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Old 12-25-2009, 02:32 PM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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I use to think that about San Antonio, but not anymore.
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Old 12-25-2009, 03:35 PM
 
Location: Rockport Texas from El Paso
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SA based on what? If you have been to many US Cities, you will find nothing special about SA except warm winters and the no state income tax that Texas enjoys. Its river walk is a dirty puddle compared to the Platte going through Denver, the Niagara past Buffalo and umm 1000 more.

Much of SA's growth is because of kids having kids,people from the valley wanting to live in a big city, and because its cheap.

I go to court in SA sometimes and it seems most people in SA try to go to Rockport, to be on the ocean. Once the judge interrupted a case I was doing to ask if I though fishing would be good that weekend because he was coming down.

The city that will grow the fastest ( of the major ones ) is El Paso. Its getting new military, starting new professional schools and richer people from Mexico fleeing drug wars are buying property.

Corpus Christi could be a fast grower but nasty refineries and now Las Brisas do not attract quality or educated people. Still parts of Corpus along the ocean are especially nice and North Beach is perfectly situated for rapid growth and it has lots of beach.
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Old 12-25-2009, 04:04 PM
 
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SA based on the economy of the city
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Old 12-25-2009, 04:50 PM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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I think Houston's economy is better than SA's now, and DFW not too far behind. And no, El Paso will not be the fastest growing city in Texas (out of the major cities).
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Old 12-25-2009, 09:26 PM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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I think Houston's economy is better than SA's now, and DFW not too far behind. And no, El Paso will not be the fastest growing city in Texas (out of the major cities).
How do we determine which places have the best economies?

Is it enemployment rate, job growth, or something else?

DFW has lower unemployment and a higher projected job growth rate than Houston for now. Austin and San Antonio have lower unemployment rates than either.
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Old 12-28-2009, 08:21 PM
 
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Default San Antonio Is Dying

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I still think San Antonio is the city to bet the mortgage on in Texas
Parts of San Antonio are charming but it's well on it's way to becoming the next third world city in Texas behind El Paso.
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:10 AM
 
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Not likely many of the people moving in are conservative at all, not when you look at where they are coming from.

No land is unlimited and the people moving in aren't moving to the semi-arid uninhabited plains, they are moving to the already very large cities.

Strong and diverse? The main employment here just like other places are the government sector jobs including health care, education, and the military.
Health care is not a gov't job (yet) unless you work for the VA.
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:37 AM
 
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Texas grows because its in the Sunbelt. Every nasty blizzard in the north inspires people to move. Las Vegas, Arizona and the really warm areas such as Florida have grown faster. The growth has caused speculation and those three places are now suffering.
Funny, the 3 places you mention are the top places for people leaving, along with NY and CA.
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Old 12-30-2009, 12:24 PM
 
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Parts of San Antonio are charming but it's well on it's way to becoming the next third world city in Texas behind El Paso.
San Antonio is dying.....ummm okay. And this is based on what?
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Old 12-30-2009, 01:06 PM
 
Location: Somewhere in the universe
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El Paso is not even a third world city.
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