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by bachmeier 1285 days ago
Texas is building six times as much housing as Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma combined (all of the other states in their Census Bureau region). So what's the answer?
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dicomdan 1284 days ago
Not sure if this is sarcasm, but obviously this is not a valid comparison given the population size.

OTOH, Texas and Florida are both a fraction of a population compared to the sum of NY + CA + MA + IL.

By the way, even the states you listed (not nearly growing as fast as TX/FL) are still building more per capita than the NY / CA / MA / IL.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240622/new-residential-...

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gtk40 1284 days ago
> OTOH, Texas and Florida are both a fraction of a population compared to the sum of NY + CA + MA + IL.

Texas and Florida are the 2nd and 3rd most populous states. That is misleading because you're comparing 3 out of the top 6 most populous states with them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ...

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alphabettsy 1285 days ago
People want to move to Texas #1, the places the parent comment posted are much more dense where people actually want to live. Buffalo, NY doesn’t have the same issues as NYC and Springfield, IL isn’t Chicago.
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