Positive Thoughts, I'm excited

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by tulsa1603

quote:Originally posted by Townsend

I drive by the Avery museum location every day I go to work.  It's a positive reinforcement thing in my head that there is forward movement in town development.  

It also helps that it's one place I drive by where the "progress as promised" doesn't effect my drivetime.

The Arena is an obvious build.

Anyone else have a place they drive by that gives them a sense of Tulsa moving forward?

I know the street rehab downtown is a "sweep the leg" right now but it will be nice once it's done.

Cheesecake Factory!!  We're a real city now! [xx(]

Uhm....I like driving through downtown, seeing the streets torn up, the arena going in, then driving over to the Brady area and seeing actual small businesses with real customers!

Oh, while it's not a project, that report that came out a few months ago showing our per capita income increasing and actually being HIGHER than Austin....That's a good sign to me.

You know, with all the doom and gloom we hear about Tulsa and its economy, it does suprise me when you look at some of the numbers. Tulsa actually has a highly educated populace, suprisingly so. We have a decent per capita income, and wages have been on the rise. Home values are still increasing, even in this national climate of forclosures. I was looking on a website that was comparing the number of million dollar homes in each city, Tulsa didnt do so bad compared to other nearby or comparitive cities, Tulsa 747 million dollar homes, OKC 448, Kansas City 467, St Louis 312, Omaha 308, Fort Worth 632, Now Dallas had 3,681 and Austin 2,130. But hey we still beat out OKC lol. [] And as we all know, THATS what matters. []

[brunoflipper]

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist

quote:Originally posted by tulsa1603

quote:Originally posted by Townsend

I drive by the Avery museum location every day I go to work.  It's a positive reinforcement thing in my head that there is forward movement in town development.  

It also helps that it's one place I drive by where the "progress as promised" doesn't effect my drivetime.

The Arena is an obvious build.

Anyone else have a place they drive by that gives them a sense of Tulsa moving forward?

I know the street rehab downtown is a "sweep the leg" right now but it will be nice once it's done.

Cheesecake Factory!!  We're a real city now! [xx(]

Uhm....I like driving through downtown, seeing the streets torn up, the arena going in, then driving over to the Brady area and seeing actual small businesses with real customers!

Oh, while it's not a project, that report that came out a few months ago showing our per capita income increasing and actually being HIGHER than Austin....That's a good sign to me.

You know, with all the doom and gloom we hear about Tulsa and its economy, it does suprise me when you look at some of the numbers. Tulsa actually has a highly educated populace, suprisingly so. We have a decent per capita income, and wages have been on the rise. Home values are still increasing, even in this national climate of forclosures. I was looking on a website that was comparing the number of million dollar homes in each city, Tulsa didnt do so bad compared to other nearby or comparitive cities, Tulsa 747 million dollar homes, OKC 448, Kansas City 467, St Louis 312, Omaha 308, Fort Worth 632, Now Dallas had 3,681 and Austin 2,130. But hey we still beat out OKC lol. [] And as we all know, THATS what matters. []

was that million dollar homes for sale or values? because "for sale" would not be a good thing... and how could we have more than kansas city?... kc, ks? sure... but kc,mo? really? i find that hard to believe... for those bigger cities, those can't be metroplex numbers and ours surely are...

[brunoflipper]

found my answer... in thartists thread on some OTHER forum... theartist,  how could you?... i feel so cheap

from the 2007 census factfinder
//http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/CTTable?_caller=geoselect&_ts=209664808996

here's the number of homes worth $1 Million+ within city limits, no suburbs... still a nice showing...

New York, NY 103,334
Los Angeles, CA 80,232
San Francisco, CA 33,066
San Diego, CA 26,339
San Jose, CA 19,142
Chicago, IL 11,757
Washington, DC 11,712
Honolulu, HI 9,772
Seattle, WA 8,386
Oakland, CA 6,669
Phoenix, AZ 5,656
Atlanta, GA 5,362
Long Beach, CA 5,256
Boston, MA 4,738
Houston, TX 4,426
Dallas, TX 3,681
Las Vegas, NV 2,837
Denver, CO 2,718
Tampa, FL 2,328
Miami, FL 2,243
Charlotte, NC 2,330
Jacksonville, FL 2,190
Austin, TX 2,130
San Juan, Puerto Rico 1,479
St Petersburg, FL 1,373
Portland, OR 1,338
Fresno, CA 1,153
Philadelphia, PA 1,129
Minneapolis, MN 1,112
Nashville-Davidson, TN 1,023
Cincinnati, OH 818
Tulsa, OK 747
Ft Worth, TX 632
Orlando, FL 549
Kansas City, MO 467
Oklahoma City, OK 448
San Antonio, TX 386
Sacramento, CA 359
St Louis, MO 312
Omaha, NE 308
Detroit, MI 125
Columbus, OH 109
Milwaukee, WI 73
Tucson, AZ 49

[brunoflipper]

this is an interesting break down...

