market-data-could-be-combined-663387.php#ixzz1Gckeplq9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 How far apart two cities are has nothing to do with it, especially considering the fluid nature of municipal boundaries these days.Explain that. What municipal boundaries would you consider more fluid than they had been historically? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Article on it already:This is proposing a CSA, like exists for Washington-Baltimore or San Francisco-San Jose. CSAs are not the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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