How about a property-tax holiday for the residents of Brooklyn, funded by the state of Wyoming?

A reader whose office happens to be a couple of doors down from mine writes, with regard to caitlilly’s plaint about life in rural Wyoming in a time of a high gas prices: Is “tough s***” an acceptable answer? OK, maybe I wouldn’t put it that harshly, although having spent half my life in the [...]

How to call the bottom of the housing market

Mark Dotzour, chief economist at Texas A&M’s Real Estate Center stopped by yesterday to chat. Lots of parts of Texas are doing just dandy, he reported, thanks to the booming energy and technology industries, trade with Mexico, internal population growth and people moving to Texas from other parts of the country. House prices last year [...]

What if you live in Wyoming and NEED that gas-guzzling SUV?

Commenter caitlilly asks a couple of good questions: I live in Wyoming – and live, as most people do in Wyoming – a lifestyle that truly benefits from SUV’s and trucks. Come to any rural area like this and the streets are dominated by gas guzzlers. But here it’s not a status symbol – it’s [...]