So sayeth the North Central Texas Council Of Governments (NCTCOG):

After years of rapid home-building north of Loop 820, Fort Worth’s population has reached 702,850, according to estimates released Thursday by the North Central Texas Council of Governments.

What I find interesting is this tidbit:

It’s a milestone — the city has more than 700,000 residents for the first time — but it’s tempered by indications that some people are shifting away from buying new homes in outlying neighborhoods and toward apartment rentals in Dallas.

Fort Worth added 16,000 residents — 3,850 fewer than Dallas, which has more apartments available and a more mature urban transit core.

I’ve been expecting news to eventually surface that the big urban living boom in Dallas would be a boost to their growth like this. While we’ve been doing some tremendous infill development in urban Fort Worth, I have a feeling we’ll be seeing a lot more to come as demand for central city living draws more interest to new residents. And I have a feeling the emphasis on condos over rental apartments that has been big here for a while will shift back towards rental for this very reason. The several hundred new apartments being built on 7th Street now (yes, the vast majority of units on 7th under construction are not pricey condos but actually rental apartments) along with the several hundred about to get underway at Trinity Bluff will likely set the tone for the near future. Already, there are plans for big urban apartment infill projects being talked about in the Near Southside.

The other issue mentioned is transit. We’ve got more on the way, and more planned - in today’s world, I’m betting they’ll become big draws if we can get them built as we wish.