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People: Get used to them.
A relocation consulting company recently unveiled stunning data by beginning, “The future of America may lie in Texas.”
Tell us something else we don’t know. (That’s sarcasm, by the way.)
However, what moveBuddha showed us recently was a head-turner that left me with whiplash.
The company applied 2010-20 U.S. Census growth rates to project the top 10 U.S. metropolitan areas in 2100.
What they found is that there will be a lot of people living here.
Dallas-Fort Worth is numero uno at a projected 34 million people. At 7.8 million, we’re currently No. 4 in the rankings. Houston and Austin are projected to be Nos. 2 and 3.
That’s right, the top three are all in Texas.
New York City — The New York City — falls to No. 5, Los Angeles to 7, and Chicagoland, currently No. 3 but with us tailgating, drops completely out of the top 10, according to projections.
Great day in the morning!
“MoveBuddha projects that eight of the top 10 most populated cities by the year 2100 will be in the Sunbelt,” the moveBuddha people reported. “Texas would hold the top three cities, Florida would be home to two top cities, and Phoenix, Atlanta, and LA would be in the top 10.
“The Northeast would suffer the most, with only two cities in the top 10.”
Now, keep in mind that many prognosticators have projected the Cowboys in the Super Bowl this year. So, people can be wrong, and things can change.
But that we're growing at a rapid rate, there is, of course, no question, and much of that growth in our metro is right here in our backyard.
Fort Worth is the fastest-growing city in America.
Between July 2021 and July 2022, Fort Worth added more than 19,000 residents, more than any other U.S. city. Fort Worth, with just below 957,000 in population, is the 13th-largest city in the country, just behind, San Jose, California, Jacksonville, Florida, and Austin.
The city is projected to eclipse one million in population by 2030 and surpass Dallas by 2045, according to U.S. Census Bureau forecasts.
As a region, Fort Worth-Dallas is projected to become the third-largest metro in the U.S. in the 2030s. The area will also, sooner rather than later, be the only U.S. metropolitan area to house two cities with populations over one million.
Recently, the Pacific Research Institute, a nonpartisan, free-market think tank based in Sacramento, California, ranked the top 50 most populous cities that promote pro-growth policies, encourage entrepreneurship, and provide core public services efficiently.
No. 1 on the list: Fort Worth.
The rankings of the “Free Cities Index,” produced by the PRI’s Free Cities Center, are predicated on a pro-growth policy criterion, judging the nation's 50 most populous cities based on whether they levy less burdensome taxes on businesses and individuals, impose a less costly regulatory environment, and efficiently provide core public services.
Giddyap, Cowboy.