Aaron, I am stuck in the Houston area and I'm freaking out.

Wednesday

Divorce has relocated me back home.

I've got to get stable, and find a way to get the gas monkey off my back. I have a lease on Galveston Island until the end of the year, then I'd like to find something permanant. Maybe the hill country.

I need to calm down first. I need help with making priorities.

What is the biggest threat to folks in the Houston area? How are we going to make it through the summer when gas hits 4 bucks?

misterno

Houston is the cheapest city in the modern world, if you can not make ends meet here, you can not live anywhere else.

Forget gas being $4/gl and buy a small car like I did. And enjoy the ever getting empty streets and highways incase you did not notice yet.

Gotta love Houston and gotta love PO.

midnight-gamer

I'm sorry to hear about a divorce, it must be tough for you to deal with that as well as increases in bills. I would suggest looking for someone you trust (hard to do) to take on as a room mate.

Aaron

misterno's correct... Houston is a PetroChem town, and the higher oil goes, the more money & jobs flow into Houston & the surrounding areas.

I anticipate this condition will persist for some time to come, since there is a lengthy time-lag in the energy biz between investment & profit.

20 years ago companies were preparing for $36/bbl oil, and they invested accordingly.

At $120+, it's raining money in Houston.
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Wednesday

I am not really concerned about making ends meet in the present, I am very concerned about the long range problems in Houston.

I just dont feel like I will stay in the area more than a year or two, unless I can find a long range plan.

Kingcoal

Wednesday

I should have been more specific. I covered my personal situation in another thread.

What I would really like to discuss is the long range problems Houston is likely to face. If I am not mistaken I think the population for the greater metropolitan area is approaching 7 million souls and that makes me a little nervous.

I realize no one can predict the future, but I'd like to speculate on the situation in Houston in the event of a fast crash.

pwang · Coal Joined: May 05, 2008 Posts: 1

It will be one helluva nightmare. No one will be going anywhere. There will be lots of depression, anger, fear, people will lose their jobs because they can't get to work, or the customers can't get there to buy whatever it is they sell (good or services). Some people will suicide, I am sure of it.

The only way people are going to move is via bicycle and walking.