I lived in Austin when the Austonian was almost finished. Downtown was changing rapidly then. I hear the neighborhoods surrounding downtown have changed drastically as well. Cant wait to see what it looks like in a few years.
You might want to clarify your statement about the number of people living in Austin in any certain time period. Austin had about 1,000 inhabitants when it was designated as the Capital of Texas back in the day. In 1983 when we returned to Austin after spending over 20 years in the Military, it had grown to over 300,000 ( still a relatively small city ) compared to what it is now. Bergstrom AFB and the UT campus were the main factors of that growth before the big corporations moved to Austin as well.
Also stated San Francisco was the fastest growing city in America. Currently San Fransico and the bay area in general is losing population and has been a slow growing area for decades.
It's disconcerting to see shots of Dallas mixed in with what looked like Pittsburgh or Atlanta, and some historic structure closer to the original thirteen colonies, than anywhere near Austin.
Mr. McKinney, i've always suspected these kind of videos are made in foreign countries by people that never have visited USA, and they dig some info in Wikipeadia and then look for some public domain pictures to publish a RU-vid video and make some money. (I'm sure the voice in this video is from a software app.)
It’s crazy we lived a year in Austin in 2010- and then moved to the coast near Houston- went back to Austin a few different times over the last 14 years and it’s unrecognizable every time. I’m proud of Austin for jumping out front of other Texas cities and going bigger. It was inevitable because the terrain, the amenities, and the vibe there. It’s always been a cool college town. I think in the last 14 years it’s taken on a new identity. But cities have to keep reinventing themselves in order for them to prosper.
I think its time for Austin to pass SA. The biggest skyscraper in SA isnt even a skyscraper. Its a tower then Austins buildings come in. SA has the river walk, six flags, and a NBA team. So let Austin get some love lmfaoo. Although Austin got the biggest indoor water park resort in the U.S. i believe so i think its fair.
@@tyreek.6815 The tallest building in Des Moines is taller than the tallest building in Kansas City. City size vs building height aren't always the same.
The city of San Antonio has a building height limit in place within its downtown and city limits to prevent any building being constructed that would be taller than the Tower of the Americas. I often wondered how a city the size San Antonio had such few skyscrapers, so I did some research. Although, I feel like I also read somewhere that certain city officials are proposing to eliminate that ordinance.
@@wmbrent123 Although the tallest building in SA is 546 feet tall while the tower of Americans is 750 feet tall. So there still is 200 feet of leeway that another skyscraper could still be taller without violating the ordinance.
It's literally incredible how much has Austin developed in the recent years . I am guessing by the end of this decade it will has the most modern look and one of the most impressive skylines in USA
Unfortunately, this video cannot be trusted as a reliable source if somebody was trying to prove a point. @ 1:45, San Francisco is not the fastest growing city in the United States. In fact, San Francisco's population has actually SHRUNK by about 65,000 people between the years of 2020 and 2022, while Austin has grown. Makes one wonder what else is not accurate in this video.
Yeah I think his research is a little off because Charlotte North Carolina population just surpassed San Francisco’s’ population and is now considered the 15th largest city and still growing with about 118 people coming to the city each day
I think he's judging cities by metro areas. The list of biggest cities judging them only by city limits looks totally different than the list judging them by metro areas which is what most people judge them by. @@doeshecare
Austin is not paradise guys. Kudos to the building boom and all the development! It is hot as hell there and traffic sucks because the roads and public transportation suck, not keeping up with the growth. if you can walk everywhere then you have it made...
Austin is compensating for its small size in comparison to Dallas and Houston. Austin is already seeing a slowdown in its growth and its infrastructure is not keeping up with the growth. The skyline is overblown for a city of its size and will eventually stall
He said iconic downtown Austin lol.. Most people have no clue of what downtown Austin looks like. It's starting to look better than it did but for the most part it still looks bland.
Agree - it looks bland because these skyscrapers are being constructed not by demand for office space but rather to boost Austin‘s image. Go behind these buildings and downtown has little to offer outside of 6th street
you should edit the video so as to not show the houston skyline and dallas skyline when aculty talking about austin skyline it makes you think your showing austin when in fact your not at all in alot of the shots
Not sure why Dallas and Houston skyline is on here. But San Francisco is nothing the fastest growing city. Fort Worth , Texas is the fastest growing city at already one million people. It out here Austin and San Antonio
They should expand economic development to the suburbs such as San Marcos, and New Braunfels to slow development in Austin. Austin is overdeveloping to much.
Been watching the Austin skyline shoot up ever since I was a student there in the 1970s. The city's current fascination with trendy urbanity makes me giggle. Those who don't remember the past are doomed to repeat it, this time with a dusting of chili powder and mango.
For Austin Skyscraper enthusiast's this must be an exciting time to be alive with each new year bringing an ever-taller skyscraper to eclipse the city's tallest. It is like the city is on steroids.
Why do the Arabs and Dubai and China have towers that are more lengthy than ours? I hope that the lengths of a tower in the world will be in Miami 200 floors, the same Arabs
Does Austin feel like a big city? I've noticed when it come to newer cities like Nashville, Charlotte or Raliegh they don't have a big city feel even though they're gaining skyscrapers and growing.
@@blast4me754 Not really, no. Downtown and UT is dense but outside of that no. But they have the hills and lakes. They just hit a million tho in the city
Austin is getting taller but Dallas still has more overall buildings. Especially, when you include Uptown Dallas, which is adding a lot of new high-rises. Austin’s buildings are mostly residential towers, while Dallas and Houston’s tallest buildings are office. This is Dallas’ skyline currently ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DdhGh4CoEqw.html
A kind of inbred reality is what this is. Just saying that Shanghai, for example, has a dozen skyscrapers over a1000 feet high, including their tallest building being over 2000ft high. Almost all their skyline popped up in past 25 years -- 800ft high buildings are just average for that city -- but we think what's happening to downtown Austin is "insane." We Americans live to much in our own bubble.
Austin had that unfinished shell of a building for awhile. I wonder if building a bunch of office space in during an office space downtown is wise. Unless it's laboratory/ or med lease, it's hard to find investors
If you mean the unfinished Intel building, that was eons ago. They long since demolished it and built a federal courthouse on that site. As far as investors go, most of these new developments get leased or residential units sold out long before the building gets finished. As long as the demand for office, residential and hotel is there, Austin's downtown will keep growing.
Sixth and Guadalupe had Facebook as its anchor tenant for the commercial space. I wonder how that is being impacted now that Facebook is conducting massive layoffs.
