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Texas' cities among fastest-growing in US
Associated Press ^ | 05/24/2013 | Juan Carlos Llorca

Posted on 05/24/2013 12:35:03 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

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Eight of 15 cities with the fastest growth in the United States are in Texas, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Estimates released Thursday also show that half of those cities in the nation with the largest total population increases are in Texas. And Houston added more than 34,500 people to reach 2.2 million inhabitants — only second to New York City in total population gains in the year that ended last July.

The Central Texas town of San Marcos is the fastest-growing city in the U.S., increasing by 4.9 percent. It also surpassed the 50,000-population mark, the minimum threshold that cities had to reach to be included in the bureau's list.

Other cities with rapid population growth: Midland and Odessa in West Texas; Conroe, just north of Houston; and the Austin suburbs of Cedar Park and Georgetown, as well as Frisco and McKinney, located north of Dallas.

No other state had more than one city in the top 15 list.

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Of the 10 U.S. cities with the largest total gains, half are in Texas: Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas and Fort Worth.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: fastestgrowing; migration; redstates; sanmarcos; texas; trends
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God Bless Texas.
1 posted on 05/24/2013 12:35:03 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

God help Texas.


2 posted on 05/24/2013 12:36:42 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Responsibility2nd

God help us. I don’t consider this a good thing at all.


3 posted on 05/24/2013 12:36:58 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

True! We got enough Californian here now, especially Austin, and don’t need any more.


4 posted on 05/24/2013 12:38:57 PM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: TADSLOS

Amen bro


5 posted on 05/24/2013 12:40:16 PM PDT by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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To: Responsibility2nd

Not sure how good this is...The liberal human viruses coming soon to a Texas city near you...


6 posted on 05/24/2013 12:41:33 PM PDT by Fedupwithit (You gave him what he wanted. I gave him what he needed.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

They weren’t born in Texas, but they got there as soon as they could (so they could mess it up).


7 posted on 05/24/2013 12:43:58 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: K-oneTexas

I was surprised to learn that little ol quaint Austin, is close to becoming a member of the 10 largest cities in America, I realized that the traffic was worse, but that detail sneaked up on me.

Personally, I think America was just fine in 1970 with about 200 million people, I know that Austin and San Diego, and Los Angeles, and Houston were better cities.


8 posted on 05/24/2013 12:44:37 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: Responsibility2nd; a fool in paradise

Oh, boy (as Texan Buddy Holy sang.) I guess we oughta be thankful AP didn’t write “Texas’s cities”, still, “Texas cities” would of done just fine.


9 posted on 05/24/2013 12:44:40 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

....and this growth would be Hispanic?????


10 posted on 05/24/2013 12:45:43 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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I don’t see Texas ever becoming California. Not the feel good, can’t we all get along, planet first, who’s your therapist culture. Perhaps in Colorado, but not Texas.

Minority demographics are a much bigger threat to the culture of Boone, Bowie and Travis.


11 posted on 05/24/2013 12:45:51 PM PDT by cicero2k
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Scary news. Are we becoming Texico or Texifornia? Does it make any difference?


12 posted on 05/24/2013 12:46:28 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte ( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
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To: Responsibility2nd

All the gays and other liberals are descending on Texas to push their agenda. And then they will move somewhere else. Locusts.


13 posted on 05/24/2013 12:46:51 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: Responsibility2nd

Not everyone in the US is enchanted with Obama’s Marxist nanny state; there remain a few - statistically speaking - who are aware of America’s great legacy and value freedom.


14 posted on 05/24/2013 12:52:06 PM PDT by Jack Hammer (American)
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We've survived the Yankee ('80's) and Katrina infiltrations. I think folks get the Texas message pretty quick and pretty clear, once they relocate here.

Don't mess with Texas!

15 posted on 05/24/2013 12:52:41 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
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To: Revolting cat!

Texas citie’s?


16 posted on 05/24/2013 1:07:08 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: petitfour

It’s a liberal wetdream to hijack Texas’ electoral votes and Senate seats.


17 posted on 05/24/2013 1:08:02 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Responsibility2nd

This can be a two edged sword. It makes me sick at my stomcah to hear, “Well back in Jersey we did it this way”


18 posted on 05/24/2013 1:08:45 PM PDT by Patriot365
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Yes, it is somewhat worrisome... We had a couple of out of state families move into our neighborhood a few years ago, one family from California, one from the godless and demented communist State of Massachussets. The California family came from San Diego and was surprisingly right-leaning, the Masstards were... as expected, left of Mao.

In 2004, Kerry signs filled their yard and they continually destroyed their next door neighbor's McCain yard sign (until her oldest son stated he would kick their a$$ if it happened again). In 2008, they were the only demented a$$ clowns in the area to have Obamunist for Tyrant signs on their front lawn. Not quite sure what happened, but during the 2012 election year, no signs. After seeing what these parasites have done to states like Colorado and New Mexico, I can only hope that they are all moving to Austin or Houston.

19 posted on 05/24/2013 1:09:25 PM PDT by Common Sense 101 (Hey libs... If your theories fly in the face of reality, it's not reality that's wrong.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Resistane is futile. You will be assimilated!

20 posted on 05/24/2013 1:11:32 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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