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Old 07-10-2007, 08:10 PM
 
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
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Houston went through the bust, but positioned itself to become the energy capitol of the world.

Dallas had other things to fall on like aviation and technology.

The casinos have helped pick up some of the slack in Shreveport, but the area has never recaptured all the white-collar jobs that were lost.
And, you can argue, when the bust came, consolidation became either more crucial, since it was a matter of survival. And Houston had way more of the infrastructure to be the center of the oil/gas/petrochemical universe than Lafayette, Shreveport, or NO.
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Old 07-11-2007, 05:28 PM
 
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Houston-Shreveport has a problem and it is call a lazy attitude about diversifying their economy
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