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More reasons to come to Houston!

31 Jul More reasons to come to Houston!

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Good news on growth in Houston as seen in a recent Forbes article,

While Rest Of U.S. Economy Plods, Houston Gets Hot

Houston ranks No. 20 in FORBES’ 14th annual ranking of The Best Places for Business and Careers (for the Top 25, see p. 100). While the rest of the country plods along, Houston’s $384 billion economy boomed by a China-like 8.6% in 2011, best in the U.S., and is expected to expand 8.5% this year. Job growth has been the eighth best in the country since 2006, at an annual 1.2% pace. Moody’s Analytics forecasts employment gains of 3.2% a year through 2014, which would rank Houston sixth among the 200 largest metro areas. People are chasing those jobs. The Houston metropolitan area, with a population of 6.1 million, experienced a net migration gain of 313,800 new residents during the past five years. Compare that with the three metros ­bigger than Houston: New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. They had a combined loss of 365,700