This is true. Construction alone on new buildings, neighborhoods, and shopping centers stay going up.Note that I said DFW not Dallas. One could move to Irving, Grand Prairie, Addison, etc and be Closer to downtown Dallas the some Dallas residents.
We can debate preference all day but nothing is growing faster than DFW and HTX areas
Houston has highest poverty rate amongst large U.S. cities
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Being from Louisiana, we always looked at Houston and Dallas as the land of Milk and Honey. Still do, that's probably changing now.
In Louisiana opportunities to make 20$/hr or more are so limited, we're still able to come to Texas like immigrants and work together with other Louisianians and make a better living than in Louisiana.
In Louisiana opportunities to make 20$/hr or more are so limited, we're still able to come to Texas like immigrants and work together with other Louisianians and make a better living than in Louisiana.
DonFrancisco
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As a native Houstonian and living in the Galleria I would like to chime in:
1) Job marketing isn't as great as it once was due to: a) O&G consolidating jobs by AI and just good ole automation. Also many of these jobs just won't come back due to the nature of the market. b) Healthcare outside of clinical roles doesn't pay well (working in this space my benefits are great but my pay isn't the best) c) logistics has been consolidated into a few major players, the majority doesn't really pay very well d) statistically lower COL usually is due to lower cost of wages especially for the front line workers.
2) The hidden monster, insurance and housing. Houston median household income is $75k. The typical "starter home" is over $300k. This means that if a family wants to achieve a higher networth, it cannot thru a mortgage. Part of the reason for this pricing is insurance of the building and land baked into the pricing strategy. Thus, one is the ways to transition from lower to middle class is out of reach for the median Houston family.
1) Job marketing isn't as great as it once was due to: a) O&G consolidating jobs by AI and just good ole automation. Also many of these jobs just won't come back due to the nature of the market. b) Healthcare outside of clinical roles doesn't pay well (working in this space my benefits are great but my pay isn't the best) c) logistics has been consolidated into a few major players, the majority doesn't really pay very well d) statistically lower COL usually is due to lower cost of wages especially for the front line workers.
2) The hidden monster, insurance and housing. Houston median household income is $75k. The typical "starter home" is over $300k. This means that if a family wants to achieve a higher networth, it cannot thru a mortgage. Part of the reason for this pricing is insurance of the building and land baked into the pricing strategy. Thus, one is the ways to transition from lower to middle class is out of reach for the median Houston family.
The thing about Louisiana is if you not in the oil field you not really making all that much money. Besides the casinos it's hardly anything going on in Louisiana and why everyone leaves and comes to Texas.
MoshpitMazi
Moshpit Gxng/ Anti Fash
Ain't new Orleans itself declining as a city? Pop wise?
My last 2 girlfriends moved to Dallas. They have good jobs, but are unable to afford a house.
The property taxes are appalling in Texas.
My ex wants me to come out there with her, that's my soul mate, but I make great money here in Louisiana and my little house is paid off. I've explained to both about this rat race and you won't be able to relax and retire without a home paid off and low bills. One is 35 and the other 30, I wonder which will realize the game is rigged first. They definitely aint marry a Texas dude. lol
Louisiana is fukked up, but a lot of people in my circle and family out right own their homes. So we live very well off of 30$/hour.
I make almost 50$per hour and Va disability...
The property taxes are appalling in Texas.
My ex wants me to come out there with her, that's my soul mate, but I make great money here in Louisiana and my little house is paid off. I've explained to both about this rat race and you won't be able to relax and retire without a home paid off and low bills. One is 35 and the other 30, I wonder which will realize the game is rigged first. They definitely aint marry a Texas dude. lol
Louisiana is fukked up, but a lot of people in my circle and family out right own their homes. So we live very well off of 30$/hour.
I make almost 50$per hour and Va disability...
My last 2 girlfriends moved to Dallas. They have good jobs, but are unable to afford a house.
The property taxes are appalling in Texas.
My ex wants me to come out there with her, that's my soul mate, but I make great money here in Louisiana and my little house is paid off. I've explained to both about this rat race and you won't be able to relax and retire without a home paid off and low bills. One is 35 and the other 30, I wonder which will realize the game is rigged first. They definitely aint marry a Texas dude. lol
Louisiana is fukked up, but a lot of people in my circle and family out right own their homes. So we live very well off of 30$/hour.
I make almost 50$per hour and Va disability...
This example is true for all the United States of America (well every city worth living in). Something will have to give sooner or later.
I thought the same thing for most of my life.
