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Mattie Parker: “Dallas, Fort Worth metro region [has] over 8.3 million…”

Featuring: Mattie Parker, Republican | Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas

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Interview with Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker

Published | Video Starts at 04:53

We are now larger than Austin, which I think is a good demarcation point for those of you that are familiar with Austin, Texas. But along those lines, we're also a part of Dallas, Fort Worth metro region [has] over 8.3 million people now and [is] growing rapidly. And the guys that came with me get sick of me giving this statistic. But it's important. The demographics have shifted so much across the country, where we'll soon be the third largest metro region in the entire country, passing Chicago metro. (04:53–05:01)

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Asserts that the Dallas-Fort Worth metro region has a population of over 8.3 million and is rapidly growing.

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