Why San Antonio Makes No Sense as a U.S. City

If you ask the average American to name the biggest cities in the United States, they will say New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix. Almost nobody says San Antonio. Yet San Antonio is the 7th largest city in the entire United States, with nearly 1.5 million people. It is larger than Dallas. It is larger than San Jose. It is larger than Austin. And that is just the beginning of why San Antonio makes absolutely no sense. San Antonio is older than the United States itself — founded by Spanish missionaries in 1718, more than 50 years before the Declaration of Independence was signed. It is the site of the Alamo, the most famous last stand in American history. It is home to the largest military complex in the Western Hemisphere. It is the most visited city in Texas. Yet somehow, it remains the most invisible major city in America. From the ancient Spanish missions and the bloody Battle of the Alamo, to the massive military economy and the explosive population growth that nobody is talking about, this is the story of why San Antonio makes absolutely no sense as a U.S. city. #SanAntonio #Geography #MakesNoSense #Texas #USGeography #History #Alamo #SanAntonioTexas #GeoLogic