Seven years ago I was a freshman in high school in the beautiful, hot state of Arizona. That's when my parents informed me we were packing up and moving to Texas. I was devastated. I did not want to leave my friends for the "countriest" state in the USA. Which is very bias and inaccurate. As I packed my things and said goodbye to my friends I couldn't figure out why my parents were making us move.
That was until I got older...after I made new friends and realized the move wasn't so bad, I asked my mom why we moved here and she said Texas had one of the best economies. Arizona had started to turn into the next California where shabby little houses would sell for 300,000 dollars. Texas has always plentiful jobs and my parents fit right in. Texas was such a welcoming state and we found our place here.
So I looked it up. In 2010 Texas has an influx of 120,000 job openings where as all other states had a decrease of 120,000 plus. In some states such as California the were down 700,000 jobs. I can not even imagine. I recently spoke to a real estate person she states almost 1 person per day moves to the Austin area from the west coast. I see signs all over Austin saying new homes starting at 100,000 which is such an amazing deal! Of course if you live in central Austin you will never find that but, north Austin is wonderful and really can not imagine living any where else. The question is what's the secret?
I plan on living in Texas as long as possible. I feel secure in this state, like we can make it through the "tough times". As long as the job is here for me I am here to stay!
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