{"id":480824,"date":"2026-10-29T23:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T23:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480824\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T23:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T23:26:14","slug":"san-antonio-city-council-pulls-plug-on-by-right-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480824\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio City Council pulls plug on by-right data centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Alamo City&#8217;s sunny disposition and affordable holiday happenings make it a hotspot for a winter getaway, and San Antonio-New Braunfels has just been declared the No. 9 best winter destination for warm-weather lovers in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The ranking comes in WalletHub&#8217;s new study, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-winter-holiday-destinations\/7930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Best Winter Holiday Destinations<\/a>,&#8221; which analyzed 69 U.S. metros based on the cost and convenience of traveling and the affordability of local attractions and activities. The rankings were categorized into six key dimensions: travel costs and hassles, local costs, attractions, weather, warm-weather activities, and safety, and the results were broken down by cold weather and warm weather.<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas leads the nation as the No. 1 best warm-weather winter destination, while Atlanta, Georgia ranks No. 1 among cold winter wonderlands.<\/p>\n<p>The report found the San Antonio metro ranks 10th nationwide for its &#8220;travel costs and hassles&#8221; and its &#8220;local costs,&#8221; which included the cost of a three-star hotel room, the average price for a two-person meal, taxi fare costs, and the cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how WalletHub broke down the metro&#8217;s ranking across the remaining categories:<\/p>\n<p>No. 11 \u2013 AttractionsNo. 12 \u2013 WeatherNo. 14 \u2013 Warm-weather activitiesNo. 33 \u2013 Safety<\/p>\n<p>While Halloween is still on the horizon, that hasn&#8217;t stopped local businesses from sharing their <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonio.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/christmas-carol-cocktail-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">jolly events<\/a> coming to the city this holiday season. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whether you love to have a chill in your bones during the winter travel season or prefer to escape to somewhere sunny, the top travel destinations can cost as little as $200-$300 to reach by plane from major U.S. cities, with no connections,&#8221; said WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo. &#8220;In addition to being affordable, the top cities also have an abundance of attractions that fit their weather patterns, along with high-quality restaurants and relatively low crime rates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Texas dominates the 10 best warm-weather winter destinations for 2026 with Dallas-Fort Worth (No. 3), Austin (No. 4), and Houston (No. 6) joining San Antonio. Four other Texas cities earned spots lower on the list: McAllen-Edinburg-Mission (No. 26), Brownsville-Harlingen (No. 31), Corpus Christi (No. 33), and Beaumont-Port Arthur (No. 35).<\/p>\n<p>The top 10 best warm-weather winter destinations for 2026 are:<\/p>\n<p>No. 1 \u2013 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NevadaNo. 2 \u2013 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CaliforniaNo. 3 \u2013 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TexasNo. 4 \u2013 Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TexasNo. 5 \u2013 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, ArizonaNo. 6 \u2013 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TexasNo. 7 \u2013 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FloridaNo. 8 \u2013 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FloridaNo. 9 \u2013 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TexasNo. 10 \u2013 San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, California<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Alamo City&#8217;s sunny disposition and affordable holiday happenings make it a hotspot for a winter getaway, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4519,5304,110,82,84,83,33708],"class_list":["post-480824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-city-council","tag-data-centers","tag-development","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-san-antonio-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}