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04-14-2009, 10:58 PM | #1 |
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reasons to live in houston
http://www.houston.org/economic-deve...ngs/index.aspx
Houston #1 Top Metro in the Nation Site Selection Magazine - March 2009 Best City to Live, Work and Play Kiplinger's Personal Finance - July 2008 Best U.S. City to Earn a Living Forbes.com - August 18, 2008 Best City for Your Job BusinessWeek - June 12, 2008 Best City to Buy a Home Forbes.com - July 14, 2008 Best City for Recent College Grads Forbes.com - June 26, 2008 Nation's Healthiest Housing Market Builder and Hanley Wood Market Intelligence - February 2009 Hottest Labor Market Bizjournals.com – September 8, 2008 Nominal Job Growth (01/08 to 01/09) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment – March 2009 Lowest Cost of Living Among Major Metro Areas ACCRA Cost of Living Index - Third Quarter 2008 Largest IT Service Economy Onforce, Inc. (VoIP Monitor) – December 5, 2008 Top U.S. Manufacturing Cities Manufacturers' News Inc. (as reported in the Houston Business Journal) - May 30, 2008 Most Accessible City for the Disabled The National Organization on Disability - February 14, 2008 Top Local Government Green Power Purchaser Environmental Protection Agency - July 2008 America's Best Hospitals - Cancer, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center U.S News & World Report - July 2008 Highest Population Growth in the Nation U.S. Census Bureau (as reported in the Houston Business Journal) - July 10, 2008 Houston #2 Fastest Job Growth (01/08 to 01/09) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment - March 4, 2009 Nation's Top Export Markets U.S. Department of Commerce - July 14, 2008 Houston #3 Green Jobs Global Insight – October 2008 Best Cities for Young Professionals Forbes.com - July 09, 2008 Number of Fortune 500 Headquarters Fortune - April 21, 2008 Nation's Most Charitable Cities Charity Navigator's 2008 Metro Market Charitable Analysis Study Houston #4 Cities Where Your Nest Egg Goes Farthest Forbes.com - October 2008 Best Big City for Business Inc.com - July 2008 Top Ten Up-and-Coming Tech Cities Forbes.com - March 10, 2008 Top Cities for African Americans BlackEnterprise.com - September 17, 2007 Best Value in Private Institutions - Rice University Kiplinger's - February 2009 Houston #6 Top U.S. Real Estate Investment Markets Urban Land Institute (as reported in the Houston Business Journal) - January 10, 2008 Houston #7 Best Cities for Jobs in 2008 Forbes.com - January 10, 2008 Houston #10 Top Ten Cities for Green Technology Innovation SustainLane - March 2007 Top Ten Cities for Hispanics Hispanic Magazine - August 2008 Texas #1 Nation's Number One Exporting State U.S. Department of Commerce - February 2009 Fortune 500 Headquarters Fortune Magazine (As reported in the Dallas Morning News) - April 2008 America's Top State for Business CNBC.com - July 2008 Most Favorable Business Climate in the Nation Development Counsellors International (DCI) - "Winning Strategies in Economic Development Marketing" - July 2008 Best State To Do Business Chief Executive Magazine - January 2008 U.S.'s Top Exporting State WISERTrade - February 2008 2008 Gold Shovel Recipient Area Development Magazine - June/July 2008
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04-14-2009, 10:59 PM | #2 |
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top reason for not: Ed likes Houston.
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04-14-2009, 11:13 PM | #4 |
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04-15-2009, 08:25 AM | #5 |
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Forgot to mention the local FD will come and let you in your house if you lock yourself out
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04-15-2009, 09:20 AM | #6 |
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