San Antonio is the large Texas metro least prepared to thrive in the decades ahead, according to the Geography of Prosperity Index, a new study unveiled at Austin’s SXSW festival that measures how U.S. population centers are poised to adapt to the future.
The study authors — demographic futurist Bradley Schurman and data consultant Jaymes Cloninger — ranked the nation’s 250 most-populous urban metro areas using five key metrics on a scale of zero to 100: Automation Readiness, Climate Resilience, Governance & Foresight, Population Renewal and Social Cohesion.
Of the total, San Antonio came in at No. 151, largely due to its dismal scores in Governance & Foresight and Social Cohesion…