Austin-tonio? What it would take for San Antonio and Austin to become the next big Texas metroplex [Video]

SAN ANTONIO — You’ve heard of Dallas-Fort Worth. Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Minneapolis-St. Paul, but what about San Antonio-Austin? 

People are flocking to San Antonio from other cities, states, and even countries. So many in fact, long-term developers say there is a chance, albeit small, that San Antonio and Austin will grow into a major metropolitan area.

The Dallas-Fort Worth effect

Dallas has a population of about 1.3 million people. 32 miles to the west Forth Worth has 950,000. The entire Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex boasts 7.6 million residents altogether. 

“They had a long established track history of working together. Both the Dallas-Fort worth sides. And their 16 county large transportation planning area, they’ve had decades of experience working with each other,” Clifton Hall, the Transportation Planning Manager for the Alamo Area MPO told us.

Head south on I-35 you’ll find Austin …