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Texas passes New York on Fortune 500 list
dallasnews.com — Texas is king of the hill when it comes to corporate headquarters. The Lone Star State passed New York as home to the most big companies in the latest list compiled by Fortune magazine. Texas now boasts 58 headquarters, three more than New York, the previous No. 1, and California, with 52.
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- jboitnott, on 04/22/2008, -2/+33Cost of doing business and cost of living really and truly matter -- that's for sure.
- nahsrocketeer75, on 04/22/2008, -9/+6No way I would have guessed this had anyone asked.
- jmkiii, on 04/22/2008, -9/+20Yeehaw!
/Texan - Ithaxa, on 04/22/2008, -4/+69its because we don't have ridiculous taxes.
- p51d007, on 04/23/2008, -2/+8EXACTLY!
NY has some of the highest tax rates in the country. Texas has some of the lowest. Econ 101 - randumbusername, on 04/23/2008, -2/+5yeah im looking to move there in the next 2-5 years. im in louisiana now. no income tax. plenty of jobs. hopefully texas can stay on that track and not divert.
- OfNumbers, on 04/23/2008, -1/+3We don't have ridiculous taxes? Well that would explain why I have to pay $.60 every time I drive two miles on the tollways.
- Lst01, on 04/23/2008, -0/+2Bush turnpike?
- Ithaxa, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1those toll taxes are illegal. rick perry keeps making roads we already paid for into toll roads, we need to go get our guns.
- p51d007, on 04/23/2008, -2/+8EXACTLY!
- Saiyanz, on 04/22/2008, -7/+21Everything is bigger in Texas
- shervin123, on 04/23/2008, -12/+6Except your *****.
- minorthreat, on 04/23/2008, -7/+12my ***** swells up to the size of a watermelon every time I drive through. I ***** you not
- coffee200am, on 04/23/2008, -30/+5That's because Texas has a bigger border with Mexico...All those corporate HQ's have their businesses just right across the border. No jobs for Americans.
- azurechaos, on 04/23/2008, -0/+17um...Most of our big businesses are far away from the border, chief. Places like Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio...
- codered1322, on 04/23/2008, -0/+6Yeah man, totally. All those illegal, poor as hell Mexicans with business degrees are coming over in the night into Texas companies' corporate headquarters and taking our white collar "jorbs".
- asubigsaxy, on 04/23/2008, -1/+23definitly compared to NY, office space on parki avenue vs office space in Dallas, the cost savings is huge
- tgolferman, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1Having the available space is indicitive of the overbuilding that took place during the Texas oil boom. Housing costs are low as well for a possibly similar reason.
- Scottievm, on 04/23/2008, -30/+18Digg this up if you prefer Manhattan, bury it if you prefer Texas.
- mooseontheloose, on 04/23/2008, -7/+4Only steers and queers will bury you. And I don't know many cattle that use Digg...
- hassanchop13, on 04/23/2008, -2/+3see, i'd definetely prefer northeastern US over texas any day, but the fact that you said manhattan instead of NYC or New York makes you sound like a douchebag.
- zachriggle, on 04/23/2008, -20/+10New York - 55K square miles
California - 160K square miles
Texas - 270K square miles
Why is this a surprise? They've got at *least* double the land area.- fangorious, on 04/23/2008, -2/+8it's not like there are Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the rolling plains, desert, or hill country (yes, Austin is in the hill country, but it's not all of it). They're in major metros like Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio. Texas is ahead by 3. The reason's given are taxes, cheaper real estate (Texas didn't really have the big bubble that NY and California did), and larger work force. You could make arguments based on how land mass correlates with those three factors. But NY is ahead of California by 3, but it's much smaller.
- RyanB18, on 04/23/2008, -2/+46There is no state income tax in Texas. Turns out it is quite an economic draw
- dagamer34, on 04/23/2008, -2/+16Living in Texas so long, I never knew other states had a state income tax. No wonder our state sales tax is so high though. However, what this means is that even young people are paying more in taxes than they would be in other states.
- scamper22, on 04/23/2008, -1/+6what it also means is you have a choice in how you spend your money.
what it also means is the cost of doing business is past onto the consumer, instead of the business.
what it also means is you can attract talent due to less taxes.
