Draggingtree Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 City Journal: JOEL KOTKIN AND TORY GATTIS America’s Opportunity City Lots of new jobs and a low cost of living make Houston a middle-class magnet. Summer 2014 David Wolff and David Hightower are driving down the partially completed Grand Parkway around Houston. The vast road, when completed, will add a third freeway loop around this booming, 600-square-mile Texas metropolis. Urban aesthetes on the ocean coasts tend to have a low opinion of the flat Texas landscape—and of Houston, in particular, which they see as a little slice of Hades: a hot, humid, and featureless expanse of flood-prone grassland, punctuated only by drab office towers and suburban tract houses. But Wolff and Hightower, major land developers on Houston’s outskirts for four decades, have a different outlook. “We may not have all the scenery of a place like California,” notes the 73-year-old Wolff, who is also part owner of the San Francisco Giants. “But growth makes up for a lot of imperfections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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