奥斯丁 & 圣安东尼奥姐妹城市，活力二人组

Let’s continue our January conversation about the 奥斯丁-圣安东尼奥 Corridor, 这是约翰·奈斯贝特在他1982年的书中创造的一个标题, ”大趋势.”  Remember the scene in White Christmas that went “Sisters, 姐妹, 从来没有这样忠诚的姐妹.”  Could this possibly apply to 圣安东尼奥 and 奥斯丁, sister cities on the I-35 corridor?  Right now, 奥斯丁 is the “hotter” of the two, but both have amazing growth trends. Let me present some perspective on both 姐妹 and I think this is best viewed, not as competition but as two metropolises with very different personalities, skill sets and histories creating diverse living space in our fine little corner of Texas. 

城市国内生产总值

Cities have economic growth that can be measured by GDP, just like nations.  的 大都会生产总值估计 (GMP) 2020年 奥斯汀圆岩-圣马科斯 is $150.人口为2227083人. 圣安东尼奥-新布朗费尔斯 GDP是135美元.人口2550960人. 所以，这使得 奥斯汀的GDP排名第24，圣安东尼奥排名第32. But by population, 圣安东尼奥 is #24 in population and 奥斯丁 #29.  圣安东尼奥有300人,000多人, 但奥斯汀生产的商品和服务多出150亿美元, 然而我们已经非常接近了. Now our combined I-35 corridor family is just ahead of San Francisco and just behind Boston and Phoenix in population.  按大都会生产总值计算, we are just ahead of Phoenix and behind San Jose/Silicon Valley, 信不信由你.

 

	奥斯汀-圆岩- 圣马科斯	排名	〇圣安东尼奥 新布朗费尔斯的	排名
2020年GMP	$150.52B	#24	$135.41B	#32
人口	2,227,083	#29	2,550,960	#24

住房

我们知道我们地区的房屋着火了. 圣安东尼奥’s median home sale is $261,000, while 奥斯丁’s is $365,000, a full 40% more expensive. Volume of sales increased 27% in 圣安东尼奥 and 23% in 奥斯丁. 的 biggest problems we are facing begin with a shortage of lots and are followed by the surging demand for both materials and labor, 导致成本上升. If these problems could be solved our growth would be exponentially stronger. That being said, expansion in surrounding areas, such as New Braunfels, is booming. 

	中等房屋  销售价格	销售 体积增加
奥斯丁	$365,000	23%
圣安东尼奥	$261,000	27%

宜居性 & 愿望

德克萨斯州出现了 迁往德州的加州人增加了36% 仅仅一年的时间. 随着企业寻求重新安置并从中受益 德州提供的有利于增长和商业的环境, it is predicted that we will continue to see an increase of expansions and relocations over the course of the next few years. 新闻 is out that 奥斯丁 has several prominent companies relocating and expanding there including: 甲骨文,  亚马逊, 脸谱网、抖音、特斯拉、 H-E-B科技中心, 和三星, 奥斯汀长时间的坚定, is seriously considering adding a $17B expansion to their 300-acre campus. It is predicted that these companies will bring thousands more employees into the area along with their families. 仅2020年一年就有 154家公司 announced their plans to relocate or expand in the city of 奥斯丁. 虽然这对我们德州的商业环境很有利, with such a drastic influx of people we must also have the housing and road infrastructure to support it.  

Airports are a hugely important factor in livability and desirability for a city.  奥斯汀Bergstom is larger, covering 4,200 acres and had over 15 million landings in 2019, while 圣安东尼奥较小的机场 2300英亩有10个.2019年将着陆300万次.  伯格斯特罗姆是真正的地区性机场, 有一个12,000-foot runway built by the Air Force to withstand nuclear blasts, 与马刺队的8分相比,000-foot runway that cannot readily be expanded and can’t provide the largest airliners needed for long haul direct flights. 往好的方面想, 奥斯丁’s regional airport is relatively close to 圣安东尼奥, 开车要一个多小时. This is roughly the same amount of time it would take for someone living in 休斯顿’s surrounding suburbs to reach either William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) or the 休斯顿 Intercontinental Airport (IAH). 此外，据BizJournal报道，得克萨斯A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI) latest ranking of gridlocked roadways, 本月初发布, I-35州际公路从美国到美国.S. 290号到71号国道经中环 奥斯汀说。这是该州最拥挤的公路.” 奥斯丁’s current grid lock issue is still seeking a resolution along with the other two highest ranking traffic gridlock roadways which are, 意料之中的是, 在休斯顿和达拉斯-沃斯堡. 不幸的是, until a resolution has been determined it will only intensify as the population density continues to rise. 到目前为止, many of the big companies moving to Texas have announced that they are moving to Dallas-Fort Worth, 休斯顿, 或奥斯汀. 然而,  连接德州商业房地产新闻 points out that 圣安东尼奥 is yet another prime choice for businesses to consider. 还有它天然的南方魅力, it also provides a growing labor pool of professionals coming from high ranking universities such as UTSA & Trinity University which are known for graduates in the fields of Cyber Security, Data Science & 工程.

科技

根据 U.S. 新闻 圣安东尼奥 has the most potential for growth in the cybersecurity industry as it “has the highest concentration of cyber and intelligence workers outside of the nation’s capital region (including Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland), and is home to the Air Force Cyber Command.”  With a growing interest and demand for those trained in cyber security  UTSA于2001年成立了网络安全研究所 并 2016年在全国排名第一. Since then, UTSA has maintained its ranking among the top schools in the nation. 它现在正在扩建市中心的校园大楼 167,000 sf $90M School of Data Science and National Security Collaboration Center (SDS/NSCC). “圣安东尼奥 saw the highest growth rate in tech jobs in the country, at 21%, 在第三季度,” of 2020 according to the 圣安东尼奥 新闻letter 并 ranked 47th among the top 50 U.S. metro areas for tech talent markets the second year in a row, 世邦魏理仕的最新报告显示, 一家商业房地产服务公司. 

奥斯汀的科技增长? 苹果正在建设 耗资50亿美元的第二校区 罗布森牧场, 特斯拉的建筑 a new “Cybertruck” factory; 甲骨文’s HQ, Dell’s HQ; 脸谱网 is looking for another 1M square feet of new space, while 谷歌 刚租了一整辆375,000平方英尺办公楼, 然后, Samsung is considering a $17B expansion to their current campus等.等. 

完全奥斯汀, 是圣安东尼奥的姐妹城市, has an IT presence greater than what is currently present here in 圣安东尼奥, but with UTSA’s expansion we believe this will provide the labor pool needed to attract a greater 科技 presence here as well. 

Together our two metropolises make a very talented, dynamic and interesting family here on I-35.