I’d give that goose a gander

I think more people are distracted than dumb, their brains are on auto pilot and they’re not paying attention to the road.

The coyotes wail along the trail…

The article is paywalled, but it goes on to say this:

“Fecal matter washes into the ocean from a variety of sources, including urban development, sewage overflows, factory farms and livestock operations.

To reduce contamination, the report recommends major financial investments to stop sewage overflows and runoff pollution. Environment Texas noted that a massive infrastructure package passed in 2021 provides $11.7 billion for sewage and stormwater projects, but the EPA has estimated the need is roughly $271 billion.”

So lot of sources, and funding to fix it is limited.

You can now set wefwef to dark/light mode independent of your phone system settings. Go back to the Appearance tab and you should see the option.

I know, it’s hard for me to spot the differences. Remember when they tried to change their uniform color to indigo? That was terrible.

Is the only one I can stand watching with them. And I actually enjoy it

Yes, a tax system which forces the most efficient use of land would be best not only for residents but the local governments as well.

sounds like you need more beer

Ray Stevens never looked so delicious

Texas started falling in the rankings after CNBC added non-business related criteria to its metrics. Other publications still rank Texas as #1.

The great owl -> cat meme migration

Interested

GOOD advice

good dude

Everything’s going on out there a lot more than we think it is

Do you think it is a coincidence that Republican controlled states in the South are offering incentives to businesses and Democratic states in the North are not? Political philosophies about the role of government and taxation are behind these policies.

I had a similar afternoon wearing my green one. Yours feels more appropriate for a lazy day in the pool however

Don’t forget Pablo, devourer of moonswatches

Here is the full article which goes into depth on a few examples:

Drive along the 240-mile stretch of the Atlantic coast from Charleston, S.C., through the grassy marshland of southern Georgia and down into northern Florida, and you’ll see one of the most profound economic shifts in the U.S. today.

Welcome to the New New South.

Electric vehicle factories and battery plants are overtaking pine forests in this region of antebellum architecture and shrimp and grits. More broadly, the entire South from here, north to Kentucky and west to Texas is where businesses are moving, jobs are being created and homes are being bought. The uplift isn’t happening equally everywhere, or equally for everyone. But the implications for the entire country are enormous.

The numbers tell the story.

For the first time, six fast-growing states in the South — Texas, Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee — are contributing more to the national GDP than the Northeast, with its Washington-New York-Boston corridor, in government figures going back to the 1990s. The switch happened during the pandemic and shows no signs of reverting.

A flood of transplants helped steer about $100 billion in new income to the Southeast in 2020 and 2021 alone, while the Northeast bled out about $60 billion, based on an analysis of recently published Internal Revenue Service data.

The Southeast accounted for more than two-thirds of all job growth across the U.S. since early 2020, almost doubling its pre-pandemic share. And it was home to 10 of the 15 fastest-growing American large cities.

Corporations are also flocking there, with a record number of firms moving south after the pandemic, Census Bureau data show.

Dun & Bradstreet was one of them.

The company, founded 182 years ago by abolitionist Lewis Tappan, was until recently headquartered in Short Hills, N.J., its location a major plus for a financial-information firm with close ties to Wall Street.

But in 2021, the company decamped for Jacksonville, Fla., on the southern edge of that 240-mile coastal band.

Jacksonville lacks the money and star-power of Gable Estates, Fisher Island and other elite South Florida enclaves. Part of downtown is vacant and lifeless. Surrounding Duval County suffers from the state’s highest crime rate. And, despite locals’ fondness for steel-truss bridges, they and the big seaport give Jacksonville an industrial feel not found in Florida’s more glamorous cities.

What Jacksonville does have is a powerful lure for companies and people looking to work for them. In Dun & Bradstreet’s case, that included a $100 million package of cash and tax incentives.

Chief Financial Officer Bryan Hipsher said the firm would’ve gladly stayed in the New York area. But the offer in Florida was too good to refuse.

“You feel very wanted, right?’’ Hipsher said in an interview from the new palm-fringed headquarters, minutes from the beach. “You feel very welcomed, clearly.”

The average employee here has an annual salary of $77,000, 25% above the national level, and well outstripping most local salaries. Still, many roles pay roughly 15% below the average at the former New Jersey headquarters.

Jacksonville grew so fast that it surpassed San Jose in population last year. Good schools, including the University of Florida an hour and a half away, help provide a high-quality employee base, Hipsher said. Today the firm is still busy hiring — it’s a little less than halfway to its goal of 500 workers.

Not far away, the Jacksonville branch of the Mayo Clinic, the world-famous medical center based in Rochester, Minnesota, is growing along with the city. A new oncology building is going up and last year, it added 2,400 employees, bringing the total here to 9,000.

The company’s move highlights the forces that have sent 2.2 million people migrating to Florida and across the Southeast in the past two years — roughly the size of Houston.