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Old 12-28-2009, 10:26 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Your thoughts on this list?

Top 10 Cities for Employment in 2010 (http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-top_10_cities_for_employment_in_2010-1053 - broken link)
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Old 12-28-2009, 10:34 AM
 
Location: Charleston Sc and Western NC
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Most of those cities woulkd be in the Top 10 for MEDIAN income/professions.

But yes, I think Houston was over looked when they use in ExxonMobile in DALLAS as an example of why a city will do well.
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Old 12-28-2009, 10:37 AM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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Most of those cities woulkd be in the Top 10 for MEDIAN income/professions.

But yes, I think Houston was over looked when they use in ExxonMobile in DALLAS as an example of why a city will do well.
I think they did that because ExxonMobile is HQ'ed in Irving which is right outside of Dallas.
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Old 12-28-2009, 10:43 AM
 
Location: The land of sugar... previously Houston and Austin
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No Austin either?

Yes, weird list.
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Old 12-28-2009, 10:44 AM
 
Location: Charleston Sc and Western NC
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I think they did that because ExxonMobile is HQ'ed in Irving which is right outside of Dallas.

Yes, I know but they have a huge presence in Houston as well.
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Old 12-28-2009, 10:48 AM
 
Location: The Greater Houston Metro Area
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Some of those "lists" are bizarre. There was one a month ago that listed the top 10 cities as to real estate appreciation. California cities accounted for 8 - the other two were cities rarely mentioned. No Texas cities were in that list. I assumed they totally ignored the huge plunge those cities took before their "appreciating values".
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Old 12-28-2009, 10:57 AM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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If you look at all the lists as a whole, the major cities in Texas (Houston, DFW, Austin, San Antonio) all make regular appearances.

I know ExxonMobile has a huge presence in Houston, but the city that holds the HQ tends to get credit for it.
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Old 12-28-2009, 11:21 AM
 
Location: ✶✶✶✶
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Good. The fewer lists we make during the home stretch of this recession, the better.
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Old 12-28-2009, 11:53 AM
 
Location: spring tx
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if you notice, besides dallas, every other city on the list is a VERY small market. houston is not on the list because it seems to be based on % and while houston might gain a ton of jobs, the over all population is so large (and already employed for the most part) that it will not realistically grow as much as the cities on the list. considering texas grew at a ridiculous rate last year, the majority of the jobs would have been filled (texas added 478,000 residents between july 1 2008 and july 1 2009) so cities that have been producing jobs (houston, austin, san antonio) dont have the large room to fill like these smaller towns.
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Old 12-28-2009, 11:55 AM
 
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Laredo, McAllen and Brownsville don't belong on that list unless you speak Spanish. If you don't, you won't find much work in those areas. I'm near McAllen as I type this and lived in the area many years. Not only that, most of the jobs being created are retail or in call centers. Again, if you don't speak Spanish, forget retail. So, three cities on that list are B.S. right off the bat.
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