It seems like all of the issues that help cities grow, and help them manage growth, have been ignored, and if anything the challenges have been exacerbated.

Steven Pedigo

That's a pretty significant jump in becoming much more urban, the Austin metro area in 2010 was 1.7 million ; now it's about 2.3 million. It added about 570,000 people, which is about the size of the District of Columbia.