Communities in Texas

**Plutonic Panda** · 03-26-2015, 03:04 PM

Not yet. My original plan was to come down there April 10th but my cousin is coming from Port Charlotte FL and I want to see her for a little bit. So I've pushed it back 12 days to the 22nd.

I think I may have said, but I can't remember. I am moving to California and am taking a detour.

I think I may actually spend a few days exploring Austin and then a few days for San Antonio.

**JoninATX** · 03-26-2015, 03:34 PM

Awesome. Hey if you need any advise where to stay when you come down just hit me up.

**Plutonic Panda** · 03-26-2015, 03:35 PM

Will do man!

**Dubya61** · 03-26-2015, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by JoninATX

Census estimates hint at mega-region between San Antonio and Austin

Census estimates hint at mega-region between San Antonio and Austin - San Antonio Express-News

Both Metropolitan Area's grew roughly 60,000 each. A total of almost 120,000 new people between 2013-2014. We can expect that trend to continue for a long while.

I think this says a lot about the Texas Triangle MegaRegion (which oddly -- to me, at least -- includes OKC and Tulsa). The only other two megaregions represented on this list are Florida and Gulf Coast.

**JoninATX** · 03-31-2015, 01:57 PM

My trip to Galveston on March 24th.

View from my hotel balcony.

Blue water! Also my favorite Mexican place to eat on the right.

Waves were slightly choppy after a few minutes of taking this picture.

Pleasure Pier in the background.

**JoninATX** · 03-31-2015, 02:02 PM

Btw they are redoing some of the beaches in Galveston in which to make them look more attractive adding new boardwalks, retail as well as adding extra sand, and cleaning up litter on the beach.

Link: KSLA

Another link about the beach renovations: http://www.galveston.com/blog/310/ga...island-tourism