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Old 03-02-2012, 08:29 AM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Kudos to Houston!

From reading the article, I take this to include any new facilities, warehouses, factories, operations centers etc.

Im also very impressed by the 2 Pennsylvania MSAs on the list.

Top Metros Of 2011: The Fast Track To No. 1: A rapidly expanding economy propels Houston to the top spot among the nation
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Old 03-02-2012, 09:33 AM
 
Location: Washington, DC area
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It should be easy for cities like Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago etc to make this list, but it's good to see smaller rustbelt cities like Pittsburgh and Cincinnati right up there with them.
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Old 03-02-2012, 09:39 AM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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It should be easy for cities like Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago etc to make this list, but it's good to see smaller rustbelt cities like Pittsburgh and Cincinnati right up there with them.
Yeah, For all of the cities you mention, I think their strategic locations are very attractive to companies looking to expand.
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Old 03-02-2012, 09:45 AM
 
Location: The City
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Does this include number of jobs related; just curious as didnt see it in the first pass


Am quite honeslty totally surprised to see Philly with more projects than DC; would imagine more jobs realted to DC in total

Also somewhat surprised PA has as many locations listed overall (3 also in the 200K-1 Million range among the top ten) Also OH with 4 among this group
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Old 03-02-2012, 10:10 AM
 
Location: Up on the moon laughing down on you
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Congrats to Houston.

Always glad to see new projects and the expansion of our economy.
Also glad that Pearland is gaining more economic centers and becoming more of a city and less of a suburb.

The end of the article got a bit optimistic though. They are predicting the growth in Texas to continue for the next 30 years. It might or might not, I am not a fortuneteller, but what seems a bit much to me is that they are predicting Texas to pass California in that 30 period which I think is highly unlikely, and they are predicting that Houston City will pass LA city in that time (also unlikely unless they take in the people living in unincorporated area around the city).

Great to see all the Ohio Cities on the list.

Also glad to see places like Pittsburgh and Baton Rouge on there too. Surprised that San Antonio is not in there.
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Old 03-02-2012, 10:28 AM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Am quite honeslty totally surprised to see Philly with more projects than DC; would imagine more jobs realted to DC in total
Im not really surprised. Pennsylvania has been doing very well lately.
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Old 03-02-2012, 11:43 AM
 
Location: East End of Pittsburgh
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Especially Pittsburgh.
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Old 03-02-2012, 12:32 PM
 
Location: Jersey City
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Pennsylvania had a strong showing up and down the list there.

PA has 2 metros over 1 million, both were ranked in top 10.
PA has 7 metros between 200K and 1 million, 3 ranked in the top 11.
PA has 5 metros under 200K, 3 ranked in the top 10.
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Old 03-02-2012, 01:17 PM
 
Location: Manhattan
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This is wonderful! It's always great to see places getting better in this economy. Especially those rust belt cities that had been struggling long before the economic downturn.
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Old 03-02-2012, 02:54 PM
 
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How can anyone even hate on this news? It's nice to see the US bounce back!
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