For example, if a state needs to raise 1 billion in taxes. If it gets that from income taxes, that is passed on to businesses as the businesses pay workers. If it gets that from sales taxes, it means consumers are paying the tax.
If you really want to deal with free-trade issues, totally remove the income tax for regular workers and replace it with a sales tax. - sovereign3, on 04/23/2008, -3/+6It's the same in Florida. No state income taxes. You guys aren't that special.
- mtkings, on 04/23/2008, -1/+9Obviously we are.
I don't remember when Florida was it's own country recognized by other countries.
: D- sovereign3, on 04/23/2008, -7/+3I think at one time Florida was actually "Spain." Last I checked, that was a country.
- alf86, on 04/23/2008, -1/+3There was West Florida. It was pretty short-lived and came out of constant confusion over who actually owned the panhandle. I'm not sure how well recognized they were, though.
- mtkings, on 04/23/2008, -2/+2O ya, Florida wasn't Florida when it was Spain. It was.. Spain. And they had their towns razed by Andrew Jackson and their governor kidnapped.
- mtkings, on 04/23/2008, -1/+9Obviously we are.
- spamcrusher, on 04/23/2008, -0/+8My sales tax isn't that high, 8.25% in my part of Texas. I lived in a state that had an income tax, and I paid 7.50% state sales tax. Doing the math, I'd rather pay 0.75% of a higher sales tax and avoid state income tax.
- crweaks23, on 04/23/2008, -0/+5Be prepared to be floored... nyc has a basically flat 4% CITY income tax as well. We get hit 3 times.
- swiftheart, on 04/23/2008, -0/+2Texas sales taxes are definitely higher, but its the TX property tax which is actually abysmal. Often it's number 1 or 2 in the country...and for most Texans...is equivalent to a 2-3% income tax.
- scamper22, on 04/23/2008, -1/+6what it also means is you have a choice in how you spend your money.
- swiftheart, on 04/23/2008, -0/+0At least TX doesn't have a state income tax right now. It was thrown about seriously in the late 80's and early to mid 90s. A lot of TX revenue comes from oil and natural gas revenues, which has kept a state income tax at bay.
- dagamer34, on 04/23/2008, -2/+16Living in Texas so long, I never knew other states had a state income tax. No wonder our state sales tax is so high though. However, what this means is that even young people are paying more in taxes than they would be in other states.
- wefarrell, on 04/23/2008, -7/+11After 9/11 a lot of business moved their corporate headquarters to Connecticut and Jersey.
- krahzee, on 04/23/2008, -0/+1And before that they did it due to the relatively lower cost of real estate.
- InorganicMatter, on 04/23/2008, -2/+23Lower taxes, cheap labor, and a growing tech. industry. What's not to like?
- luchid, on 04/23/2008, -7/+2Like somebody above me said: You don't pay income taxes but you DO pay a high sales tax. You'd have to do the math, but it probably comes out being the same.
- StultusJuventus, on 04/23/2008, -14/+9What about racism, segregation, fundamentalist Christians, gun laws and those infinitely perky smiles?
- randumbusername, on 04/23/2008, -2/+5don't care. im not looking for utopia.
- jayzer, on 04/23/2008, -2/+9Have you ever /been/ to Texas?
- alf86, on 04/23/2008, -2/+5No, but he heard about it from some other guy who's never been either.
- tgolferman, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1Unfortunately, Corporations manipulate States and Cities for exactly what you described. Hopefully, the labor is legal. States and Cities need to band together to prevent corporations from leaving one state for the lure of lower taxes in another state. What happens when another State lures them away for a better deal, does Texas win then?
- kurupt, on 04/23/2008, -13/+3Still can't top Digg headquarters in San Francisco. Fridge stocked with beer, licorice sticks and other sweets, an attractive workspace, savvy employees, Guitar Hero/Rock Band tourney's, AND I get paid to browse digg?
It's about quality not quantity.- chocobomog, on 04/23/2008, -2/+7I've lived in both Dallas and San Francisco, and paying $1200 rent for a four bedroom house in the Dallas area beats paying $2000+ for a much smaller place in SF. Not to mention traffic is (somewhat) easier thanks to the lack of bottlenecks called the Golden Gate Bridge, McArthur Maze, and Bay Bridge.
Plus all the extras you mentioned are becoming standard in many tech/game/entertainment jobs in Dallas.
