But places like Houston are cheap — and staying cheap, even as they grow — because the local governments have realized their comparative advantage is in deregulation, not in fancy cookies.
Having lived in Houston for awhile in the 60s, I can tell the author that that is not something they realized--it's been that way for a hell of a long time. It was a bit chaotic insofar as zoning, but it was gangbusters for the economy.
RE: Having lived in Houston for awhile in the 60s, I can tell the author that that is not something they realized—it’s been that way for a hell of a long time. It was a bit chaotic insofar as zoning, but it was gangbusters for the economy.
Is Houston conservative or liberal?
I know that Texas is a conservative red state but HOUSTON?
This is the city that voted REPEATEDLY for that idiot, tea party hater, Sheila Jackson Lee.