Top rankings mania, United HQ, jobs, zoning, Texans, and more

The smaller misc items have been piling up faster than usual lately... The 2012 8th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey has been released, with Houston once again held up as a paragon with a very affordable 2.9 ratio between the median home price ($160k) and median income ($55k). That certainly beats ratios around 6 for the major coastal cities and even much worse for ...