Thread: What if Houston or Dallas eventually became the largest cities in the US?
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Old Posted Nov 5, 2019, 9:52 PM
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^ the county mash-up game of the MSA/CSA measurement might not be the best way to look at it.

the most populous Urban Area in 2010 was NYC with 18,351,295 on 3,450.2 sq. miles. (5,319 ppsm)

in 2010 dallas' UA had 5,121,892 on 1,779.1 sq. miles. (2,879 ppsm)

if the dallas UA grew to become the largest UA in the nation at 20M with its present density, it would gobble up 6,947 sq. miles of land, almost the size of the state of new jersey.
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