Granted, the weather sucks in Dallas.- kurupt, on 04/23/2008, -1/+2Good points. I've worked in a tech job and some of those perks are present but, I guess it's the atmosphere that I like most. I'm interested in some of these tech/game/entertainment jobs you referred to in Dallas. Examples?
- Avor, on 04/23/2008, -1/+0Some clicking and you'll find out: http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/film/gam ...
- JointVenture, on 04/23/2008, -1/+1The problem with San Fran is all the ladyboys who are now going bald.
You can get your adams apple removed but you can fix baldness. - jayzer, on 04/23/2008, -0/+2Well, there's the Dallas Gaming Mafia: id Software, id Mobile (formerly Fountainhead) 3D Realms, Gearbox, MumboJumbo (who bought Ritual), Ensemble Studios, Terminal Reality, Nerve Software (founded by Brandon James, formerly of id)..
And they don't call it the Silicon Prairie for nothing...Texas Instruments, EDS, Raytheon, Match.com, Hotels.com, Travelocity, etc..
- kurupt, on 04/23/2008, -1/+2Good points. I've worked in a tech job and some of those perks are present but, I guess it's the atmosphere that I like most. I'm interested in some of these tech/game/entertainment jobs you referred to in Dallas. Examples?
- chocobomog, on 04/23/2008, -2/+7I've lived in both Dallas and San Francisco, and paying $1200 rent for a four bedroom house in the Dallas area beats paying $2000+ for a much smaller place in SF. Not to mention traffic is (somewhat) easier thanks to the lack of bottlenecks called the Golden Gate Bridge, McArthur Maze, and Bay Bridge.
- seiha, on 04/23/2008, -2/+39Austin FTW
- toast24, on 04/23/2008, -3/+2Ditto.
- leftfoot, on 04/23/2008, -0/+2Agreed.
- DesdinovaEL, on 04/23/2008, -0/+4Just moved to Austin. I can't imagine what it'll take to get me to leave.
- psbpv3o, on 04/23/2008, -0/+1Best city in the nation. Probably because of UT and all that booze.
- haylel, on 04/23/2008, -11/+4bush did it
- mtkings, on 04/23/2008, -0/+4Bush isn't even Texan
- haylel, on 04/23/2008, -0/+1i was kidding
i still hate bush
but i was kidding
- haylel, on 04/23/2008, -0/+1i was kidding
- mtkings, on 04/23/2008, -0/+4Bush isn't even Texan
- diulei, on 04/23/2008, -2/+17As a SoCal resident, a lot of people / businesses from California our moving to Texas. I've been saying that it's the new California. As far as I've heard, it's pretty similar - cities with sprawling suburbs with a coast not too far. California weather is hard to beat, but I'm sure costs out in Texas are far cheaper and make it worth it.
- seiha, on 04/23/2008, -1/+3are moving*
- sassip, on 04/23/2008, -1/+11Summer in TX... hot, hot, hot... and that's from a Floridian.
- toast24, on 04/23/2008, -1/+1That's when you get to work on your tan and develop a love for water sports.
- hittnrun, on 04/23/2008, -2/+1The sun is your friend.
- JointVenture, on 04/23/2008, -2/+1Californians have been moving somewhere else for the past 10 years. Be it CO, TX, or VA or any number of states.
- Ricemanstm, on 04/23/2008, -1/+1We're giving California one final salute...THE BIRD!
- Maevirko69, on 04/23/2008, -7/+18Texas our Texas, all hail the mighty state!
- KyleGoetz, on 04/23/2008, -1/+2Texas, Our Texas! so wonderful so great!
- Maevirko69, on 04/23/2008, -1/+1Boldest and grandest, withstanding every test!
- derek20cali, on 04/23/2008, -19/+13Couldn't be because of the high concentration of self-important, overly-aggressive, *****-smoking teabaggers in NYC, could it?
- wefarrell, on 04/23/2008, -9/+5We self important, overly agressive, *****-smoking teabaggers in NYC are better educated and more lucrative.
http://digg.com/general_sciences/Texas_Doomed
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/One_third_of_students_in ...
