New documentary on Austin and San Antonio becoming a mega-metro

https://austin.culturemap.com/news/entertainment/largest-cities-in-us-texas-san-antonio-austin-megametro/

https://video.klrn.org/video/san-antonio-austin-the-emerging-mega-metro-kxn5fn/

I'm planning to watch it today

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MassKirbycide@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y

With the relative proximity and all the small towns in between, it really does seem like we’re trending toward an eventual DFW situation. Then the question becomes whether or not we eventually see an I-10N/I-10S split like they have with I-35. We’re the largest city in the country with only one interstate, so I wouldn’t rule out the possibility if we continue to outpace national growth trends.

spizzat2@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y (4 replies)

So it's time to start picking names, right?

Austonio? San Austin? ASA?

Or are we just going to embrace Mega Braunfels?

malloc@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

We are naming the region "Tacos"

RagingHungryPanda@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

I like Mega Braunfels. Makes me think of a Mega Bratwurst

pigeonberry@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Austin was another name for Augustine (as in missionary to the English), so San Austin works theologically.

spizzat2@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

I much prefer Augustine of Hippo, the patron saint of brewers.

fluxion@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Looking forward to the psychedelic AI-generated gerrymandering art we'd get out of this

reddig33@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
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