There's a natural push-pull here, though. Big cities have the best, most high-paying jobs. People move to Houston for the earning opportunity and then put up

There's a natural push-pull here, though. Big cities have the best, most high-paying jobs. People move to Houston for the earning opportunity and then put up with the traffic because they have to (not realizing how much it's costing them). Small cities with less sprawl and less traffic don't have those same job opportunities. The network effect is very real for companies.