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LOL! I used to live in Texas.
Baby, you can keep it.
There's more in life than suburbia and Wal-Mart: Dallas and Houston are just two giant, ugly residential suburbs, nothing comparable to the amazing architecture and public spaces of NYC.
I wonder how they can tell their homes apart? They all look the same. They just move the garages from one side to the other. Lol
I wonder how they can tell their homes apart? They all look the same. They just move the garages from one side to the other. Lol
Oh we'll I wouldn't know about that since all of the homes in my neighborhood were custom built from the ground up in the 60's & 70's & my home was a Parade of Home.
All that is also available in NY. It's all available in NYC if you wanted to focus on one city. I'm in NJ, and I can get all of that as well.
If you read back you'll see I was comparing Houston to NOLA or Phoenix not NYC. Houston doesn't have better food than NYC but on the list, it does have better Mexican, Cajun and BBQ by miles and miles.
I wonder how they can tell their homes apart? They all look the same. They just move the garages from one side to the other. Lol
When you live in a depressed area, there are not many homes or subdivisions to compare to.
When areas boom and there is fast tract building, you have builders with 3-5 plans to choose from in the model home they sell from. Efficiency, and productivity to supply the vast amount of people moving into the area.
No mamma warbucks, building a custom, on a spread of property.
What I don't understand is why all the big financial firms don't reailze that:
- Given modern technology, there's no reason to have to be near the stock exchanges any more.
- How much money they're losing to NY's high taxes. How much money would Goldman Sachs save, both in terms of it's corporate taxes, and the taxes it's employees pay, by moving to, say, Dallas. It's real estate costs would be much cheaper also.
When you live in a depressed area, there are not many homes or subdivisions to compare to.
When areas boom and there is fast tract building, you have builders with 3-5 plans to choose from in the model home they sell from. Efficiency, and productivity to supply the vast amount of people moving into the area.
No mamma warbucks, building a custom, on a spread of property.
That happens in Plano, TX.
Typical homes in my neighborhood & city. Notice all of the mature trees & lush vegetation.
Texas isn't known for lush vegation. Maybe eastern Texas, but certainly not the rest of Texas.
I know & I am so blessed to live in the half that does.
This Fall in East Texas without a doubt rivaled that of the Northeastern US for foliage & color. The rolling hills graced by the tall oaks, sweet gums, maples...all bursting with vibrant color.
I don't get it being FL though. They have this pesky intangible property tax (maininly aimed at financial assets.) I would think that would be a big negative for financial firms. I always thought Texas would work better.
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Originally Posted by BBMW
What I don't understand is why all the big financial firms don't reailze that:
- Given modern technology, there's no reason to have to be near the stock exchanges any more.
- How much money they're losing to NY's high taxes. How much money would Goldman Sachs save, both in terms of it's corporate taxes, and the taxes it's employees pay, by moving to, say, Dallas. It's real estate costs would be much cheaper also.
If this nickel ever drops, NYC is done.
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