Why Dallas for Your Startup? This Infographic Will Help

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by bradleyjoyce • 13 years ago

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angersock• 13 years ago

Houston is a cool bro too. Better food, more people, more bars, cheaper housing.

EDIT: Rice and UH are both fantastic schools for research and business, respectively. And we've got the largest medical center in the world.

jbigelow76• 13 years ago

    >Better food, more people, more bars, cheaper housing.

As somebody from Dallas I almost started trying to argue with you but what nobody from Dallas or Houston like to admit, they are pretty much the same city.

arbuge2• 13 years ago

Add to the list: mild winters. Just returned from Seattle to the warm Texas sunshine...

jamesbritt2• 13 years ago

But, if memory serves, the humidity in summer is hell.

Jehar• 13 years ago

Recent innovations in construction have provided residents with rather effective countermeasures to the weather.

But seriously, having moved here from a snowy/cold climate, I'm more than willing to trade an extra 20 degrees in the summer for an extra 20 degrees in the winter.

arbuge2• 13 years ago

Humidity is not so much of an issue in Dallas. It does get hot in summer, but it's a dry heat. You might be thinking of Houston.

rgallo• 13 years ago

Stabile Economy. Natural resources & lessons learned from previous housing busts insulated Dallas (relatively) from the '08-'09 global meltdown.

etler• 13 years ago

The 5 billion dollar bar is shorter than the 3.9 billion dollar bar...

msitarzewski• 13 years ago

UTD, UTA, UNT, SMU, TCU, TWU - lots of higher ed here - entry level labor for growing companies. That graphic says a lot, but it doesn't say anything about the speed at which this community is coming together. I just moved back from Boulder, and I can tell you that Dallas has every bit of the activity and passion.

mivey00• 13 years ago

You know what's cooler than a $100k salary? A $100k salary with half the taxes and cost of living.

Welcome to Texas!

toomuchtodo• 13 years ago

But then you're in Texas.

I jest of course. Coming from Illinois, I get poked at about the corruption we have. On the other hand, the legislative climate is a bit different (we don't try to take reproductive rights away from women, and we've got same-sex marriages).

Caveat emptor.

scottccote• 13 years ago

International connections via fabulous airports, centrally located in USA, cheap labor, can-do spirit, business friendly politics, not freezing weather, and it's where JR called home :) reasonable media/advertising companies.

Why Dallas for Your Startup? This Infographic Will Help

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