Things About Texas You Might Not Know:
u The triangular region framed in by the cities of Austin, Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio is experiencing a wave of growth of historic proportions more than anywhere in the world.
u In 2020, the population of the Texas Triangle reached nearly 21 million.
u The Texas Triangle contains five of the 20 largest cities in the U.S., and was home to more than 70% of all Texans: City of Dallas, City of Fort Worth, City of Austin, City of Houston and City of San Antonio.
u The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is bigger than all of Manhattan.
u The University of Texas at Austin is the third largest land owner in the United States.
u San Antonio is bigger than New York City and Detroit combined.
u Four of the top ten metro statistical areas are in Texas.
u No state income tax.
u Dallas is home to the fourth most BILLIONAIRES in the world.
u At 2.4 TRILLION, Texas is ranked as the 9th largest economy among nations of the world by GDP, ahead of Canada, South Korea, Russia, and Australia.
u Austin is home to the roughly1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats from late spring to early fall. During this time, locals and visitors gather around the Congress Avenue Bridge to view the spectacular site of thousands of bats flying out nightly to find their next meal.
Since 1985 the unofficial slogan of the Lone Star State is "Don't Mess With Texas."
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