Lombrowski - That Detroit grew in the early 20th century is not relevant to whether it will grow again. Not until air conditioning and mellower attitudes to the South did the sunbelt begin to grow. Almost every snow belt big city has lost population-almost and certainly Detroit Buffalo Cincy Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
As for Texas skilled labor - as a Texan you are entitled to a free Monthy Fiscal Notes [[ out of staters too I guess) Magazine which comes from the state controller. All sorts of statistics/demographics. In this month's issue they discuss this and Texas has the 2nd most productive labor force in dollars generated per worker. NY I think was first.
As for the weather-- you may be correct that Texas heat costs as much as Detroits cold in energy [[cept as you pointed out its cheaper here) , however how many work days are "Officially" missed because of hot weather as compared to snow -sleet etc. I say officially because I know sometimes I will step outside and then think better of it and go back to my air conditioned bedroom. Of course I'm not very productive anyway- unless you count the number of posts LOL
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