While we might be assholes we are more most definitely smarter.- 0firefly0, on 04/23/2008, -1/+6more most definitely smarter, huh? o_o
- familynight, on 04/23/2008, -0/+4Also, lucrative is not a word generally used to describe people, although there is something amusing about the phrase "I am lucrative." It sounds like the beginning of an insane cover letter.
- OfNumbers, on 04/23/2008, -3/+4Actually, Texas outranks NY in education. Most of our graduates stay here as well.
- krahzee, on 04/23/2008, -3/+2Only because your state is so ***** big sparky
- krahzee, on 04/23/2008, -3/+2Only because your state is so ***** big sparky
- 0firefly0, on 04/23/2008, -1/+6more most definitely smarter, huh? o_o
- wefarrell, on 04/23/2008, -2/+2even if we make grammatical typos.
- vagabond45, on 04/23/2008, -1/+1I live in NY state as well. We have rediculously high property taxes, sales taxes, income taxes. No one can own a home or make a profit here. And if you are lucky enough to buy your own home, that price is at least double the rest of the country. And I live in the cheapest part of the state!
- hittnrun, on 04/23/2008, -3/+1Thank Hillary and other Democrats for that nigtmare.
God Bless Texas!!!!
God Bless GWB!!!!
God Bless Willie Nelson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw!!!!
- hittnrun, on 04/23/2008, -3/+1Thank Hillary and other Democrats for that nigtmare.
- italics, on 04/23/2008, -3/+2New Yorkers have been some of the kindest strangers I've met in my life.
- shasty55, on 04/23/2008, -3/+3you obviously have never been to texas
- italics, on 04/23/2008, -2/+2Actually, I have. You almost had me though!
- shasty55, on 04/23/2008, -3/+3you obviously have never been to texas
- wefarrell, on 04/23/2008, -9/+5We self important, overly agressive, *****-smoking teabaggers in NYC are better educated and more lucrative.
- dagamer34, on 04/23/2008, -7/+2I get "Register for the Dallas Morning News" spam. =/
- defcobra08, on 04/23/2008, -10/+0hey you guys wanna see my rash?
- pradaaddict, on 04/23/2008, -5/+10Dallas has a very high commerical/office space vacancy rate, making lease prices cheaper
Dallas is an airport hub city for N.America
cheaper cost of living for employees
more space and cheaper land to build factories
less taxes
makes perect sense to me. - peevatoe, on 04/23/2008, -2/+3i guess thats cool. theres been soooo much growth around me lately i dont know if i like it
- mattiP, on 04/23/2008, -3/+1Yes zach, Texas is larger, but a lot of it is also rural and not even CONSIDERED for corporate headquarters. Sure we still have a size advantage, but it's not as much as you think.
- mooseontheloose, on 04/23/2008, -3/+1Compare NYC to just Dallas or Austin or Houston and then see how the results come out. Or add in Newark and Boston into NYC and then come back.
- mtkings, on 04/23/2008, -0/+1But we aren't just New York City, and we do have more space. Why would we cram all of our businesses into a small area when we could distribute it? Good argument though.
- mooseontheloose, on 04/23/2008, -2/+1So the land area doesn't matter. Except that it does. Got it.
It looks like from the source material they have to pull from, those companies obviously won't be in Texas for long.
- mooseontheloose, on 04/23/2008, -2/+1So the land area doesn't matter. Except that it does. Got it.
- mtkings, on 04/23/2008, -0/+1But we aren't just New York City, and we do have more space. Why would we cram all of our businesses into a small area when we could distribute it? Good argument though.
- mooseontheloose, on 04/23/2008, -3/+1Compare NYC to just Dallas or Austin or Houston and then see how the results come out. Or add in Newark and Boston into NYC and then come back.
- citizen782, on 04/23/2008, -7/+3Could it be because the only thing profitable any more is oil?
- highlyhigh, on 04/23/2008, -7/+0but why georgia? they could have picked texas or canada to dump the zombifying nukes in.
- CYR1X, on 04/23/2008, -3/+1Texas is just a tad bigger, and it's been developing over the years.
- zetec, on 04/23/2008, -1/+9And a crapload of them are here in Plano. Cinemark, FedEx, EDS, Dr. Pepper, Frito Lay, Raytheon, the list goes on. Maybe if Dallas can learn to give better incentives they wouldn't hop the county border.
