Poll: After California, which state is the most important: Texas or New York? (compare, places)

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by NigerianNightmare

Not really that’s like arguing D.C is the second most important state economically because it’s rich per capita. Or Alaska as others said it isn’t important at all, when their is glaring size differences, and in 20 years we might be talking about a Texas with twice the population of NY state in the same country.

I'm thinking in terms of states that are already at a high level. DC is just a city and we all should know that Alaska is small in terms of the general GDP.

[C24L]

Originally Posted by 96West

Recently asked about the most important state in nation and everyone seemed to agree on that California is by far the most important and there seems to be a big gap between #1 and #2, which many were debating between Texas and New York so just decided to create a new thread comparing these two and to see which deserves the 2nd spot in terms of importance to the country: New York or Texas? Share your thoughts.

I think Texas because of all the oil and gas.

[KoNgFooCj]

New York is obviously the most important state in the country in every way with the sole exception of population.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by BlueChicago

New York, Easily.

Give it 10 or 20 years and that'll probably change though.

I don't think it will even take that long.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/...dus-accelerate

[Marv95]

As long as the stock market exists NY will be more important than Texas. Not necessarily better, just more important.

[C24L]

Originally Posted by Marv95

As long as the stock market exists NY will be more important than Texas. Not necessarily better, just more important.

Good point.

[CCrest182]

It's close. New York is the financial and media headquarters of America (and in some ways, the entire world), while Texas has good job growth, oil, and could easily become its own country like California. I'd say both are more important in their own ways. If oil eventually isn't as important as it is now in the future, that will be a huge blow to Texas' economy.

[po-boy]

Texas has a higher GDP and a larger population, so I think it gets my vote, even though NYC is by far the most important city in the country.

And Texas is growing at a much faster rate, so it should pull away over the coming decades unless something significantly changes growth patterns.

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

65% of the people who live in New York State reside in New York City. Without New York City, New York State leaves much to be desired. Texas, on the other hand has 4 major cities over 2 million in the metro, 2 of which are mega sized metros,, and all 4 of the metros are vibrant thriving metros that have consistently been among the fastest growing metros in the nation for at least the last 40 to 50 years and show no signs of slowing down anytime soon.

Without NYC, New York State is pretty much another typical Rust Belt state that hit the skids in the last century. To be honest, no Amercan city can compete with NYC in importance. Without NYC, Texas is more important than New York State. NYC has the most Fortune 500 companies in the country, but Dallas and Houston comes in 2nd and 3rd place with the third most Fortune 500 companies.

[Dave_n_Tenn]

Texas then er... um... Florida. NY sucks