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Location: The land of sugar... previously Houston and Austin
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Originally Posted by grapico
dude... ? these are categories, not top hospitals...
The fact is SF Bay has 2 hospitals ranked ahead of any in Houston area.
I was actually in Houston recently and on the airplane there was some stuff about how Houston was glad to now be one of the top 20...
The Houston hospitals are top hospitals, outside of the general category.
What else is "Texas Children's" going to have besides pediatrics?
The list is impressive even so, the Texas Medical Center is the largest medical district in the world, and is the city's largest employer. To belittle the medical scene as if it's insignificant... and the culture as if there is none... and so on... is just stupid. I'm not saying Houston is the better city, I'm saying most people on here are clueless about Houston and are talking out of their butts.
This whole thread is stupid and I'm surprised it hasn't been shut down yet for being "too vague" from the start.
The Houston hospitals are top hospitals, outside of the general category.
What else is "Texas Children's" going to have besides pediatrics?
The list is impressive even so, the Texas Medical Center is the largest medical district in the world, and is the city's largest employer. To belittle the medical scene as if it's insignificant... and the culture as if there is none... and so on... is just stupid. I'm not saying Houston is the better city, I'm saying most people on here are clueless about Houston and are talking out of their butts.
This whole thread is stupid and I'm surprised it hasn't been shut down yet for being "too vague" from the start.
If you felt this whole thread was "stupid" why did you feel the need to respond to it then? Just curious
Location: The land of sugar... previously Houston and Austin
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Originally Posted by kcee510
If you felt this whole thread was "stupid" why did you feel the need to respond to it then? Just curious
Believe me, I was on the fence about it.
But to answer your question more specifically -- because I saw such blatant misinformation I felt needed to be corrected.
Well providing for your poor and the needy is the good thing to do and California is willing to take on debt in order to do that.
Unlike some states which talk the talk but walk like the Devil.
Oops.
Problem is it doesn't appear to be working because California has a much bigger homeless problem than Texas from what I've seen.
California also has much higher unemployment, much higher taxes, and a huge budget deficit while the 2010 budget deficit in Texas looks like it will be balanced according to what I've read in the news.
California >>> Texas in just about everything, including cities, but let's get realistic here, your government is a total mess.
Problem is it doesn't appear to be working because California has a much bigger homeless problem than Texas from what I've seen.
That's because they all come here from all over the country. We didnt make them homeless.
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California also has much higher unemployment, much higher taxes, and a huge budget deficit while the 2010 budget deficit in Texas looks like it will be balanced according to what I've read in the news.
Like I said-we are willing to take on debt to provide for the poor and sick. And when the economy improves so will our budget problems.
That's life.
Furthermore, you act as if our current economic state is the norm. In fact its not. On the Contrary, our state GDP has increased by $700 Billion since 2001. We are not in decline, our economy is not contracting and our population continues to grow.
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California >>> Texas in just about everything, including cities, but let's get realistic here, your government is a total mess.
Our government is fine and the worst part of the CA state govt is the exaggerated media coverage it receives-perfect no, functional, yes.
The problem is that our budget is held up every year because it requires a two-thirds majority of both houses of the state legislature to pass as opposed to a simple majority like most other states.
And so the republican minority takes advantage of that oppurtunity to make noise and hold up the budget since dems don't have a 66% majority.
But other than that, I don't really know what mess it is you speak of?
Last edited by 18Montclair; 09-25-2009 at 10:59 AM..
Seriously if you find youself homeless California is the best state for it. In my job occupation I deal with a lot of homeless Veterans and a majority of them are not even from the state of California. The weather is very mild so you are not going to freeze during the winter and you are not going to suffer heat strokes during the summer because it doesn't get too hot.
For the tens of thousands of homeless who arrive in San Fco every year, San Fco is better.
For the 100,000 people or more who arrive in Houston every year to work and to improve their living standard, Houston is better.
For the tens of thousands of homeless who arrive in San Fco every year, San Fco is better.
For the 100,000 people or more who arrive in Houston every year to work and to improve their living standard, Houston is better.
Thats right, pass the blame for the flame war to someone from Houston
It was started long ago (see post 8) by someone from Chicago and soon followed by someone from SF
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