- OfNumbers, on 04/23/2008, -0/+1Intuit (The CEO owns the worlds biggest yacht), JC Penny, Cadbury, Pepsi, Schwepp's, Macy's, Oracle... Etc. Rock on Legacy/Headquarters Drv.
- CrimsonBlur, on 04/23/2008, -11/+5If my company's corporate headquarters moved to Texas and to keep my job I had to move there, I would quit my job, absolutely no doubt about it. I don't care how much money they were offering me, there is no way I could live in Texas.
That's really just more of a personal preference thing, obviously. Money is more important to some people than others as well. But for me, finding another job and potentially starting lower would more than offset the drop in quality of life due to living in Texas. The West Coast is far too dear to me :)- JeTed, on 04/23/2008, -2/+9You'd move to Austin. Trust me.
- mtkings, on 04/23/2008, -0/+10Have you even ever been to Texas?
- idiogeckmatic, on 04/23/2008, -2/+3I think you would move to austin, it's our mini-cali.
- hittnrun, on 04/23/2008, -3/+6Stay there and starve to death.
We don't wnat yur kind. - Juntistik, on 04/23/2008, -1/+5That's great to hear! We don't want douche bags like you here anyway!
- mal1964, on 04/23/2008, -2/+10I'm sure its mostly 1 City losing to a whole State
- tiffany98121, on 04/23/2008, -1/+1add in new jersey and connecticut, and you would get a better idea about this
- cyclopssmiley, on 04/23/2008, -17/+13New York is still better.
- JeTed, on 04/23/2008, -6/+3Our politicians relentless sucking up to big business, finally pays off! Well for some us.
- allahuakbar, on 04/23/2008, -1/+1Better than sucking up to lazy leechers like you.
- jmdajr, on 04/23/2008, -3/+4indeed, cost of living here is great. it's not that pretty, but I can deal with it.
- spamcrusher, on 04/23/2008, -0/+11Depends on where you live, in my opinion. There are some crappy areas of Texas that's for sure, but I find it hard to argue with the beauty of hill country and central Texas.
- detales, on 04/23/2008, -13/+12Yeah... but NYC is the greatest city on earth.
So beat that Texas.
(Btw I lived in Dallas for 6 years. I'm now a New Yorker)- JeTed, on 04/23/2008, -8/+19Austin beats NYC, hands down.
- mtkings, on 04/23/2008, -6/+8I've lived in Dallas for 19 years.
Can't beat Dallas.
Or Texas for that matter- verevi, on 04/23/2008, -1/+4What's so great about Dallas? Seriously?
- DesdinovaEL, on 04/23/2008, -3/+4Austin is the greatest city in America.
- simbelmyrne, on 04/23/2008, -2/+4Goddammit. My mom's going to love this. "More reasons to move back home!"
But the lack of income tax and the presence of Austin is very comforting. - frelk, on 04/23/2008, -8/+3Wow, two Dallas News stories on the front page at the same time, both submitted by the same person? What are the odds of that?
- plundstedt, on 04/23/2008, -0/+4If you're MrBabyMan, about 1 in 5.
- KyleGoetz, on 04/23/2008, -0/+3Well, since we know for a fact that it's happened, I'd say somewhere around 100% probability that there will ever be two Dallas articles on Digg's front page.
- Anakai, on 04/23/2008, -13/+3Let me see: They drag black men behind pickup trucks with chains and take years to figure out that something illegal happened- their politicians buy elections and start wars that last for decades - religious fanatics love the place for setting up compounds in which to practice socially deviant behavior - they assassinate presidents - their women drown their children and claim that God made them do it - their prison system executes mentally disabled prisoners - they essentially have no environmental laws - they've thrown their border wide open - ad infinitum.
Texas - it ain't just about barbecue...- randumbusername, on 04/23/2008, -1/+8hopefully people who sum up the south in this manner continue to stay up north.
- DharmaDog, on 04/23/2008, -0/+6That's some mighty fine trolling there, Anakai.
- idiogeckmatic, on 04/23/2008, -9/+0Only two things come from texas, steers and queers, and you don't look like no steer to me!
- dbradley96, on 04/23/2008, -1/+9Signing up for Digg just to post a comment on how you hate the Lone Star State. Wow, you are impressive. 55 year old Troll.
