Economic impact of art

[texaslawchick]

Every now and then I get shit for living in Houston. Apparently, we're an backwards redneck ugly city with no culture. I dunno about the backwards redneck ugly stuff, but I'm happy to see that we're not without culture. Yesterday, at a sold out luncheon downtown, the Houston Partnership (our chamber of commerce) released the findings a cultural

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[momwolf]

I grew up in Houston as did my parents and grandparents. I miss it in a lot of ways. It's always been a can-do, will-do kind of place. Reading your blog aslways makes me a bit "Homesick"

[pegster]

The 9.2 million people reported as having attended arts and cultural events and exhibitions in 2004 is:
More than twice the number of people who attended Houston’s three major league professional sports teams in 2005 (4.3 million total, 3.1 million at Astros; 663,000 Rockets; 562,000 Texans)hot damn! i like the sound of that