Winters in Texas are not hot, but they are warmer than most other states. The fact is, there are many hot reasons people consider moving to Texas.
- Affordable housing
- A pro-growth tax policy offering no state income tax.
- Increasing numbers of companies relocating to Texas.
- Jobs in gas, oil, aerospace, bio-tech, technology, health, new construction, etc.
WHAT'S SO BIG ABOUT TEXAS?
Texas measures about 268,820 square miles, bounded on the south by the Gulf of Mexico. Bordering International Mexico; U.S. States New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Texas has the longest stretch border of any other state in the United States. The number of square miles in Texas is 7.4% of the nation, bigger than Illinois, all of New England, New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
www.mapsofworld.com/usa/states/texas
The population of Texas is now approximately 27 million people; 16 million cattle. And it's still growing! There's an interesting place in Texas located in Kingsville, TX that has 825,000 sprawling acres. To put things into perspective, that's larger than the entire state of Rhode Island (www.king-ranch.com)
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT TEXAS
- TX is not an open range of cowboys and horses
- TX is the only US state with its own power grid
- TX is not hot year round
- TX is a leader in wind power
- TX is not staggering in growth and opportunities
- TX grows by about 2,000 people per day
ECONOMICALLY SPEAKING
When the amount of people keep flocking to TX, roads take a beating. Expect road construction. As the planet Texas grows, the need for bigger, better roads is never ending. With oil drilling, companies and people moving to texas, trucks keep trucking! If billions of more people moved to Texas, there'd still be about 1,100 square feet of space for every human in the world. *As ranked by the GDP, if Texas were a country, it would be the 14th largest economy in the world, ranking as the 6th largest oil producer in the world, exceeding 3 million barrels of oil production a day.
WHAT'S THE HOTTEST EVENT COMING UP IN JANUARY?
The 2016 Stock Show All Western Parade begins on January 16th at 11:00 a.m. in Downtown Fort Worth. For general information contact 1-817-877-2420.
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