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Sweden
- Living: Sweden – Sverige, by J&P Homes – /homes/sweden/
- Visiting: see our travel section, Sweden and Nordic Countries.
Kökar (Åland, Finland)
- Living: Kökar (Åland, Finland), by J&P Homes
- Visiting: see traveling/tourism, /travel/svn/ax/ – section.
US, USA
2020-08-22 2 Texas cities take senior spots on Forbes best places for retirees
San Antonio and Dallas
Cities Compared
Primary focus is cities in US but Stockholm, Sweden, is also included for a little bit more comparisons.
To provide a bit of relative guidance.
| Austin | Dallas | Houston | San Antonio | Stockholm | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSA | Austin-Roundrock | Dallas-Fort Worth | Houston-Woodlands | San Antonio-New Braunfels | n/a | |
| -“- colloquially | Greater Austin | DFW, Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex |
Greater Houston | Greater San Antonio | Storstockholm, Greater Stockholm |
|
| -“- #counties | 5 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 11 | |
| -“- population | 2.16 M | 7.4 M | 6.89 M | 2.47 M | 2.3 M | (2017 est) |
| -“- TX rank | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | n/a | |
| -“- US rank | 31 | 4 | 5 | 24 | n/a | |
| City | 950 k | 1.34 M | 2.31 M | 1.51 M | 960 k | (2017 est) |
| -“- TX rank | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | n/a | |
| -“- US rank | 11 | 9 | 4 | 7 | n/a | |
| Airport(s) | AUS, 6.93M, US #34 | DFW, 31.9M, US #4 DAL, 7.88M, US #31 |
IAH, 19.6M, US #15 HOU, 6.74M, US #35 |
SAT, 4.52M, US #44 | ARN, 24.7 M BMA, 2.3 M NYO, 2.1 M VST, 174 k |
(2017 est) |
| J&P | The J&P Mansion | The J&P Cottage | – | The J&P SAtellite | (frm PV14, LP8) | |
| -“- location | North Austin, 11 mi / 18 km w/ car from downtown | Northeast Dallas, 9 mi / 15 km w/ car from downtown | – | Northwest SA Monticello/ Woodlawn Lake, 3 mi / 5 km downtown |
– |
(City of Plano, TX, part of DFW metroplex, 2017 est: 286 k population, #9 largest city in in TX, #69 in US)
- wikipedia List of metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)
- wikipedia List of cities in Texas by population
- wikipedia List of the busiest airports in the United States
- wikipedia Stockholm
Distances
A more personal driving distance chart:
| From / To: | J&P Cottage (Dallas) |
J&P Mansion (Austin) |
J&P SAtellite (San Antonio) |
J&I B&B (Plano) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The J&P Cottage (Dallas) |
– | 197 mi / 317 km, min 3 hrs |
284 mi / 457 km, min 4 hrs |
20 mi / 32 km, min 25 min |
| The J&P Mansion (Austin) |
197 mi / 317 km, min 3 hrs |
– | 90 mi / 145 km, min 1.5 hrs |
212 mi / 341 km, min 3.5 hrs |
| The J&P SAtellite (San Antonio) |
284 mi / 457 km, min 4 hrs |
90 mi / 145 km, min 1.5 hrs |
– | 298 mi / 480 km, min 4.5 hrs |
| The J&I B&B (Plano) |
20 mi / 32 km, min 25 min |
212 mi / 341 km, min 3.5 hrs |
298 mi / 480 km, min 4.5 hrs |
– |
Maps
Global Map View (J&P, ‘NA-EMEA’)
(North America v. Europe-Middle East-Africa)
(Click on graphics below for larger view.)
Global Perspective, Atlantic Perspective
EMEA Perspective
North America Perspective
Note: don’t take the line indications to be too exact, both map projection may be a little bit off as well as the drawn red lines.
(1) Luleå, Sweden (origin of P) (66.12923279926599, 22.035136029091344)
(‘North Alaska’, 66…,, -160…), vicinity of Kobuk Valley National Park)
(2) Stockholm, Sweden (origin of J) (60.72870977697709, 18.043185904814184)
(Similar to Anchorage, Alaska, 60…, -149.9)
(3) Dallas, TX, USA (and Plano) (32.77787551003262, -96.80228229249965)
(Similar lat. to Casablanca, Morocco, Tripoli, Libya, Haifa, Israel (32.79…, 34.99…), ‘just south of Baghdad, Iraq, 33.32.., 44.36..)
(4) Austin, TX, USA (30.320444700402437, -97.74238969059635)
(‘just north of’ Cairo, Egypt, 30.30198530718516, 31.198388736545777)
(5) San Antonio, TX, USA (29.74789254527757, -98.44985766337831)
(Similar lat. to Eilat, Israel, 29.55844620932773, 34.94822860627301)