Austin:
1. Travis (contains Austin and some inner suburbs)
2. Williamson (contains Round Rock, Cedar Park, and the majority of the suburban population)
3. Hays (contains Buda and Kyle, as well as San Marcos which is a bit more of satellite than a suburb)
4. Bastrop
5. Caldwell
Caldwell and Bastrop could be eliminated without changing the top-line very much, but I generally agree with the county mash up game from a practical perspective: because these statistical entities are used as government funding criteria, it is important to have them match the entities to which money will be transferred down. Therefore, counties are the easiest entity to use.
Edit: Caldwell will almost certainly eclipse Bastrop in the next ten years, as Lockhart is in the hunt to become a business center.
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HTOWN: 2305k (+10%) + MSA suburbs: 4818k (+26%) + CSA exurbs: 190k (+6%)
BIGD: 1304k (+9%) + MSA div. suburbs: 3826k (+26%) + adj. CSA exurbs: 394k (+8%)
FTW: 919k (+24%) + MSA div. suburbs: 1589k (+14%) + adj. CSA exurbs: 90k (+12%)
SATX: 1435k (+8%) + MSA suburbs: 1124k (+38%) + CSA exurbs: 18k (+11%)
ATX: 962k (+22%) + MSA suburbs: 1322k (+43%)
Last edited by wwmiv; Dec 16, 2022 at 12:11 AM.
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