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Old Posted Oct 19, 2019, 7:51 PM
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Originally Posted by LA21st View Post
La wasnt a nimby metro until the 1980s or so.
Well above Texas cities current populations..
Maybe 14-15 million.


La with all it's traffic problems, still is in a different league with infrastructure compared
To those places.
No idea how Dallas and houston can hit 12 million and not be a hellish disaster.
Agreed, especially DFW. Check out the scale of the Metroplex vis-a-vis Greater LA and its much tighter grid. DFW's lack of a regular grid system (both cross-metro and within subdivisions) in conjunction with the "dense, yet sparse" suburban patterns put it along a theoretical trajectory with far more challenges than LA, assuming the unchecked growth continues at its current pace.

Dallas
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7883...0236526,11.02z

Los Angeles
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9885....1132828,11.2z

DFW actually makes Houston look relatively compact:

Houston
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7575764,-95.3686209,11z
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