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This important new study examines the intricately linked phenomena of interwoven population growth, economic power, quality education, business leadership, and fiscal significance as exemplified in the “Texas Triangle,” a network of metropolitan complexes that are reshaping the destiny of Texas and adding a strong pinnacle in the global system of economic mega-centers.

The Texas Triangle consists of three metropolitan complexes: Dallas–Fort Worth at the northern tip, Houston-Galveston at the southeastern point, and Austin–San Antonio at the southwestern edge. It consists of four US Census–designated metropolitan statistical areas and includes 35 urban counties that comprise those areas. The Texas Triangle soon will include four of the ten most populous cities in the United States. Together these metro areas represent the fifteenth largest economy in the world.

The authors describe the trajectories of each of the Texas Triangle metros in which they live and work and integrate them into a larger dynamic of functioning cohesion and effective collaboration. The Texas Triangle offers community leaders, elected officials, policy makers, and others a more  nuanced understanding of an important moment in America’s continuing urban development. With broader perspectives for how community-building advances the public interest, this book lays important foundations for matching the path of economic prosperity to an informed sense of what is possible.

ISBN-13: 9781648430091

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Publication Date: 05-17-2021

Pages: 240

Product Dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

Series: Kenneth E. Montague Oil and Business History

HENRY CISNEROS, formerly mayor of San Antonio, served as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Clinton administration, 1993–97. He is chairman of American Triple I, an infrastructure investment firm. DAVID HENDRICKS recently retired after more than 40 years with the San Antonio Express-News, where he had been a business editor and columnist. J. H. CULLUM CLARK serves as director of the George W. Bush Institute–SMU Economic Growth Initiative and is also adjunct professor of economics at Southern Methodist University. WILLIAM FULTON serves as director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University. The former mayor of Ventura and director of planning and economic development for the City of San Diego, he is also the author of The Reluctant Metropolis.

Table of Contents

Preface Henry G. Cisneros xi

1 The Origins of the Texas Triangle 1

2 The Texas Triangle among the United States' Megaregions 14

3 The Texas Triangle's Position in the Nation and World 32

4 The Texas Triangle's Rising Migration Crescendo 38

5 How Texas Grows More Rapidly Than Other States 56

6 What Texas Triangle Growth Means for Politics 72

7 Dallas 81

8 Fort Worth 108

9 Houston 126

10 Austin 143

11 San Antonio 164

12 The Rest of the Texas Triangle 185

13 Texas Metros outside of the Triangle 198

14 Rural Texas 220

15 The Texas Triangle's Economic Reach outside of Texas 229

16 Texas Triangle Challenges 233

17 The Texas Triangle in the Coming Decades 258

18 Old Texas versus New Texas 267

Acknowledgments 283

Appendix 1 Texas Fortune 500 Companies (2019) 285

Appendix 2 Top Texas Triangle Tourism Destinations 287

Appendix 3 Top Texas Triangle Amusement Parks 289

Appendix 4 Selected Texas Triangle Public and Private Universities 291

Appendix 5 Texas Triangle Community College Systems! 293

Appendix 6 Passenger Rail Travel in the Texas Triangle 295

Appendix 7 International Flights to and from Texas Triangle Airports 297

Appendix 8 A Triangle Counties 301

Notes 303

Index 317