>$1MM HOME/SQ MILE

San Francisco, CA 718.8
New York, NY 341.0
Washington, DC 192.0
Los Angeles, CA 171.1
Oakland, CA 119.1
Honolulu, HI 114.4
San Jose, CA 109.4
Long Beach, CA 105.1
Seattle, WA 101.0
Boston, MA 98.7
San Diego, CA 81.3
Miami, FL 62.3
Chicago, 51.8
Atlanta, GA 40.9
San Juan, Puerto Rico 30.8
St Petersburg, FL 22.9
Las Vegas, NV 21.7
Tampa, FL 20.8
Minneapolis, MN 20.2
Denver, CO 17.8
Fresno, CA 16.5
Phoenix, AZ 11.0
Cincinnati, OH 10.5
Dallas, TX 9.6
Charlotte, NC 8.3
Houston, TX 7.4
Austin, TX 7.2
Orlando, FL 5.9
St Louis, MO 5.0
Tulsa, OK 4.1
Portland, OR 3.8
Sacramento, CA 3.7
Philadelphia, PA 3.2
Jacksonville, FL 2.9
Omaha, NE 2.7
Ft Worth, TX 2.2
Nashville, TN 2.0
Kansas City, MO 1.5
San Antonio, TX 0.9
Detroit, MI 0.9
Milwaukee, WI 0.8
Oklahoma City, OK 0.7
Columbus, OH 0.5
Tucson, AZ 0.3

[RecycleMichael]

I didn't see Beverly Hills on that list.

There has got to be lots of mansions in the neighborhood where the Clampets live.

[cannon_fodder]

Giant Naked Indian statue is still chugging along.  That's kinda cool, though I hope the giant naked statue is not excited.
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Per capita Million dollar homes:
city - homes - population - people per million dollar home

Sorry about the formatting, the little project turned into a lot of work and now I'm too lazy to finish it properly.  Ranked in order of most homes per capita.


San Francisco, CA -    33066   739426   22.36
Honolulu, HI -   9772   377379   38.62
Washington, DC -   11712   550221   46.98
San Jose, CA -   19142   912332   47.66
San Diego, CA -   26339   1255540   47.67
Los Angeles, CA -   80232   3844829   47.92
Oakland, CA -   6669   395274   59.27
Seattle, WA -   8386   573911   68.44
New York, NY -   103334   8100000   78.39
Atlanta, GA -   5362   470688   87.78
Long Beach, CA -   5256   474014   90.19
Boston, MA -   4738   559034   117.99
Tampa, FL -   2328   334550   143.71
Miami, FL -   2243   386417   172.28
St Petersburg, FL -   1373   249090   181.42
Las Vegas, NV -   2837   545147   192.16
Denver, CO -   2718   557917   205.27
Chicago, IL -   11757   2842518   241.77
Phoenix, AZ -   5656   1461575   258.41
Charlotte, NC -   2330   610949   262.21
San Juan, Puerto Rico -   1479   434374   293.69
Austin, TX -   2130   690252   324.06
Dallas, TX -   3681   1213825   329.75
Minneapolis, MN -   1112   372811   335.26
Jacksonville, FL -   2190   782623   357.36
Portland, OR -   1338   533427   398.67
Fresno, CA -   1153   461116   399.93
Orlando, FL -   549   220150   401
Cincinnati, OH -   818   332252   406.18
Houston, TX -   4426   2016852   455.68
Tulsa, OK -   747   382457   511.99
Nashville-Davidson, TN -   1023   549110   536.76
Kansas City, MO -   467   444965   952.82
Ft Worth, TX -   632   624067   987.45
St Louis, MO -   312   353857   1134.16
Oklahoma City, OK -   448   531324   1185.99
Sacramento, CA -   359   456441   1271.42
Omaha, NE -   308   395484   1284.04
Philadelphia, PA -   1129   1463281   1296.09
San Antonio, TX -   386   1256509   3255.2
Milwaukee, WI -   173   578887   3346.17
Columbus, OH -   109   730657   6703.28
Detroit, MI -   125   886674   7093.39
Tucson, AZ -    49   515526   10520.94

[YoungTulsan]

This doesnt even take into account the fact that a $750,000 home here would be like a $2-4 million home somewhere else.

Hell, in San Francisco, little shacks run several hundred large.

[Double A]

Tulsa Hills. Good use of a TIF to lure sales tax dollars away from Jenks, Glenpool, and Sapulpa. It might even draw some new dollars from communities along the Beeline north of the city limits.

[swake]

The Mayo is reopening, as a Hotel.

[dsjeffries]

quote:Originally posted by swake

The Mayo is reopening, as a Hotel.

And apartments! []

[brunoflipper]

marshall brewing company- got some the other night... a great IPA... very nice guys, they are going all in... look for co-branded beer at elliot's joints by the first of the year... but kilkennys will have marshall beer  as well... then they'll start bottling growlers... and small bottles in the spring... way too cool...[]

[Double A]

Growlers, sweet!