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I live right down the street from you (Alabama and Greenbriar) but I wonder if we live in the same city. I moved here from the decaying corpse of St. Louis to
by Femur 17y ago
I live right down the street from you (Alabama and Greenbriar) but I wonder if we live in the same city. I moved here from the decaying corpse of St. Louis to take a job with Continental Airlines (HQ'd right here in Houston by the way).
The busses and freeways are packed with people going to work. The bars on Westheimer are overflowing on the weekends. The Galleria is full of shoppers.
Go to St. Louis or Rochester, NY and then come back to Houston. People here are happy I am one of them. No place is perfect but Houston does better than most.
- stcredzero 17y agoNot disagreeing that it's doing better. Just pointing out why.
- bilbo0s 17y agoOh I agree. I would describe Houston as smiling, happy people with shopping bags. That doesn't change my material point. That the economy is based on a precarious foundation. Watch this Money Geyser series of People & Power videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjglR2KYz5o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjglR2KYz5o You will note that the people in Iceland are supremely confident in the validity of their economy. We know that this ended badly. Your post is reminiscent of the comments of the Icelandic people in this series of videos. PS - The videos offer a very good explanation of something called the "Carry Trade". Pretty interesting in its own right, so I would recommend people view them. They are pretty educational. Especially, now that we know how the story ends. The videos were made about a year prior to the late financial system unpleasantness.