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[Joey1986 26]

37 minutes ago, 24994J said:

Guys, we know how DMAs work.

Not everyone does.

[MediaZone4K 2190]

10 hours ago, mre29 said:

 

Isn't that where the concept of bureaus comes in? "Reporting now from our Fort Lauderdale bureau..."

 

 

If they can afford to operate one these days.

[TheRolyPoly 2451]

27 minutes ago, MediaZone4K said:

If they can afford to operate one these days.

 

I can confirm via a source that WSVN 7 is the only South Florida station with a brick-and-mortar presence in both counties, in way of studio and news bureau.

 

WFOR is still in Doral but doesn't have a Broward bureau while WTVJ and WPLG's studios are in Broward but don't have a Miami-Dade news bureau.

 

WSVN has theirs in NBV (for now, Miramar is coming) with a news bureau in FTL (again, for now). I was also able to confirm that even when WSVN moves to Miramar, they'll convert part of their NBV space into a small news bureau for Miami-Dade.

[MarkBRollins88_v2 350]

On 10/31/2024 at 4:13 PM, Breaking News said:

Can anyone explain the two largest cities in Texas? Dallas-Ft.Worth #4, but Houston #6.  I had to look it up, but Houston's population is bigger than Dallas. Is the Dallas market bigger than Houston because of

Dallas & Ft. Worth together?

Dallas Fort Woth is a bigger metro area by about a million people.

 

About 8.1 million people call the DFW metro area home.

 

About 7.1 million people call the Houston Metro area home.

 

The only reason Houston is the “biggest” city in Texas by population is because it is—quite literally— the “biggest” city in Texas.

 

Back in the day, before Houston really started growing, the city of Houston annexed as much of the (then undeveloped) land around it as possible. So when developers began to build suburban housing developments in those undeveloped areas—they became part of the city of Houston, rather than becoming a part of a different “suburb” city.

 

Dallas didn’t do that to the same extent.

 

When Dallas began to grow, suburbs like Richardson, Garland, Plano, etc. beat the city of Dallas to annexing undeveloped land into their cities.

 

In total, the City of Houston takes up 665 square miles, with a city population of 2.3. million. 

 

The City of Dallas takes up 340.5 square miles. And has a city population of 1.3 million.
 

So the city populations area proportionate to the land area each city takes up. 
 

That said, Dallas has far more suburbs than Houston. And also shares a metropolitan region with Fort Worth, another major city with a population nearing one million within its city borders.

 

ill give you another example. 
 

Oklahoma City is the 20th largest city in America by population. 
 

But it is the 42nd most populous metro area—because it doesn’t have many suburbs. It’s basically just Oklahoma City and a few suburbs. 

 

tldr: DFW contains more suburbs than the Houston metro, and has a bigger metro population because of this. 

 

 

Edited December 11, 2024 by MarkBRollins88_v2

[johnintx 20]

On 12/10/2024 at 3:48 PM, MarkBRollins88_v2 said:

Dallas Fort Woth is a bigger metro area by about a million people.

 

About 8.1 million people call the DFW metro area home.

 

About 7.1 million people call the Houston Metro area home.

 

The only reason Houston is the “biggest” city in Texas by population is because it is—quite literally— the “biggest” city in Texas.

 

Back in the day, before Houston really started growing, the city of Houston annexed as much of the (then undeveloped) land around it as possible. So when developers began to build suburban housing developments in those undeveloped areas—they became part of the city of Houston, rather than becoming a part of a different “suburb” city.

 

Dallas didn’t do that to the same extent.

 

When Dallas began to grow, suburbs like Richardson, Garland, Plano, etc. beat the city of Dallas to annexing undeveloped land into their cities.

 

In total, the City of Houston takes up 665 square miles, with a city population of 2.3. million. 

 

The City of Dallas takes up 340.5 square miles. And has a city population of 1.3 million.
 

So the city populations area proportionate to the land area each city takes up. 
 

That said, Dallas has far more suburbs than Houston. And also shares a metropolitan region with Fort Worth, another major city with a population nearing one million within its city borders.

 

ill give you another example. 
 

Oklahoma City is the 20th largest city in America by population. 
 

But it is the 42nd most populous metro area—because it doesn’t have many suburbs. It’s basically just Oklahoma City and a few suburbs. 

 

tldr: DFW contains more suburbs than the Houston metro, and has a bigger metro population because of this. 

 

 

These are the three markets where I have spent most of my life: Houston, DFW, and OKC. This is all true. Fort Worth has grown to over 900,000 people itself. Not only have the suburbs of Fort Worth and Dallas grown together, but Denton and Collin counties to the north are two of the fastest growing in the nation. Collin County itself now has over 1 million people.

There is a lot of suburban unincorporated land in Harris County that has not been annexed by the city of Houston. Harris County has 4.8 million people (3rd most populous in the nation), while the city of Houston has 2.3 million.

The cities of Dallas and Fort Worth have almost as many people as the city of Houston. However, Dallas and Fort Worth have more suburbs and more fully developed suburbs.

Edited January 28 by johnintx