More economically relevant state in the future: California or Texas (living, best)

[Metro Matt]

How many California cities filed for bankruptcy during this economic recession? Several.

How many Texas cities? None.

[Prickly Pear]

Why is this thread still going on?... So much hatred going on here.

[PalmsTown]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Even better when a California newspaper writes an article about it.

Chevron to build skyscraper in Houston - SFGate

That's nice. Doesn't make Houston an exciting and interesting city. Probably nothing will. You build 7 1,000 footers. Wouldn't make a difference.

You guys brag about Rice Village and Highland Park Village. I mean....wow.

Meanwhile, LA metro is densifying like crazy, adding more and more units and retail to vibrant areas.

LA's commercial corridors were always untapped potential for development, probably more than any other city. It's just getting started.

I would rather see that, than some 1,000 tower that doesn't really matter.

[Austincool]

Originally Posted by PalmsTown

That's nice. Doesn't make Houston an exciting and interesting city. Probably nothing will. You build 7 1,000 footers. Wouldn't make a difference.

You guys brag about Rice Village and Highland Park Village. I mean....wow.

Meanwhile, LA metro is densifying like crazy, adding more and more units and retail to vibrant areas.

LA's commercial corridors were always untapped potential for development, probably more than any other city. It's just getting started.

I would rather see that, than some 1,000 tower that doesn't really matter.

1. How is which city is more exciting and interesting have anything to do with which is more economically relevant?

2. Why are you trying to make comparisons to a metro more than double the size?

[PalmsTown]

Metro Matt makes the comparisons. Along with some other Texans.

I don't think it compares one bit. I think the only silimarity is they're both American cities. That's kind of where it ends.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by PalmsTown

Metro Matt makes the comparisons. Along with some other Texans.

I don't think it compares one bit. I think the only silimarity is they're both American cities. That's kind of where it ends.

Only one Texan doing that and it's Metro Matt. Most sane people on here from Texas knows Houston does not compare to LA.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by GatsbyGatz

2011 Crime rates per 100k people (Data provided by City-Data)

Houston
Murder Rate: 9.2
Rape Rate: 36.0
Assault Rate: 553.7
Crime Rate: 540.1

Dallas
Murder Rate: 10.9
Rape Rate: 35.0
Assault Rate: 302.8
Crime Rate: 484.9

Los Angeles
Murder Rate: 7.7
Rape Rate: 21.6
Assault Rate: 230.5
Crime Rate: 285.0

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The data doesn't lie. Houston and Dallas are crime-infested ghettos compared to LA. I surely wouldn't call either Houston or Dallas ideal cities to emulate, given the horrendous crime problem. The "good" conditions of the job market in Houston and Dallas are irrelevant; they are cheap cities where it's cheap to do business in. That's it. They are not glamorous or desirable, these crime-filled pits. They are more similar to 3rd world country cities than world class cities.

This post is ridiculous.

[nslander]

Originally Posted by Spade

Only one Texan doing that and it's Metro Matt. Most sane people on here from Texas knows Houston does not compare to LA.

Is somebody coming to pick him up?

[PalmsTown]

Originally Posted by Spade

Only one Texan doing that and it's Metro Matt. Most sane people on here from Texas knows Houston does not compare to LA.

Worldlyman says LA areas look the same so they're automatically inferior than Houston's. It doesn't matter if they serve different purposes or markets or are more vibrant.

They share the same look.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by PalmsTown

Worldlyman says LA areas look the same so they're automatically inferior than Houston's. It doesn't matter if they serve different purposes or markets or are more vibrant.

They share the same look.

Ahh. Didn't see his posts. His posts go off the deep end as well as I've gone back and forth with him as well regarding the urbanity of Houston. Though he has said he lived in Southern California and is native to Chicago. They like to portray Houston something that it's not. Most know Houston is not the same type of city as LA and still is trying to mature into itself. Houston was a product of it's era which was post world war 2. That era was mostly suburban oriented spread out car culture era.