Originally posted by whiteman
that fence might also keep Houston from Annexing it.
I dont know, not to worried about Houston, plenty of empty space between Austin and Houston still. Now San Antonio on one hand and DFW on the other hand, there might be problem.
I remember in late 70's Pflugerville and Round Rock were way out of town, and Georgetown just forget it, might as well drive to the moom. Nobody really went there for anything except Football games on Friday night. and driving south to San Antonio was miles and miles of nothing till you hit San Marcus and then more miles of nothing to New Braunfules with a short gap to San Antonio.
Now I swear you can drive from Georgetown to San Antonio (what 120 miles?) and you would be hard pressed to find more than a few miles of land that does not have a mall, shopping center, gas station, apartments or business parks built on it. the longest stretch of empty land might be between San Marcus and New Braunfuls, 5 miles maybe.
I live outside of Austin also, between Bastrop and Lockhart about 20 southwest of the airport.