To the poster who was looking for a job in Houston

This is just poll data but something to keep in mind for your search.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/1886533
April 28, 2003, 9:19AM

Economic worries rise here
Job optimism lowest in decade, study finds
By MIKE SNYDER
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle
WHAT HOUSTONIANS
ARE THINKING

Economic confidence among Harris County residents is plummeting, with optimism about job opportunities at its lowest level in 10 years, the 2003 Houston Area Survey shows.

A quarter of those interviewed named the economy and poverty as the greatest problems facing Houston-area residents, compared to 8 percent who chose these issues three years ago. And just 39 percent this year rated local job prospects as excellent or good -- a sharp decline from last year's 52 percent and the lowest figure since 27 percent provided this assessment in 1993.

"This year, it seems clear that the generalized optimism about the future -- so typical of Houstonians -- is now also being affected by the deepening insecurities" about the economy, said Stephen Klineberg, the Rice University sociology professor who has directed the annual survey since 1982.
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One odd thing is that the responders said traffic worsened. I live in California, and when the dotcom boom imploded, traffic got much better, but still bad.