Are you tired of all the national magazine articles that are critical, even make fun of, San Antonio?  Nation's fattest city, sweatiest city, etc...

For a change of pace, pick up the December issue of Texas Monthly.  Sure, it technically isn't a "national" magazine, but it is highly regarded throughout the state, even if its writers are usually preoccupied with Austin and Dallas.

On page 132 there's a great piece on San Antonio and all the tremendous growth taking place here.  Here's a sample:

"San Antonio is now riding the crest of a broad, diversified boom that is unlike anything Texas has ever seen..."

Also impressive is the part where the author reels off all the positive press S.A. has been getting:

"In May, Forbes.com ranked San Antonio third on its list of 'The Best U.S. Housing Markets'; Fast Company had already ranked it as one of the '15 Hot Cities For Creative Types.' It has made Inc.'s and Entrepreneur magazines' lists of best cities to do business in, and the AARP recently named it one of the nation's top fifteen 'retirement dream towns.'"

Much of the stuff in the article we already knew, but to read all the incredible things happening here, listed in one concise article, from an outside perspective, well, it makes you feel proud to live and work here.

It makes you feel like you are in a special place at a special time.  A place where everybody wants to be... and that accounts for all the growth.

I guess people find fat and sweaty to be pretty attractive after all.