nomad2u2001
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Why can't every state be like Texas
I've never had the opportunity to live there or anything, but every time I hear about state losses I also hear about Texas growth. I understand that they have all of these natural resources, which almost every state has, but they seem to be doing so much better than the lot of us.
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RE: Why can't every state be like Texas
I lived there two times, once in Houston and later Corpus Christi. If every state was like Texas we'd have a lot more beautiful women in this country.
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10-27-2009 04:53 PM |
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RE: Why can't every state be like Texas
which part of Houston?
to answer the question, Texas is a very Indpendent State. Alot less Govt. Intervention into the Private Sector. There is a reason Housing Prices in Dallas and Houston are so much lower than other cities around the country.
Houston is the textbook example of what City Planners hate with a passion also.
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nomad2u2001
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RE: Why can't every state be like Texas
I believe NC could be the same way with better leadership who are for less taxation. I know of at least 15 businesses that are doing well that can't expand because of increased taxes. We could be on that level and it kind of makes me mad.
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10-27-2009 05:02 PM |
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RE: Why can't every state be like Texas
(10-27-2009 04:57 PM)GGniner Wrote: which part of Houston?
A few blocks from the Champions golf course, not sure what part of Houston you'd call that. I was addicted to Panjo's jalapeno pizza.
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RE: Why can't every state be like Texas
(10-27-2009 05:04 PM)smn1256 Wrote: (10-27-2009 04:57 PM)GGniner Wrote: which part of Houston?
A few blocks from the Champions golf course, not sure what part of Houston you'd call that. I was addicted to Panjo's jalapeno pizza.
Oddly enough... Champions. Nice area. SOMEWHAT of a master-planned community, at least by Houston standards. Go out to the middle of nowhere... build homes a golf course and schools and let Houston grow up around you.
Northwest Houston more generically.
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Paul M
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RE: Why can't every state be like Texas
Forty Strongest U.S. Metro Economies
1. San Antonio, TX
2. Austin-Round Rock, TX
3. Oklahoma City, OK
4. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
6. Baton Rouge, LA
7. Tulsa, OK
8. Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
9. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
10. El Paso, TX
11. Jackson, MS
12. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/10/.../index.htm
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10-27-2009 05:47 PM |
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RE: Why can't every state be like Texas
(10-27-2009 05:02 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: I believe NC could be the same way with better leadership who are for less taxation. I know of at least 15 businesses that are doing well that can't expand because of increased taxes. We could be on that level and it kind of makes me mad.
Yeah, if you nuked Raleigh.
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10-27-2009 08:31 PM |
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RE: Why can't every state be like Texas
(10-27-2009 05:47 PM)Paul M Wrote: Forty Strongest U.S. Metro Economies
1. San Antonio, TX
2. Austin-Round Rock, TX
3. Oklahoma City, OK
4. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
6. Baton Rouge, LA
7. Tulsa, OK
8. Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
9. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
10. El Paso, TX
11. Jackson, MS
12. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/10/.../index.htm
My area is #23.
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/10/...ies/24.htm
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RE: Why can't every state be like Texas
Part of my family is from Georgia and the other side is from an oil town about 80 miles west of Fort Worth.
I was born in Austin while my parents were in graduate school at the evil Orange university.
I grew up out in the Pearland-Friendswood area just south of Houston and lived in West Univeristy Place (inside Loop 610) from the early 90's before I recently moved to Georgia.
If I wasn't married I wouldn't have moved to Georgia. But my wife got the megajob.
But hey, I have the side of my family here that is very proficient with firearms. They actually have more firearms than I do.
(This post was last modified: 10-27-2009 09:33 PM by WoodlandsOwl.)
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RE: Why can't every state be like Texas
(10-27-2009 05:47 PM)Paul M Wrote: Forty Strongest U.S. Metro Economies
1. San Antonio, TX
2. Austin-Round Rock, TX
3. Oklahoma City, OK
4. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
6. Baton Rouge, LA
7. Tulsa, OK
8. Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
9. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
10. El Paso, TX
11. Jackson, MS
12. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/10/.../index.htm
pretty telling stat, spin that Roberta
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RE: Why can't every state be like Texas
Hah! A close reading of the list shows a hell of a lot of metro areas consisting of "recession-proof" government and university jobs. In my neck of the woods, I'd say stable government jobs are part of the problem, not the solution.
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RE: Why can't every state be like Texas
(10-27-2009 04:27 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: I've never had the opportunity to live there or anything, but every time I hear about state losses I also hear about Texas growth. I understand that they have all of these natural resources, which almost every state has, but they seem to be doing so much better than the lot of us.
No thanks. Sure they may have jobs but it would be like living in Hell. Hot, humid, polluted, Republican.
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10-28-2009 02:05 AM |
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RE: Why can't every state be like Texas
(10-27-2009 09:45 PM)GGniner Wrote: (10-27-2009 05:47 PM)Paul M Wrote: Forty Strongest U.S. Metro Economies
1. San Antonio, TX
2. Austin-Round Rock, TX
3. Oklahoma City, OK
4. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
6. Baton Rouge, LA
7. Tulsa, OK
8. Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
9. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
10. El Paso, TX
11. Jackson, MS
12. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/10/.../index.htm
pretty telling stat, spin that Roberta
Well of course the south is going to have more high on the list. They have a more balanced economy(companies can basically have sweatshops in terms of pay and the locals will flock to them because the wages are better than other jobs in the region) than mmost of the big cities of rust belt. But you did note that midsized rustbelt cities were pretty stable. Likely because of the many corps that have moved from big cities to the midsized making them more diverse.
