Google Fiber coming to Austin

Re:Google Fiber coming to Austin by dpratt on Saturday April 06, 2013 @02:44PM (#5504562)

Austin is not a 'semi-large city' - according to the U.S. Census, it's the 13th largest metro area in the country.

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Re:Google Fiber coming to Austin by mlinksva on Saturday April 06, 2013 @04:18PM (#5504884)

13th largest city, 34th largest metro, both by population.

If it were ever to be declared a CSA with San Antonio, they'd be of similar size to Seattle-Tacoma or Minneapolis-St Paul. Which seem 'semi-large' to me, especially on global scene.

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Re:Google Fiber coming to Austin by dpratt on Saturday April 06, 2013 @09:43PM (#5505790)

This is a fair point. However, if you do what we do, Austin is arguably the second best place to live outside of SF/Bay Area. The concentration of very smart people, technology and startups in this city can be very surprising for people who haven't spent a lot of time here.

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Re:Google Fiber coming to Austin by dr_doom on Saturday April 06, 2013 @04:17PM (#5504874)

I also wouldn't call Austin the middle of nowhere. Within a 3 hour drive are Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio each being in the top 10 for populous cities. Arguably, Chicago is more isolated.

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Re:Google Fiber coming to Austin by pjbrunet on Sunday April 07, 2013 @03:10AM (#5506385)

But you'll find most Texans have never left the state of Texas. Texas is just that big. By and large the people here are very isolated.

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Re:Google Fiber coming to Austin by aidenn0 on Saturday April 06, 2013 @05:46PM (#5505178)

No "Arguably" about it; Chicago is more isolated, but it's also much bigger.

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