Four Drivers of Texas’ Rapid Growth
by Tory Gattis — Four drivers of Texas’ rapid growth: a light touch on zoning, high standard of living, and family friendly housing prices in good school districts make for opportunity cities.
Entries by Tory Gattis
Texas and Houston Growth Secret, Texas Miracle is More than Oil
by Tory Gattis — Going beyond all the usual reasons given for Texas’ high growth, here’s the technical overlooked one that I think is a big key: Texas does not allow unincorporated counties to regulate land use (i.e. create zoning), which creates pretty much a totally free market in development just outside cities.
My Land Use without Zoning Event, TX #1 for Small Biz, and the Be Someone Sign is Back
by Tory Gattis — I will be one of the speakers at the “Land Use without Zoning: Putting Ideas into Practice” online event, hosted by the Mercatus Center. Understanding how to navigate and remove zoning and land-use regulation barriers allows for a dynamic housing market and paves the way for successful community development efforts.
Transit Tips from Harvard and Japan, Houston Life Science
by Tory Gattis — Transit tips from Harvard and Japan could benefit Houston. Meanwhile, Houston has just been named a Life Science emerging market.
Are We Entering the Distributed Age? Plus Perspectives on Houston Infrastructure
by Tory Gattis — As we enter a distributed age of remote work, Houston’s extensive infrastructure and affordable housing position the city for growth.
Grid Resilience, Repurposing River Oaks Theater, TX Migration and More
by Tory Gattis — Texas can improve grid reliability without extraordinary costs: treat gas pumps like critical infrastructure during blackouts! This simple paperwork blunder left Texans cold during the deadly freeze.
The Future of Remote Work and What it Means for Houston
by Tory Gattis — What does the post-pandemic future of remote work mean for Houston? Is the city likely to benefit from remote work or not?
Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0, Houston housing elasticity, remote work reshaping America, and more
by Tory Gattis — How does the Houston housing market achieve elasticity? Less regulation. The city famously lacks a zoning code, and many of its suburbs are also very pro-growth.
Simple Free Solution to TX Winter Storm Blackouts
by Tory Gattis — There was a simple, free solution to TX winter blackouts: add natural gas pipeline pumps to the list of critical infrastructure so their power isn’t cut.
Affordably Improving Texas Power Grid Resilience
by Tory Gattis — Solutions for affordably improving Texas power grid resilience will have to be nuanced and incremental. Winterizing all power plants may be unnecessarily expensive…
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