DefenDallas

Med Center, hands down. I don't know raw numbers but I do know they throw up 30+ story towers at TMC like they're playing with Legos. Was it the city of Houston or UT that had the idea to consolidate all that medical in one area, or was it something else entirely?? Whoever it was, they made a brilliant move. Dallas's medical centers are spread all over the place, much like everything else in this city.

As for Uptown, the lower end (Victory Park) got some height in the last decade, but it was all spec building based on the belief that an arena plus high-end retail would make people flock at all hours. They flocked, but only for basketball or hockey, and immediately scattered after games. They sure weren't going to drop $60 for a steak. Then the recession hit, and you know the rest of the story... Epic fail. But the other end of Uptown, west village/state-thomas, has been a success for the most part. There's a lively scene along McKinney ave. with new resaurants and bars opening up all the time, and the trolley is eye-pleasing, if nothing else. State-Thomas is a successful urban infill project, with wide sidewalks and tons of townhouses and apts. (and yes, they're occupied). But TMC is just massive. I don't see Uptown Dallas, or any neighborhood up here for that matter, ever catching up.

Exxon has a MUCH larger presence in Houston than it does in DFW. The headquarters would have been a nice feather in our cap, but unless Exxon releases that its 27,000 Houston employees (out of 82,000 employees worldwide) from the Upstream Division Headquarters (provides about 70% of operating revenue per year for the company) are moving out of town, then this is no big deal.

Absolutely. I'll trade you Rex Tillerson and his 300 flying monkeys for 27,000 jobs.