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This is a very California-centric mindset. The Houston-Dallas commute is the largest growing in the nation [1]. [1] https://wagner.nyu.edu/files/rudincenter/su

by chomp 9y ago

This is a very California-centric mindset. The Houston-Dallas commute is the largest growing in the nation [1]. [1] https://wagner.nyu.edu/files/rudincenter/supercommuter_report.pdf https://wagner.nyu.edu/files/rudincenter/supercommuter_repor...

aaron-lebo 9y ago
People really have no idea. 4 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 7,233,323 6,426,214 +12.56% 5 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 6,772,470 5,920,416 +14.39% Note, the areas above them top out at 3% growth. They could very easily be bigger than Chicago (3) in 15-20 years. and: 24 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 2,429,609 2,142,508 +13.40% 31 Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 2,056,405 1,716,289 +19.82% There is a single area with growth rates above that preceding them in the list. One day Californians are gonna wake up and wonder how the hell everything moved to Texas. We'll take your industries, too. ;) Actually, it's a little unnerving. The area is getting busier and busier, you can't drive 10 minutes down the highway without seeing numerous new apartment. I hope our metros can deal with these pops, but we'll see. Austin has gotten the worst of it. Thankfully we've been good about investment in things such as light rail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistic...
- blackrock 9y ago
  I love the folks of Texas! But the fact remains.. it's pretty hot and humid over there. As expensive as California is, the weather here is pretty nice. No hurricanes, tornados, blizzards, or monsoons. You just have to survive the occasional earthquake once every few decades.
  - aaron-lebo 9y ago
    Cali weather definitely sounds like paradise. The truth is from September to May the weather is pretty nice. The nights get chilly and into the 60s, the highs are hardly ever above 90, and from November to March we get actual seasons and winter, without it getting so cold you want to die. It's a tradeoff. Plus if you don't merely adopt the humidity but are born into it, it really doesn't bother you much. Well, not sure how people live in Houston, but they do.

by chomp 9y ago

aaron-lebo 9y ago

People really have no idea. 4 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 7,233,323 6,426,214 +12.56% 5 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 6,772,470 5,920,416 +14.39% Note, the areas above them top out at 3% growth. They could very easily be bigger than Chicago (3) in 15-20 years. and: 24 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 2,429,609 2,142,508 +13.40% 31 Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 2,056,405 1,716,289 +19.82% There is a single area with growth rates above that preceding them in the list. One day Californians are gonna wake up and wonder how the hell everything moved to Texas. We'll take your industries, too. ;) Actually, it's a little unnerving. The area is getting busier and busier, you can't drive 10 minutes down the highway without seeing numerous new apartment. I hope our metros can deal with these pops, but we'll see. Austin has gotten the worst of it. Thankfully we've been good about investment in things such as light rail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistic...

blackrock 9y ago
I love the folks of Texas! But the fact remains.. it's pretty hot and humid over there. As expensive as California is, the weather here is pretty nice. No hurricanes, tornados, blizzards, or monsoons. You just have to survive the occasional earthquake once every few decades.
- aaron-lebo 9y ago
  Cali weather definitely sounds like paradise. The truth is from September to May the weather is pretty nice. The nights get chilly and into the 60s, the highs are hardly ever above 90, and from November to March we get actual seasons and winter, without it getting so cold you want to die. It's a tradeoff. Plus if you don't merely adopt the humidity but are born into it, it really doesn't bother you much. Well, not sure how people live in Houston, but they do.