What is SA missing? (Houston, San Antonio: universities, living in, oil)

[Merovee]

SA needs more chess cafes.

[urbsan]

i might also add that an extra benefit of a community or neighborhood being mixed economically is that all the children benefit, because both the rich and the poor will care about their child's education, by taking care of their child they end up taking care of their neighbors child as well. Where as a low economic community (Edgewood) has more trouble paying for better schools the whole community struggles, but, sees the rich community (Alamo Heights) thrive with so much money. The robin hood act wouldn't be necessary if the community was mixed economically (King Williams).

[urbsan]

Originally Posted by Merovee

SA needs more chess cafes.

that would be awesome!!!

[shauben2007]

White Castle
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[PopsGuysRule]

Originally Posted by oldmanshirt

Yeah, apart from the world's largest telecommunications company, the nation's highest rated bank/lender/insurance company, the nation's largest broadcasting corporation, the nation's largest refiner, two other Fortune 500 energy companies, one of the nation's fastest-growing data server companies, Bank of America, Washington Mutual, Wachovia, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Pratt and Whitney, the only US bank to survive the 80's banking crisis without government assistance, Toyota and Microsoft, there aren't that many companies in SA

LOLOLOL... oh my goodness, this isn't even intended to be funny, but it just made me lmao.....

[Guerilla]

Originally Posted by oldmanshirt

Yeah, apart from the world's largest telecommunications company, the nation's highest rated bank/lender/insurance company, the nation's largest broadcasting corporation, the nation's largest refiner, two other Fortune 500 energy companies, one of the nation's fastest-growing data server companies, Bank of America, Washington Mutual, Wachovia, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Pratt and Whitney, the only US bank to survive the 80's banking crisis without government assistance, Toyota and Microsoft, there aren't that many companies in SA

List those companies. AT&T, Valero, Clear Channel, and USAA are the only ones HQ'ed in SA.

First AT&T. It may be HQ'ed in SA, but most of its customers are in Houston. Then Valero operates more out of Houston (refineries, Port of Houston, etc.) and has its main office in SA. I can't find those stats about the other companies.

[PopsGuysRule]

I'm a little confused as to why the quantity of corporations HEADQUARTERED in a city is, in some way, a sign of the QUALITY of or desirability for that city???

Is this the sole or most important mark of economic strength? quality of life?

[urbsan]

Originally Posted by Guerilla

List those companies. AT&T, Valero, Clear Channel, and USAA are the only ones HQ'ed in SA.

First AT&T. It may be HQ'ed in SA, but most of its customers are in Houston. Then Valero operates more out of Houston (refineries, Port of Houston, etc.) and has its main office in SA. I can't find those stats about the other companies.

oldmanshirt didnt say any of them were HQ'd in San Antonio

[Guerilla]

Originally Posted by urbsan

oldmanshirt didnt say any of them were HQ'd in San Antonio

He said companies "in SA".

[Bo]

Originally Posted by PopsGuysRule

I'm a little confused as to why the quantity of corporations HEADQUARTERED in a city is, in some way, a sign of the QUALITY of or desirability for that city???

Is this the sole or most important mark of economic strength? quality of life?

It's a sign of prestige for a city. Having corporate HQs in town shows that the local and state governments are friendly to business. It also indicates that the area has a pool of quality workers from which to draw and that the quality of life in the area will help the company compete for new employees from other areas.

From a practical standpoint, the choice of a headquarters city may also be influenced by a strategic location for distribution, proximity to suppliers or the depth of tax and financial incentives offered by the government to locate there. In other words, it's a good yardstick to measure by, but it's not the ultimate or sole yardstick because of those factors that don't matter to the average citizen.