[natebleker]

Tax incentives, lower cost of living, and pro business local governments are driving larger companies to relocate headquarters or major research ops to Texas en-mass.

[toomuchtodo]

Please don't take this the wrong way, but Texas is a pretty terrible place to live:

http://pastebin.com/Vt6vNgeS

http://web.archive.org/web/20150401050939/https://www.texast...

[bryondowd]

Sounds like a great place to live, if you're privileged and don't care about the environment or the poor.

[CONTRARlAN]

Or, perhaps you move there because you care about the environment or the poor, and that's how change happens.

[toomuchtodo]

Gonna need a whole lot more people to move there before any change occurs.

[CONTRARlAN]

Are those environmental stats per capita or area? I ask only because it's by far the largest state in the CONUS, which makes me wonder if that doesn't play a contributing role.

[pkaye]

Well you need some way to pay for the tax subsidies.

[sizzzzlerz]

Not to mention a crazy governor who believes military exercises are a prelude to Obama taking over his state.