CNBC: Texas is #1! (Fredericksburg: trip , rent , jobs)

[Kofi713]

Originally Posted by love roses

My mom lives in Clear Lake and that area is booming. I think also down in the Lake Jackson area (Freeport is next door). My best friend lives in Brazoria and says it's going gangbusters down there as well.

It is. Pearland was just 34,000 in 2000. Last year, it was 82,000. By now, it should be near 90,000.

Brazoria County is really growing. So is Galveston County.

[JamesAbilene]

Originally Posted by Kofi713

You think other metro areas in the state (say Lubbock/Amarillo, Midland-Odessa, and Corpus Christi), start growing more as the main four Texas metro areas get too big (especially Houston and DFW)?

You forgot to mention Abilene, my favorite small metro. Actually, we are seeing a growth in industry and development if everyone follows through with what they say they are going to do here. We were listed by Fortune as the best small metro for business in the state! It is on billboards all over town!

[JamesAbilene]

Originally Posted by JamesAbilene

You forgot to mention Abilene, my favorite small metro. Actually, we are seeing a growth in industry and development if everyone follows through with what they say they are going to do here. We were listed by Fortune as the best small metro for business in the state! It is on billboards all over town!

I made two errors on the previous post. We are number 2 in the state. (THe billboards around town say "Best small city for business", so I thought we were first.) Also, the data is from Forbes not Fortune. The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth can be found on this web site:

http://www.abilenechamber.com/docume...mallCities.doc

[CalGal953]

Originally Posted by desertsun41

Yea I saw that on the 6:00 news tonight.

Awesome !!!!!!!!

I hope the California investors dont ruin Texas like they did Vegas. They are already buying up Gulf property like it was cheap or something. Well it is cheap to them.

If you are so tired of us being in your state, why don't you stop complaining and do something?

[High_Plains_Retired]

Originally Posted by killer2021

Woohoo

Hulu - State of grace: Texas tops best state survey: NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams

Hmmm. Sounds good for my commercial property in the little/big town of Muleshoe, Texas.

[momof2dfw]

Originally Posted by CalGal953

If you are so tired of us being in your state, why don't you stop complaining and do something?

Like what? What are WE Texans supposed to do EXACTLY?

1. Go over and pack all of the unhappy folks up that live here and hate it and pay for the shipping BACK to where they came from. Although I heard U-Haul and Ryder are practically giving away trucks for those going INTO California as they can't seem to keep them there w/ the huge amount of people trying to get out.

2. Shut down every business that opens doors here to keep people from coming here for jobs. Raise the sales & property taxes even higher to make it less desireable. Triple our real estate values overnight.

3. Or would you rather US Texans go to California, organize a rebel force, over throw the government and wipe out all of the bs crappy laws in California that make it unhospitable for businesses to operate.

[love roses]

Yeah, option two sounds pretty cool! I love it

[momof2dfw]

Originally Posted by love roses

Yeah, option two sounds pretty cool! I love it

Hmm, I'm going to number them. When I do it would be #3 you prefer.

[John Shaft]

I personally have always wished for a "Californian tax." $25K when you move to a state from California, up front, as a pre-emptive fee to cover all the damages you will do (auto accidents, ruining local architecture by applying a SoCal style in an area where it won't fit, anger management classes for locals for having to listen to you moan about how much you hate the area because it isn't like Cali but you still won't go back to Cali, etc.).

[Lakewooder]

Yes and a $500 fine every time you say "the" 75 or 45 or 35