CDeb Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 This is great news. Wasn't Dallas trying to say that the entire DFW area had more fortune 500 companys than the Houston area at one point? I'm confused.I think that was the "number of millionaires/billionaires" thread.I am happy to announce that I contribute to Houston's high percentage of multi-thousandaires. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Note duplicate topics merged.Let's not turn it into a Dallas thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 This is great news. Wasn't Dallas trying to say that the entire DFW area had more fortune 500 companys than the Houston area at one point? I'm confused.Actually, that was me as of last year. Comparing metro areas, the Dallas/FW area had more HQs than Houston, but we were about on par with one another in terms of population per HQ.It wasn't much of a big deal except that the Greater Houston Partnership was using the City of Houston's HQ count and saying that Houston had more HQs than any other city in the nation except New York. That was disingenuous because city limits don't really matter in an economic sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 "Yea", Texas is #1. But "boo", Texas is #50 in so many other areas it's hard to get excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 "Yea", Texas is #1. But "boo", Texas is #50 in so many other areas it's hard to get excited.examples? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 How about: Education and HealthcareOne has to stop and ask "why Texas"? Becuase in Texas, anything goes. Jobs over all else no matter what the cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDeb Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 How about: Education and HealthcareAs a native and former resident of Louisiana, I can tell you that Texas is at the very least No. 49 in education and health care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 One has to stop and ask "why Texas"? Becuase in Texas, anything goes. Jobs over all else no matter what the cost.No, it has a lot more to do with border towns weighing down our averages. Our border towns could give run-of-the-mill Louisiana a run for its money.I know this because I've lived there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewMND Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Ha, at #482 on the F500 is a Houston based company called "BJ Services," lol.Sorry, that was probably immature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 As a native and former resident of Louisiana, I can tell you that Texas is at the very least No. 49 in education and health care.I second that, having grown up in LA, 22 years there. Don't know about the border towns here, but small town LA can be downright scary. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Wow, all these Louisana folks...I THOUGHT I could smell corndogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDeb Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Wow, all these Louisana folks...I THOUGHT I could smell corndogs.Just because I'm from Loozianer doesn't mean I am an LSU fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 How about: Education and HealthcareSource? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Texans living in urban areas are less likely than the average U.S. citizen to have health insurance. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, almost one in six Americans is uninsured; in Texas, the ratio is one in four. While there is substantial variation among Texas cities, every major city has an uninsured rate higher than the national average. http://cpa.state.tx.us/specialrpt/uninsured05/Texas is #49 in verbal SAT scores in the nation (493) and #46 in average math SAT scores (502). Texas is #36 in the nation in high school graduation rates (68%). Texas is #33 in the nation in teacher salaries. Teacher salaries in Texas are not keeping pace with the national average. The gains realized from the last state-funded across-the-board pay raise authorized in 1999, which moved the ranking from 33 to as high as 26th in the nation, have disappeared over the last five years. Texas was the only state in the nation to cut average per pupil expenditures in fiscal year 2005, resulting in a ranking of #40 nationally; down from #25 in fiscal year 1999. Texas is #6 in the nation in student growth. The general student population in Texas public schools grew by 11.1% between school years 1999 and 2005, with the largest percent of growth seen among low income and minority children. Between school years 1999 and 2005, the number of central administrators employed by Texas public schools grew by 32.5%, overall staffing in public schools grew by 15.6%, while the number of teachers grew only 13.3%. http://www.window.state.tx.us/comptrol/wwstand/wws0512ed/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalparadise Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Texas' count is a great accomplishment, but just remember -- every time an NYC Fortune 500 company decides to move to the suburbs, New York State loses an HQ that the metro area retains. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Texans living in urban areas are less likely than the average U.S. citizen to have health insurance. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, almost one in six Americans is uninsured; in Texas, the ratio is one in four. While there is substantial variation among Texas cities, every major city has an uninsured rate higher than the national average.Its not that I'm denying any of the stats you provided (although I might take issue with their validity in some cases), but where are we #50, like you claimed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Aim higher! I've always worked for the 500.While the money is good it does not mean Texas is a wonderland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 While the money is good it does not mean Texas is a wonderland.I don't think anybody said it was. But it also isn't #50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I don't think anybody said it was. But it also isn't #50.Boy, you sure won that argument. Good job. We really aren't 50th....only 49th and 46th.You, like I, must be so proud of Texas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Boy, you sure won that argument. Good job. We really aren't 50th....only 49th and 46th.And then, only if measurements are cherry-picked from the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProHouston Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Boy, you sure won that argument. Good job. We really aren't 50th....only 49th and 46th.Hmm, I saw a #33 and a #40 as well. Neither in the same ballpark as 50. Coog mentioned, specifically, that we're #50 in "so many other areas." That stat was challenged, no big deal. Haifers challenge each others facts all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 What an odd thread. Then again... not really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgriff Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Texas is #49 in verbal SAT scores in the nation (493) and #46 in average math SAT scores (502). Texas is #36 in the nation in high school graduation rates (68%). Texas is #33 in the nation in teacher salaries. Teacher salaries in Texas are not keeping pace with the national average. The gains realized from the last state-funded across-the-board pay raise authorized in 1999, which moved the ranking from 33 to as high as 26th in the nation, have disappeared over the last five years. Texas was the only state in the nation to cut average per pupil expenditures in fiscal year 2005, resulting in a ranking of #40 nationally; down from #25 in fiscal year 1999. Texas is #6 in the nation in student growth. The general student population in Texas public schools grew by 11.1% between school years 1999 and 2005, with the largest percent of growth seen among low income and minority children. Between school years 1999 and 2005, the number of central administrators employed by Texas public schools grew by 32.5%, overall staffing in public schools grew by 15.6%, while the number of teachers grew only 13.3%.All good reasons to get the government out of the education business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Not to sound like some wishy washy lib but we should expect better.We have the business in place. What's the next step? We seem like a state without a plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 What's the next step? We seem like a state without a plan.Try again, Coog.http://www.tea.state.tx.us/stplan/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheNiche Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I didn't say that it was a good plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Not to sound like some wishy washy lib but we should expect better.Wishy washy libs? Frankly all these posts suggesting that 33rd, 40th, 46th and 49th out of 50 isn't so bad....at least we're not 50th!....sounds awfully libbish to me. Aren't conservatives the ones that claim to demand accountability? No wonder everyone is calling Obama elitist. He got a degree.***For all of those who learned math in Texas, all of those rankings are in the BOTTOM THIRD of states. Just thought I'd throw that out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 By Libber I don't mean to suggest we take money from the Fortune 500. That's what Barry Obama wants to do. But with all this prosperity you would think this state could get it together.We can't even build roads. So we could have all the 500s and it wouldn't mean much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Ha, at #482 on the F500 is a Houston based company called "BJ Services," lol.Sorry, that was probably immatureYes, it was, BUT still funny as hell !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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