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Why Texas Wins

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  1. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    Houston rejected citywide zoning in 1948 and again in the early 1960s, unlike most major American cities.
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    Four homes on one former lot can generate more total revenue than one expensive house while adding housing and density.
  3. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    Austin’s tech transformation coincided with stagnant middle-income earners and the departure of low-income residents.
  4. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    Texas has ranked first or second among destinations for one-way U-Haul movers every year since 2016.
  5. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    The Texas Triangle, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio, contains 70% of Texas’s population and nearly 80% of its GDP.
  6. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    Terrabella offers five-bedroom homes under $400,000 roughly 20 miles from downtown Fort Worth.
  7. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    Texas relies heavily on property taxes, so falling property values directly weaken municipal tax bases.
  8. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    Austin faces back-to-back years of a shrinking tax roll as economic conditions cool.
  9. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    Rising Austin costs push growth toward Dripping Springs, Round Rock, and Liberty Hill, where money goes further.
  10. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    Fort Worth remains cheaper than Dallas even after COVID-driven popularity pushed its housing costs and rents higher.
  11. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    Houston’s suburban growth stays relatively affordable by building into abundant space, letting supply meet demand and keeping the growth machine running.
  12. @money· How Money & Economics Work
    Houston’s abundant developable land keeps growing demand from straining housing supply, sustaining low prices and continued construction.

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