Archive for the 'economy' Category
Houston’s new air service to the world
Closed Published by Tory Gattis December 17th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesHouston has had a banner few weeks when it comes to new international air service:Emirates started their nonstop service to Dubai, a major hub between Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.Qatar Airways said they will start service to Doha in mid-2…
Family-friendly, Bill White, winning cities, NIMBYs, and more
Closed Published by Tory Gattis November 29th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesCatching up again on some smaller misc items:Joel Kotkin in the Wall Street Journal on the rise of family-friendly cities vs. “cool, hip” cities.”…an analysis of migration data by my colleagues at the Praxis Strategy Group shows that the strongest …
Texas Triangle a Top 10 Global Mega-Region
Closed Published by Tory Gattis October 29th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesCaught this Richard Florida blog post on the rise of global mega-regions - essentially continuous urban areas like the Boston-NYC-Philly-DC corridor. In that post he links to a recent paper he collaborated on identifying the top 40 mega-regions in the…
Houston moving on up list of Best Performing Cities
Closed Published by Tory Gattis October 4th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesThe Milken Institute recently released their 2007 list of Best Performing Cities, based mostly on job and salary growth, and Houston has moved on up from #129 to #32 out of 200 cities since 2005. 32 may not sound great, but that’s partly a reflection …
Dallas vs. Houston GDP confusion
Closed Published by Tory Gattis September 27th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesSo, after seeing the Chronicle article this morning ranking Houston #7 nationally in metro GDP (behind NYC, LA, Chicago, DC, DFW, and Philly - and SF would be ahead of us if San Jose and Silicon Valley weren’t carved off into it’s own metro), I was a b…
Houston and TX dominate Fortune’s 100 Fastest-Growing Companies
Closed Published by Tory Gattis September 6th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesFortune recently released their 2007 list of the 100 Fastest-Growing Companies, and there’s a pretty stunning domination by Texas and Houston. We all know there’s an energy boom, but it’s stats like this that really drive it home.Texas has the most w…
Why city growth and size matters
Closed Published by Tory Gattis August 20th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesHouston is lucky in that we still have a generally positive attitude towards growth, although I see that attitude weakening every year as the burdens mount on our transportation, health care, and education systems (among others). Many cities on the ea…
Industrial Houston and packets/cars vs. circuits/transit
Closed Published by Tory Gattis August 16th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesA couple quick pass-alongs tonight. The first is from a Joel Kotkin editorial in the Wall Street Journal on the myth of deindustrialization in America, which argues that manufacturing is alive and well in this country. A couple paragraphs on Houston:…
More on a SWSX/ETC for Houston
Closed Published by Tory Gattis August 13th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesI’m back from SoCal for my brother’s wedding, and I have a new appreciation for what people mean when they say “LA traffic.” It’s a whole ‘nother level well beyond anything you find in Houston. Traffic that *creeps* along at less than 10mph for miles…
Hou vs. NOLA, Google maps adds Hou street views, homebuyer prefs, CA vs. TX housing cost drivers, commuter rail, transit safety, and more
Closed Published by Tory Gattis August 8th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesI’m heading to Orange County, CA for my brother’s wedding until Monday, so no posts for a few days. In the meantime, here is a long post of misc smaller items with a lot of links to keep you busy for a while:Google maps has added parts of Houston to i…