Los Angeles vs. Houston!!

[RaymondChandlerLives]

Originally Posted by daortiz

The mayority of people who has moved into Texas is not because they like it, in fact most people that I have talked to actually hate it, the weather sucks, and now Texas is turning into the next sahara desert, I guess that it comes with the oil revenues that has kept its economy from sinking, but lastly the people who move to Texas is people who unfortunately cannot afford to live in more beautiful and desirable places like California because housing pricing is too high, so they have to settle for a place that is cheap like Texas and work in a poultry farm.

Texas's "job boom" is largely smoke and mirrors. Much of them are low paying jobs and government jobs via the stimulus. Perry would have you believe unemployment is at 5%. it isn't.

[annie_himself]

Originally Posted by daortiz

Sorry but it doesn't work the other way around
You can buy a house and then moved to Duluth because housing is cheap
but that does not make it a desirable place to live.

So if someone desires to live in Duluth, it's not desirable to them?

It works just fine, you just have your own clouded opinions that you can't seem to see through.

[Spade]

I think this thread has ran its course.

[nslander]

Originally Posted by Spade

I think this thread has ran its course.

I'm just waiting for it to pass out so I can draw on its face.

[daortiz]

Originally Posted by RaymondChandlerLives

Texas's "job boom" is largely smoke and mirrors. Much of them are low paying jobs and government jobs via the stimulus. Perry would have you believe unemployment is at 5%. it isn't.

^^^
Yes I know, it's been all over the news
Here's an excerpt of the job growth in Texas

81% of Job Increases in Texas 2007-2011 Went to New Foreign Workers



.

[nslander]

Originally Posted by daortiz

^^^
Yes I know, it's been all over the news
Here's an excerpt of the job growth in Texas

81% of Job Increases in Texas 2007-2011 Went to New Foreign Workers



.

And TX has an even higher percentage living in poverty than does CA

http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acsbr10-01.pdf

I'd never rejoice at our shared misery. But it would be nice to dispense with the Texas miracle nonsense.

[JMT]

Originally Posted by Spade

I think this thread has ran its course.

Agreed. Thread closed.