Austin area among strongest markets in second quarter

[centralaustinite]

In hard times, there is an advantage to the low-tax, low service mantra! But it is built on the backs of the poor, disabled, and disadvantaged.

It is always good to be well-off in Texas, it is always hard to to poor.

I predict a further leg down in manufacturing employment, and high end home prices before we are really done.

But yes, we are sniffling in the clinic, some states and cities are in ICU, on life support and with a dreadful prognosis!! It is good not to be them.

Hooray for tough mortgage industry regulations and high property tax!!

[Jennibc]

Originally Posted by centralaustinite

In hard times, there is an advantage to the low-tax, low service mantra! But it is built on the backs of the poor, disabled, and disadvantaged.

It is always good to be well-off in Texas, it is always hard to to poor.

I predict a further leg down in manufacturing employment, and high end home prices before we are really done.

But yes, we are sniffling in the clinic, some states and cities are in ICU, on life support and with a dreadful prognosis!! It is good not to be them.

Hooray for tough mortgage industry regulations and high property tax!!

How about this applies to everywhere?

I gotta tell you, having worked in the government for a few years, you see an awful lot of waste that doesn't help the poor at all.

[Trainwreck20]

aren't you retired?

Oh, don't I wish .

[inthecut]

I think the entire nation has much to be worried about.......economically, we have just come out of the biggest credit binge in history, the equilvalent of a giant Ponzi scheme. Credit taps have been turned off, and many banks are still going under....besides that, we have offshored/outsourced much of our economy and manufacturing base.....

I don't think its a question of what CITIES pull out of the recession first, but how we as a nation become viable economically again. Isn't it a moot point, if the nation itself is the issue?