Thread by @Molson_Hart

More people moved to Florida and Texas than any other states in 2021.

I’ve lived in Texas since 2018 and I like thinking about cities so I thought I’d make a quick guide of the big 5 Texas cities for people thinking about moving to Texas.

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Here the 5 cities I decided to focus on:

1. Dallas
2. Dallas’ lesser known twin city Fort Worth
3. Houston
4. San Antonio
5. Austin

There are other major cities in Texas such as El Paso, Corpus Christi, Lubbock and more, but these are the ones posed for the most growth.

Texas cities’ food ranked from best (#1) to worst (#5).

1. Houston
2. Austin
3. Dallas
4. Fort Worth
5. San Antonio

Texas cities’ natural beauty ranked from best to worst.

(All these cities got nothing on San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle etc.)

1. Austin
2. San Antonio
3. Fort Worth
4. Houston
5. Dallas

Texas cities’ winter weather ranked from best to worst:

1. Houston
2-3. San Antonio and Austin have the same weather
4-5. Dallas and Fort Worth have the same weather

Texas cities’ summer weather ranked from best to worst:

(Warning! Texas is hot.)

1-2. Austin San Antonio
3-4. Dallas Fort Worth
5. Houston

Texas cities’ all around weather (tornados, hurricanes, sunny days etc):

1-2. Austin and San Antonio have the same weather
3-4. Dallas and Fort Worth have the same weather
5. Houston

Texas cities’ walkability ranked from best to wortst
(Warning! Texas isn’t really walkable. The safety of the drivers wrt handling pedestrians are also a consideration):

1. Austin
2. Houston
3. San Antonio
4. Fort Worth
5. Dallas

Texas cities’ culture and art scene ranked from best to worst:

(this is a combination of museums, music, and the artsiness of the people)

1. Austin
2. Houston
3. Dallas
4. Fort Worth
5. San Antonio

Texas cities’ education ranked from best to worst:

(Find any high income suburb in these cities and you will find great schools so I’ve focused on universities)

1-2. Houston and Austin
3. Dallas
4. Fort Worth
5. San Antonio

Texas cities’ nightlife ranked from best to worst:

(this is nightlife for residents)

1. Austin
2. Houston
3. Dallas
4. Fort Worth
5. San Antonio

Texas cities’ sports teams ranked from best to worst:

1-2. Dallas and Fort Worth (NBA, NHL, NFL, MLB)
3. Houston (NBA, NFL, MLB)
4. San Antonio (NBA)
5. Austin (MLS - I didn't check if the other cities have MLS teams))

Texas cities ranked by physical attractiveness of the people from best to worst:

1. Dallas
2. Houston
3. Austin
4. Fort Worth
5. San Antonio

Texas cities ranked for career prospects from best to worst:

1. Austin
2. Dallas
3. Houston
4. Fort Worth
5. San Antonio

Texas cities’ airports ranked from best to worst:

(Houston and DFW are probably equally connected but Houston has more international and is nicer.)

1. Houston
2-3. Dallas Fort Worth share an airport
4. Austin
5. San Antonio

Texas cities housing affordability ranked from best to worst:

(San Antonio has the most affordable nice houses.)

1. San Antonio
2. Fort Worth
3. Houston
4. Dallas
5. Austin

Texas cities environments ranked (air water etc) from best to worst:

(Houston has a lot of oil and gas refining in the southeast of the city - the other cities have cars for days)

1. Austin
2. San Antonio
3. Fort Worth
4. Dallas
5. Houston

Texas cities ranked by likelihood that your friends will visit from best to worst:

(Austin has a brand and it's "cool". Dallas and Houston have names and are hubs. People aren't quite sure where SA and FTW are)

1. Austin
2-3. Dallas and Houston
4-5. San Antonio & Fort Worth

Texas cities by the danger of drivers from safe to least safe:

1. Austin
2. San Antonio
3. Houston
4. Fort Worth
5. Dallas

Texas cities ranked by their closest body of water from best to worst:

1. Austin (Lake Travis and Colorado win)
2. Houston (Galveston and Buffalo bayou)
3. Fort Worth (the river is beautiful)
4. San Antonio (riverwalk!)
5. Dallas (the only river smells like shit)

Texas cities ranked for crime from safest to least safe:

(Crime statistics are best for this, so I'll just use where I've felt safe or unsafe.)

1. Austin
2. San Antonio
3. Dallas
4. Fort Worth
5. Houston

Texas cities' downtowns ranked from best to worst:

1. Austin
2. San Antonio (touristy though)
3. Houston
4. Fort Worth
5. Dallas

Texas cities' homelessness ranked from best to worst:

(All these cities have this problem)

1. Fort Worth
2. San Antonio
3. Dallas
4. Houston
5. Austin (used to be worse; they passed a law)

Texas cities' that are best for entrepreneurs ranked from best to worst:

1. Austin
2. Houston
3. Fort Worth
4. Dallas
5. San Antonio

Texas cities' ranked for how ambitious and smart the people feel:

(Obviously, there are exceptions.)

1. Austin
2. Houston
3. Dallas
4. Fort Worth
5. San Antonio

Texas cities ranked for diversity:

(some of these cities are very diverse but not mixed, which complicates things so I've assumed every city is completely mixed):

1. Houston
2. Dallas
3. Austin
4. Fort Worth
5. San Antonio

Texas cities ranked for population and density:

Be careful when you do this; these cities are not all the same size. San Antonio is massive on wikipedia but a small city when you get there. Plano is a Dallas suburb and Arlington could be shared between FTW and Dallas.

These are my opinions. Disagree as you see fit. I’ve spent a lot of time in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Austin. I’ve spent a slightly less in Houston, and just 2 weekends in San Antonio.

Okay that’s all I got.

If there’s another metric you’d like me to rank the cities for let me know in the replies and I’ll do it.

PS someone do this for Florida cities

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PPS If you're seeing this thread twice, my bad. I posted it the first time late at night with fewer rankings and a typo on the first tweet