Metros with the Highest Percentages of Underwater Homes

[danem]

When I first saw this headline, I thought this was about all the flooding we've been having lately. 

[CityLife]

Only on MetroJax can you take any article and turn it into a debate on Fair Share and Road Fees, amazing!

What I find interesting about the map, besides the fact that most of the deep blue are in Sand States, NV, CA, FL, is that how well Texas has done, everyone talks about Texas as having good growth, stable growth, yet we are bumbling still with our governor. Can we trade Perry for our Executioner? He seems to be onto something good!

You can't compare Texas with Florida without digging a little deeper. All you need to know about Texas vs. Florida is the differences in endowments of the universities, which gives you an idea of how much more research/innovation, economic development, and attraction of great minds happens there. Think old oil money...


University of Texas    14.1 billion
Texas A&M                     7 billion
Rice                               4.5 billion
SMU                               1.4 billion
TCU                                1.2 billion
Texas Tech                      891 million
University of Houston      598 million

Vs.

UF                   1.2 billion
FSU                 525 million
USF                  339 million
UCF                  125 million
FIU                   138 million
FAU                   156 million
FAMU                 88 million
UNF                   66 million

Miami                   719 million
Rollins                  261 million
Stetson                143 million
Flagler                    60 million
Ju                            30 million