- highlyhigh, on 04/23/2008, -5/+0whatever, man. new york's a dirty ass state now anyways. time to expand our filth elsewhere. if its closer to the mexicans, thats great. this just might elevate those sons of bitches.
- OfNumbers, on 04/23/2008, -0/+3NY has always been a dirty ass state.
- IkeMavent, on 04/23/2008, -2/+3NYS is saddled with ridiculous taxes, ridiculous bureaucracy, and ridiculously powerful unions...
heaviest tax burden in the country, FTL.... - idiogeckmatic, on 04/23/2008, -4/+6Houston is king ;)
biggest city down here and has 25 of the headquarters in question.
Anyone who has ever lived here knows.. Houston is the LA of Texas; Dirty, hot, coastal, bad traffic...
Austin would be the San Francisco (lots of tech firms, very open about itself, etc)
Lots of parallels can be drawn between cali and texas.- KyleGoetz, on 04/23/2008, -1/+4What's interesting is that in surveys of traffic patterns in the US, Austin's is much, much worse than Houston's.
- nstavros, on 04/23/2008, -7/+1Why isn't this a direct link to the list?
***** you Texas, and your cheap labor- hittnrun, on 04/23/2008, -0/+1don't be a hater
and don't come down here.
You are Texas' BITCH
- hittnrun, on 04/23/2008, -0/+1don't be a hater
- OfNumbers, on 04/23/2008, -0/+2"The negative of all this growth is the problem of infrastructure – traffic and air quality," he said. "Can you imagine Dallas with 2.5 million more people in 15 years?"
2.5 more on top of 7.3? That won't make much of a difference, especially since DFW's air quality is ranked lower than NYC's.- jarjarbinx, on 04/23/2008, -3/+0I live in Houston and have been to New York and other cities. Texan cities have among the best road systems (a.k.a. spiderweb highways). That's why we drive a lot and dont have mass transportation.
- erotocrat, on 04/23/2008, -2/+3In 1980 Houston was described as the "most air-conditioned place on earth" I guess this means that this is a great place to live if you are an HVAC technician.
- arcooke, on 04/23/2008, -1/+5If you've ever been to Houston, you'd understand why. I've only been twice.. and it's the most miserable place I've ever been in the summer. We're talking about 70-90% humidity and 100F+ temps. I would NEVER move there, it's horrible. At least here in Dallas the humidity stays relatively low.
- natmaster, on 04/23/2008, -3/+2Of course business will be more profitable in a more libertarian minded state.
- erotocrat, on 04/23/2008, -3/+5In 1980 Houston was described as the "most air-conditioned place on earth" That is a great place if you are an HVAC technician. Now, I cannot for the life of me seem to get that catchy Gatlin Brother's song Houston out of my head. If only Whitney Houston would do a cover of that cheerful ditty. Oh, by the way, I live in New York City so I presume I will be dug down as my high taxes pay for me to live in the greatest city in the US.
- Eddiecoaster, on 04/23/2008, -2/+1http://youtube.com/watch?v=OdHcZB3L3uA
- ElatusDeus, on 04/23/2008, -2/+2Damn you Texas.
- logotype702, on 04/23/2008, -1/+1Live in Houston, work in Port Arthur (near Beaumont), driving is a nightmare
- verevi, on 04/23/2008, -0/+3Beaumont - the armpit of Texas.
- wukillabee, on 04/23/2008, -2/+1exxonmobil headquarters is in my city :(
- spankaccount, on 04/23/2008, -0/+1Don't you drive a car?
- xexx, on 04/23/2008, -2/+1GTFO of Texas assholes, It takes me 20-30 minutes to drive to town whereas it used to take me 5 minutes, I'm on the outside of the DFW and you used to not see another car on the smaller highway for 5 minutes or more if it was late at night, 10 years later and people are fricken everywhere.
- Sapulator, on 04/23/2008, -1/+5Its really an irrelevant matter. New York City is the only major city in the state, whereas Texas has a large number of relatively large cities (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, etc). NYC has 22 global fortune 500 companies (ranked 3rd in the world), whereas Houston only has 7 (ranked 8th in the world).
-Also an important note is that Texas as a whole is growing in population. NYC is also growing, but the state as a whole has very little growth due to the decline of the upstate cities.- DharmaDog, on 04/23/2008, -2/+0Well, bless your heart.
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