Btw, I wouldn't count on Hartford staying in the top 40 much longer either since insurance is a large part of the economy. I have a pic of Hartford that is almost identical to pic that they use in that story.
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10-28-2009 02:56 AM |
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RE: Why can't every state be like Texas
(10-28-2009 02:56 AM)RobertN Wrote: Well of course the south is going to have more high on the list. They have a more balanced economy(companies can basically have sweatshops in terms of pay and the locals will flock to them because the wages are better than other jobs in the region) than mmost of the big cities of rust belt. But you did note that midsized rustbelt cities were pretty stable. Likely because of the many corps that have moved from big cities to the midsized making them more diverse.
Btw, I wouldn't count on Hartford staying in the top 40 much longer either since insurance is a large part of the economy. I have a pic of Hartford that is almost identical to pic that they use in that story.
What "sweat shops" you f'n idiot? Our cost of living is lower, which is going to help us out in the long run while you idiots are starving your asses off up North with no jobs. You've PUSHED jobs out while we're making the environment business-friendly.
Wanna predict how this is going to turn out?
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RE: Why can't every state be like Texas
(10-28-2009 02:56 AM)RobertN Wrote: (10-27-2009 09:45 PM)GGniner Wrote: (10-27-2009 05:47 PM)Paul M Wrote: Forty Strongest U.S. Metro Economies
1. San Antonio, TX
2. Austin-Round Rock, TX
3. Oklahoma City, OK
4. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
6. Baton Rouge, LA
7. Tulsa, OK
8. Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
9. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
10. El Paso, TX
11. Jackson, MS
12. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/10/.../index.htm
pretty telling stat, spin that Roberta
Well of course the south is going to have more high on the list. They have a more balanced economy(companies can basically have sweatshops in terms of pay and the locals will flock to them because the wages are better than other jobs in the region) than mmost of the big cities of rust belt. But you did note that midsized rustbelt cities were pretty stable. Likely because of the many corps that have moved from big cities to the midsized making them more diverse.
Btw, I wouldn't count on Hartford staying in the top 40 much longer either since insurance is a large part of the economy. I have a pic of Hartford that is almost identical to pic that they use in that story.
I thought it was from the cheap labor of slavery that still goes on down there. Easy to be profitable when the payroll is 0.
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10-29-2009 12:18 PM |
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RE: Why can't every state be like Texas
(10-28-2009 07:22 AM)Rebel Wrote: (10-28-2009 02:56 AM)RobertN Wrote: Well of course the south is going to have more high on the list. They have a more balanced economy(companies can basically have sweatshops in terms of pay and the locals will flock to them because the wages are better than other jobs in the region) than mmost of the big cities of rust belt. But you did note that midsized rustbelt cities were pretty stable. Likely because of the many corps that have moved from big cities to the midsized making them more diverse.
Btw, I wouldn't count on Hartford staying in the top 40 much longer either since insurance is a large part of the economy. I have a pic of Hartford that is almost identical to pic that they use in that story.
What "sweat shops" you f'n idiot? Our cost of living is lower, which is going to help us out in the long run while you idiots are starving your asses off up North with no jobs. You've PUSHED jobs out while we're making the environment business-friendly.
Wanna predict how this is going to turn out?
Sure. The AMerican companies that moved down south will move to China and the south returns to its single wide and outhouse days(compared to today with doublewides and outhouses). At least it is not hot and humid all year long and there is some intelligent life up here.
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10-29-2009 12:27 PM |
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RE: Why can't every state be like Texas
(10-29-2009 12:18 PM)claytonbigsby Wrote: (10-28-2009 02:56 AM)RobertN Wrote: (10-27-2009 09:45 PM)GGniner Wrote: (10-27-2009 05:47 PM)Paul M Wrote: Forty Strongest U.S. Metro Economies
1. San Antonio, TX
2. Austin-Round Rock, TX
3. Oklahoma City, OK
4. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
6. Baton Rouge, LA
7. Tulsa, OK
8. Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
9. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
10. El Paso, TX
11. Jackson, MS
12. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/10/.../index.htm
pretty telling stat, spin that Roberta
Well of course the south is going to have more high on the list. They have a more balanced economy(companies can basically have sweatshops in terms of pay and the locals will flock to them because the wages are better than other jobs in the region) than mmost of the big cities of rust belt. But you did note that midsized rustbelt cities were pretty stable. Likely because of the many corps that have moved from big cities to the midsized making them more diverse.
Btw, I wouldn't count on Hartford staying in the top 40 much longer either since insurance is a large part of the economy. I have a pic of Hartford that is almost identical to pic that they use in that story.
I thought it was from the cheap labor of slavery that still goes on down there. Easy to be profitable when the payroll is 0.
No. Texass is part of the US and is not alllowed to have "slavery"(no, not the Fo version that we are all slaves of the government) in this day and time. However, all bets are off if/when Taxass seceds. I can definately see them bringing it back.
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