Interesting article characterizing income in BCS

https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/college-station-tx-ranks-as-one-of-the-poorest-big-cities-in-the-country/article_cb15bf3b-6d4b-566b-8116-c36af87f75f6.html

That article.

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The typical household in the College Station-Bryan metro area in Texas earns $49,927 a year

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50K combine income is "typical"? Ok.

The horror!!!!!!!!!!!!!'n

They ain't driven around pebble creek, traditions, miramont, castle gate, Indian lakes or saddle creek lol
Pretty terrible research to not realize there's such a large student population

The glaring stat that says everything is the real estate center's calculation of per capita retail spending of all of the cities statewide. When towns like Victoria rank ahead of BCS, it's clear the effect of broke students on the local economy.

Conversely, the same broke students and A&M are the engine behind it all. The per capita retail spending is the driver as to what type of businesses should locate here.

Explains for instance why Whole Foods is not banging down the doors…..

There is a robust small economy here, just one of volume, not of high spending.

australopithecus robustus said:

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The glaring stat that says everything is the real estate center's calculation of per capita retail spending of all of the cities statewide. When towns like Victoria rank ahead of BCS, it's clear the effect of broke students on the local economy.

Conversely, the same broke students and A&M are the engine behind it all. The per capita retail spending is the driver as to what type of businesses should locate here.

Explains for instance why Whole Foods is not banging down the doors…..

There is a robust small economy here, just one of volume, not of high spending.

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Well at least Costco could see what many other retailers miss in the stats.

EBrazosAg said:

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The horror!!!!!!!!!!!!!'n

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Can't go by cars. They can be leased. Can't go by restaurants. People will eat out no matter what. What needs to be looked at is averaging the prices of all the houses together in each city (separately). Naming some neighborhoods does not mean anything. Some people purchase a house at the maximum amount they can afford without much else left.

Our 18-24 age group is huge. I would have thought we had more old retirement folks but apparently not.

People in College Station-Bryan Metro Area, Texas (bestplaces.net)

KidDoc said:

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Our 18-24 age group is huge. I would have thought we had more old retirement folks but apparently not.

People in College Station-Bryan Metro Area, Texas (bestplaces.net)

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The student population is counted in those statistics.