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Lone Star - Why
Texas is Doing Better Economically than the Rest of the
Nation
Slate, April 19, 2010 |
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U-Haul Reports - Houston Tops List of Destination Cities
Houston Business Journal, April 5, 2010 |
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Don't Mess With Texas - Houston, Dallas, Austin & San
Antonio are Shaping 21st Century America
Forbes, March 30, 2010 |
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Cinco Ranch, The Woodlands are Tops Nationally for New
Home Sales for 2009
Houston Business Journal, March 24, 2010 |
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US Census: Houston, Dallas Fastest Growing Metro Areas
Houston Business Journal, March 23, 2010 |
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Gulf Coast Economy Outpacing that of Texas as a Whole
Houston Business Journal, March 23, 2010 |
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Houston Retail Market Showing Signs of Improvement
KUOU.com, January 27, 2010 |
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Texas Economy Will Be the First to Recover
Houston Chronicle, January 17, 2010 |
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Texas is #1 in Population Growth for 2009
Houston Chronicle, December 23, 2009 |
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Houston Employment is Stabilizing
Houston Chronicle, December 19, 2009 |
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Houston is the Mega-Market of 2009
Southern Business Development, December, 2009 |
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Houston Ranks 5th in Nation for Personal Income
Houston Business Journal, August 17, 2009 |
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Houston is the Best City to Get Ahead
Forbes, July 16, 2009 |
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Houston Ranks First in Manufacturing
Manufacturers' News, May 18, 2009 |
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Best Big Cities for Jobs - Houston is #2
Forbes, April 14, 2009 |
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Texas is Still the Best for Business
Houston Business Journal, March 18, 2009 |
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Despite Recession, Dining Out is Still In in Houston
Houston Chronicle, March 13, 2009 |
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Houston is a Bright Spot for Retail Developments
Houston Chronicle, October 26, 2008 |
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Best and Worst Bang for the Buck Cities
Forbes, October 10, 2008 |
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Top 20 Local Government Green Power Usage
October 2008 |
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Best US Cities to Earn a Living
Forbes, August 21, 2008 |
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Best City to Buy a Home - Houston is Number 1
Forbes, July 14, 2008 |
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No.1: Houston
Kiplinger.com, July 2008 |
America's Best Hospital - Cancer - MD Anderson, Houston
US News & World Report, July 2008 |
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Houston, We Have No problems
Newsweek and Slate Magazine Online,
June 30, 2008 |
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5.58 million people live in the Houston
MSA (2008). It is the 4th most populous city in the US behind
new York, Los Angeles and Chicago. |
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Houston had the highest number of
housing starts for the country in 2007 and 2008. |
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Houston has the second-lowest
cost of living among American cities. |
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Per capita income is 18% above
the US average. |
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Houston is number 2 in the
nation in job growth with over 154,200 new jobs created
in the last 22 months. |
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Houston has an
unemployment rate of 4.7%, one of the lowest in the
US. |
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Forbes magazine recently ranked
Houston as the "Top City " in which to buy a home. |
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Houston is home
to the Texas Medical Center, the largest
medical center in the world with $15 billion
of direct economic impact. |
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Houston is
home to the world headquarters of more
Fortune 500 companies than any other
city except New York. |
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Houston is
the most ethnically diverse city in the
US |
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With more
than 11,000 restaurants, more people
"eat out" in Houston than in any other
city in the nation. |
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Houston has
the second largest port in the US in
terms of total tonnage and is the
nations largest port in terms of foreign
tonnage. |
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Houston is
the world capital of the oil and gas
industry with over 5000 energy firms
doing business in the region. |
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Home to
NASA's Johnson Space Center, which
manages the International Space Station
and Space Shuttle, trains all
astronauts, and controls human space
flights. |
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Houston
boasts more than 40 colleges,
universities and institutions, enrolling
more than 300,000 students in more than
500 degrees and certification programs. |
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Has the
second largest number of theater and
performance art seats
in the US, ranking
only behind New York. |
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