Austin, Dallas, or Houston? (theatre, university, living)

[ERJ-145]

I personally like DFW most with a toss-up between Houston and Austin. The prairie is better than the swamp for me. Air quality is worst in Houston, best in Austin. If you move without a job (not necessarily something I recommend) I'd look at either of the bigger cities. There will be more openings. The Telecom Corridor might be a better place for the software industry than the Oil Capital. Both probably have lots of IT.

[Johnhw2]

Originally Posted by HtownLove

lol, nice way to manipulate what he said. He said DFW was at 5. DOn't know the numbers for the top 4 but DFW may be closer to 10 than 2. 170K and 130K isn't that far apart.

EDIT.
DC was ranked 2nd with 293K
so yes DFW was closer to 10 than 2

the drop from #4 Boston to #10 is not drastic at all

LOL in fact the distance between DFW at 5 and Boston at 4 is the same as the distance between DFW and Houston

Simple math for you, 5-2 is 3, 5 from 10 is 5. Closer to 2 than 5 lol

[TVC15]

Originally Posted by ImOnFiya

"For you". [A writing point] You do not represent everyone. You only represent yourself.

Carry on!

For you...don't assume what you are accusing me of

You do not represent me or my thoughts.

[TVC15]

Originally Posted by jr1038

Fortunately for this discussion the number of tech jobs is not merely a matter of speculation - industry employment statistics are published in a report by the TechAmerica Foundation each year. According to the report,

DFW is not #2, but #5 in the country for overall "high tech" employment, behind NYC, DC, SF/SV, and Boston. However, DFW is ranked #2 in the country for employment in the telecom sector (behind NYC) and #1 for electronics equipment manufacturing.

Houston was ranked #10 overall and #1 for engineering/design services employment. Austin was #23 overall and #5 in semiconductor manufacturing.

The breakdown in the # of "high tech jobs" of the four largest Texas metros is as follows:

Dallas + Ft. Worth - 174,000 total high tech jobs; largest sector is telecom with 43,000 workers
Houston - 128,000; largest sector is engineering/design with 45,000 workers
Austin - 65,000; largest sector is computer systems design with 15,000 workers
San Antonio - 29,000; largest sector is R&D and testing labs with 6,300 workers

Over the past three years the # of tech jobs declined by 9% in Austin and 1% in DFW, while there was a 4% gain in Houston and a 1% increase in SA.

Thanks for a sensible post

[TVC15]

Originally Posted by justme02

Also, is all the s**t talk about Austin really necesary?

Absolutely since it was the most over rated, boring and unsophisticated place I have ever lived in my life.

[dv1033]

Originally Posted by Johnhw2

Simple math for you, 5-2 is 3, 5 from 10 is 5. Closer to 2 than 5 lol

That's not what he was referring to, he was simply pointing the job gap between metros. Hopefully you're just joking around.

[ImOnFiya]

Originally Posted by TVC15

For you...don't assume what you are accusing me of

You do not represent me or my thoughts.

I don't assume. You wrote it clear as day. Now, own it.

[TVC15]

Originally Posted by ImOnFiya

I don't assume. You wrote it clear as day. Now, own it.

Get over your high and mighty self and stop your game. You did assume and you did point the finger as well. Just because YOU think so does not mean it IS so.

Stop detracting from the OP's thread.

If I wrote it then HELLO I own it the way I intended not the way you think I intended Leave it alone and stop detracting.

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by Johnhw2

Simple math for you, 5-2 is 3, 5 from 10 is 5. Closer to 2 than 5 lol

no, I have simple math for you 175k-130k =45k
220K- 175K= 45K can you understand that???
You are just as close to number 10 as you are to number 4 and much closer to number 10 than you are to number to.

and that is using what actually matters, the actual number of jobs. It is easier to slip down to ten than match number 2.

do I have to drag my 1st grader sister in here to give you a more in depth math lesson??? LOL

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by justme02

It shouldnt surprise you because Dallas and the burbs to the North is the telecom capital of the US. 75 from the Park Cities to McKinney is almost all tech and telecom companies. Also, is all the s**t talk about Austin really necesary? Austin is just a different breed from Dallas and Houston, its certainly not boring or unsophisticated.

Had to do a google shortcut because its a PDF file. Enjoy.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...yt7S8roOt_FQMA

Uhh two words...SILICONE VALLEY

NorCal. trumps NorTex. in IT jobs.

Houston is even giving Dallas some competition in the IT field it seems.

From a 2009 USNews article: 10 Best Places for Tech Jobs - US News and World Report

Houston
Compared with the rest of the country, Houston—like Texas overall—is doing pretty well. D'Ann Petersen, a business economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, says Houston is full of service firms, many of them IT, that serve the energy industry, which has tended to insulate regional economies in this recession despite price volatility.

Houston's high-tech industry emerged at the end of World War II, when companies moved in to build geophysical instrumentation and automation systems, according to the Dallas Federal Reserve. In the last recession, when the dot-com burst dragged the economy down, Texas "felt the impact longer than many areas, partly because of its large number of high-tech jobs," the Fed reports. Today, Houston ranks high for total tech job postings and has above-average ratios for tech job postings to employment in multiple occupations.