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Tue Dec-21-10 11:51 AM
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New House Apportionment from the Census Bureau |
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Edited on Tue Dec-21-10 11:59 AM by brooklynite
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Tue Dec-21-10 11:56 AM
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1. Why are so many people moving to Texas???? Is that all from Katrina? |
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Edited on Tue Dec-21-10 11:57 AM by BrklynLiberal
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Tue Dec-21-10 12:08 PM
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2. They are pouring in from the north |
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The DFW area is growing rapidly.
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BrklynLiberal
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Tue Dec-21-10 12:09 PM
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3. The only place in TX I would live might be Austin... |
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Tue Dec-21-10 12:20 PM
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4. Everytime I drive into Dallas the suburbs have grown |
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Land that five years ago was just cow pasture is now filled with subdivisions and shopping centers. It really is astounding. The area north of Dallas has been growing for twenty or thirty years--Collin county is the fastest growing county in the US. And now the growth has started going east.
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Tue Dec-21-10 12:30 PM
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5. Do you have any idea what the appeal is?? |
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I know that once it was the oil boom...but now???
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Tue Dec-21-10 11:28 PM
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8. No state income tax is a big draw |
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And also the weather. I think the job market is better here than other places. The administration at my university was very eager to poach faculty from the California layoffs.
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Wed Dec-22-10 04:53 AM
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9. How do Northern transplants tolerate the summers? |
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AC bills are probably high
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oldlib
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Wed Dec-22-10 10:55 AM
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13. Property Tax on the other hand is outrages |
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Wed Dec-22-10 05:08 AM
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10. and ironically, a LOT of people who fled the south during segregation |
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Edited on Wed Dec-22-10 05:09 AM by SoCalDem
are now older , retired (many with pensions), and going back "home" now where prices are lower for housing..
Their leaving the places they fled TO, dilutes the democratic voting blocs, and since they are scattered in their return, there are not enough of them going to any one state to affect the voting power of dems, but their numbers add to the republican power base, since they will carefully redistrict to make sure republicans retain power
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Tue Dec-21-10 01:20 PM
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7. Some of the growth is due to growth in Hispanic community |
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Some of the Texas growth is due to the growh in the Hispanic community. If the hispanic community voted in the same percentages as California, Texas would be a swing state.
Luckily, the DOJ will have to approve any redistricting in Texas. The growth in the Hispanic community will have to reflected in any such redistricting.
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Wed Dec-22-10 08:16 AM
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and his wife Jana moved to San Antonio a few years back. Sam was raised in San Jose California and Jana in North Carolina. They have bought a new home, are raising a family of two girls, and are very happy with their life in Texas.
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Wed Dec-22-10 10:56 AM
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14. Jobs, low taxes, better weather than a lot of other places |
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Tue Dec-21-10 01:03 PM
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6. Red states, big winners |
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Wed Dec-22-10 02:05 PM
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15. Hold your horses on the doom and gloom there, Omar |
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Consider that the influx may dilute the "native" GOP population.
It remains to be seen what impact, if any, the shift will have on the makeup of Congress.
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Wed Dec-22-10 06:43 PM
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16. What "remains to be seen" is only how large their gains will be |
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Edited on Wed Dec-22-10 06:51 PM by FBaggins
not whether there will be any.
Of course, this doesn't necessarily mean NET gains, as we could easily have a strong year... but the reapportionment shift will certainly gain them several seats that they would otherwise not hold and redistricting will bring several more.
Consider that the influx may dilute the "native" GOP population.
Note that these are not new voters moving to the area... they were already there for the last election. The population shift is over the last decade and has already occured. There were, for instance, an average of 700,000 people in each congressional district. Nine of them now have over 900,000 - all of them were won by a republican in Nov.
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