More of the same...
Plano (closest major suburb/city to us. It's about the same size as Sacramento) is the best place in America to build wealth.
Forbes rates Collin County (our county) the 14th best county in America in which to raise a family, edging out Marin County at #15.
Business Week rates the best and worst cities for pay, cost of living adjusted, in various disciplines. Dallas is near the top of virtually every job type. Slides 12 and 17-19 are of particular interest to our family.
Forbes rates Dallas the tenth best recession-proof city.
Some cost of living comparisons with other cities of interest, all done using $100K base (so you can easily see % difference) in Plano. Following the link will let you see what areas comprise the difference, often housing is the prime suspect.
Sacramento: $123k (to equal a $100k salary in Plano)
Denver: $102k
Salt Lake City: $100k
Seattle: $116k
Northern VA: $141k
SF: $171k!
Dayton: $94k
CNN just named Texas the top state for business for 2008.
From the San Antonio BizJournal:
CNBC Inc. ranked Texas as the best all-around state economy and the No. 1 state to do business in America in 2008.Texas boasts over half of the nation's new jobs created in the past 12 months, and has added over 1.2 million net new jobs in the past five years, more than any other state.
posted by witw @ 10:47 PM
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4 Comments:
Building career articles I read point out that a good manager should be very positive about negatives that exist in their working environment. I would say that you are certainly on the right track to success.
Saturday in The Sacramento Bee it pointed out the tremendous need for graduates in computer science. You are more than welcomed to return to the area any time.
Witw, are you voting for Obama? I wish the media would show that he is more liberal than TED KENNEDY. Taxes will be higher than ever with Obama. I wish the media would cover this.
Concerned Libertarian
Ha, no! What on earth could make you think that? It'll be a cold day in hell before I vote for a member of the modern-day democratic party. The problem is that the repubs look more like the dems all the time (see medicare and fiscal irresponsibility over the last 8 years - by which I do not mean tax cuts, but rather WAY TOO MUCH SPENDING), and I will admit to ambivalence about supporting McCain. But, were I to not vote for McCain, it would be because I jumped ship to a 3rd party candidate like Barr, not because I would be supporting Obama.
I'm voting Democrat because I believe that if I don't have enough money, the solution is for the government to take more of my money. Who needs money when gas is $5 per gallon?
I'm voting Democrat because I believe that the ideal family is two homosexual bonobos, a goat and a parrot raising a human baby. Love and compassion is all it takes to make a successful family!
I'm voting Democrat because it's my body, and if I want to kill my baby, I'll do it, even if its head is in the birth canal. If I want to cut out my intestines and feed them to the crocodiles, I'll do that too. That's the freedom our forefathers enshrined in the Constitution.
I'm voting Democrat because our enemies on the battlefield deserve comfy hotel rooms, Pay-Per-View, prostitutes and all the benefits of American citizenship.
I'm voting Democrat because I believe we need other countries' permission for me to turn down my thermostat.
I'm voting Democrat because I care about the real victims of crime -- criminals.
I'm voting Democrat because the real cure for racism includes preferential policies based on race -- particularly in presidential voting. If you believe that a black candidate ought to be qualified, as well as black, you're worse than Bull Conner.
I'm voting Democrat because everyone deserves crappy healthcare. Sure, you'll have to wait years for that life-saving cancer surgery. But it's first come, first served at the cemetery!
I'm voting Democrat because I believe in minority rights (except in Muslim countries), free speech (with regard to pornography but not conservative talk radio), environmentalism (unless we're talking about Al Gore's house) and diplomacy (but never backed by the threat of military force).
I'm voting Democrat because I like the words "hope" and "change." Also "kazoo." That's a funny word.
I'm voting Democrat because I believe that America's founders were rich, white, greedy xenophobes, and that America's founding principles are hogwash requiring periodic editing from an unelected group of liberal judges.
Most of all, I'm voting Democrat because I like the ideas they have over in France, but I don't feel like moving there. I'll threaten to move, but I really won't. After all, I have a good job, healthcare, lower taxes, free speech and a social framework that promotes family structure. And all of it is defended by the most effective fighting force on the planet.
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