As San Antonio Grows, So Does Its Confidence
SAN ANTONIO — In 2008, after 15 years as the Alamo City’s largest corporate resident, AT&T announced it was moving its headquarters to Dallas — and taking 700 executives along with it. In the past, that San Antonio’s first Fortune 500 company had outgrown its home might have seemed an insurmountable blow for this city with a pre-existing inferiority complex. But these days, it is not easy to shake the city’s confidence.
In the last decade, companies have flocked to San Antonio, making it an economic center rivaling Houston and Dallas. With that business expansion has come energetic ...
Comments (5)
richard kidwell
Look at the growth pattern. Almost all outside 1604 loop to the north and west. Core city and south side population declined. Not sure what conclusion to draw from this but it reminds me of the talk in the 70's about "flight to the suburbs".
Travis Cooper
The "growth" you talk about is just sprawl with cookie-cutter houses/subdivisions that have not held their value, which is to be expected when you tell everyone they "deserve" a house! Much of the promised retail that was to be built around this area never panned out or sits empty. Also, as far as jobs are concerned, the pay stinks! Look up the average incomes... sure, you can find a job, but it will be for $8 hr. if you're lucky! The only truth in the story is near the end where it says SA is becoming more Hispanic.
Rob S
This article has many untruths in it, what kind of reporting is this? It's more like Central Texas chest-thumping and spin.
By what measure do you say San Antonio compares to Houston and Dallas economically? Certainly not by GDP, so by what measure then? Houston and DFW each account for about 30 percent of the state’s GDP. San Antonio and Austin each accounted for roughly 6 percent.
Same thing goes for types of jobs and educational attainment; even if San Antonio has done better recently, it still has a long way to go to catch up.
Don Moore
Don't forget Whataburger!
John Kent
This statement is not correct: "According to U.S. census numbers, in the past 10 years, San Antonio has added more people within its city boundaries than any other major city in the state." Census figures show that Fort Worth added more people within its city boundaries in the last 10 years than San Antonio or any other major city in Texas. Fort Worth added 206,512 people, while San Antonio added 183,741. If you are not including Fort Worth in the "major city" category, then you must also conclude that Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Denver, Detroit, Miami, Seattle and Washington, D.C. are not major cities, as Fort Worth's population is greater than any of those.