Never even looked for jobs here while living in DC. But there are a lot of Mills and Plants in Louisiana. There's a lot of Government and Contractor jobs in Shreveport - Bossier (Barksdale). I've made great money thee. Few bases on the West Bank. Supervisorsand Dept heads and leads make really good money. You probably won't come out of college making bank useless you have real tangible technical skills or just going to have to work your way up. I just started a job at a Mill, as pretty much the IT manager. 95k salary, 3 wks pto. My own office and my boss works out of Washington State.
desjardins
Veteran
yea this was the crazy part to me
The former #1 poorest major city, Philly, has concentrated areas of deep poverty. Those videos posted in here might as well be favelas, specific zip codes that are remnants of red lining and super crime ridden and poor. Because of the size, density and configuration of Philly it's easy to keep the deep poverty to certain areas. Houston is so spread out the poverty must be spread out over much greater areas
This the kind of stuff people say when someone is moving to the undeveloped outskirts of Accra. No way americans should be having to prep for all kinds of infrastructure failures in one of the biggest cities in the country
beenz
Rap Guerilla
My last 2 girlfriends moved to Dallas. They have good jobs, but are unable to afford a house.
The property taxes are appalling in Texas.
My ex wants me to come out there with her, that's my soul mate, but I make great money here in Louisiana and my little house is paid off. I've explained to both about this rat race and you won't be able to relax and retire without a home paid off and low bills. One is 35 and the other 30, I wonder which will realize the game is rigged first. They definitely aint marry a Texas dude. lol
Louisiana is fukked up, but a lot of people in my circle and family out right own their homes. So we live very well off of 30$/hour.
I make almost 50$per hour and Va disability...
my ex wife lives in the dallas area and cannot afford a house. despite having multiple jobs, degrees
, and a monthly stipend from me 
.meanwhile, I'm up in the north and have been in my house for 10 years with 2 paid off cars and money banked.
IIVI
Superstar
Thatās only a major city too.
Wonder what the worst is overall.
Red States are brutal. But thatās how they like it though: more mad people.
Wonder what the worst is overall.
Red States are brutal. But thatās how they like it though: more mad people.
Our issue as Black people, we go to college just to go. Not really mastering a trades or skills. We complain about jobs but don't have any real skills for a company to hire us. I've ask many job seekers what kind of job they would like, they say a desk job.
We have to get back to trades and real skills bcuz there are jobs out here were color don't matter. A Process Control Engineers or even Tech can never be denied. These are vital positions to all manufacturing companies. There are so many sectors we don't know or understand. I've been isolated in IT all my careers. Took a job on base as a security escort last year for a big SCIF renovation, had to work with plumbers, brick masons, electricians and it just opened my eyes too a new world.
Moving back to Louisiana from DC, i've realized that real Technical Skills and Knowledge will already pay the bills. Plumbers, Electricians, Process Control Techs for all the machines/equipment in these plants and mills are living good. A lot of big cities have money to have a lot of fluffy jobs, marketing and advisers, but those are the first to get cut when there are downturns. IT is skill great. What's really great is if you master a popular App or System (VM, Cloud, Sprunk, Sharepoint, ETC) you can do just that and live well. Same as in all of these industries, master a trade or becoming very knowledgeable in an area and youll be good. Hell safety is HUGE in every companies.
We have to get back to trades and real skills bcuz there are jobs out here were color don't matter. A Process Control Engineers or even Tech can never be denied. These are vital positions to all manufacturing companies. There are so many sectors we don't know or understand. I've been isolated in IT all my careers. Took a job on base as a security escort last year for a big SCIF renovation, had to work with plumbers, brick masons, electricians and it just opened my eyes too a new world.
Moving back to Louisiana from DC, i've realized that real Technical Skills and Knowledge will already pay the bills. Plumbers, Electricians, Process Control Techs for all the machines/equipment in these plants and mills are living good. A lot of big cities have money to have a lot of fluffy jobs, marketing and advisers, but those are the first to get cut when there are downturns. IT is skill great. What's really great is if you master a popular App or System (VM, Cloud, Sprunk, Sharepoint, ETC) you can do just that and live well. Same as in all of these industries, master a trade or becoming very knowledgeable in an area and youll be good. Hell safety is HUGE in every companies.
Was this avoidable?
Bigblackted4
Superstar
Urbanism, a great thought but rare in the south
THIS.. if you cant run your own community with your own people whats the point. everyone plays a part.Our issue as Black people, we go to college just to go. Not really mastering a trades or skills. We complain about jobs but don't have any real skills for a company to hire us. I've ask many job seekers what kind of job they would like, they say a desk job.
We have to get back to trades and real skills bcuz there are jobs out here were color don't matter. A Process Control Engineers or even Tech can never be denied. These are vital positions to all manufacturing companies. There are so many sectors we don't know or understand. I've been isolated in IT all my careers. Took a job on base as a security escort last year for a big SCIF renovation, had to work with plumbers, brick masons, electricians and it just opened my eyes too a new world.
Moving back to Louisiana from DC, i've realized that real Technical Skills and Knowledge will already pay the bills. Plumbers, Electricians, Process Control Techs for all the machines/equipment in these plants and mills are living good. A lot of big cities have money to have a lot of fluffy jobs, marketing and advisers, but those are the first to get cut when there are downturns. IT is skill great. What's really great is if you master a popular App or System (VM, Cloud, Sprunk, Sharepoint, ETC) you can do just that and live well. Same as in all of these industries, master a trade or becoming very knowledgeable in an area and youll be good. Hell safety is HUGE in every companies.
