LDEV 664 & FINC 677 Task #3: The woodlands

So yes, I picked The Woodlands. I justify my election in the fact that there is a Disney Store in The Woodlands Mall. (Just kidding).
According to city-data.com, the population in The Woodlands from 2000 to 2010 grew 68%. I honestly picked this place basically because I've gone over there quite regularly. Not like I know many places in Texas but I had a gut feeling that this would be a good pick. So decided to run the numbers as was taught in class and these are my findings:

The Woodlands has a Total Basic Employment of 6308.64. As seen in Figure 1, it has 5 basic industries (Those with Location Quotient >1) : Agriculture, Wholesale trade, Transportaion and Warehouse and utilities, Finance insurance and Real Estae and Professional scientific and management.

With these information, we can get the Static Ecomic Base Multiplier. In this case, The Woodlands has an EPM of 7.15. This would allow us to conclude that if an additional 100 basic jobs were brought here, it is highly probably that 615 non-basic jobs would be available.

Finally, I think there is another fact that we should take into account here. Exxon Mobile is building is new campus just south of The Woodlands.
Exxon Mobile campus is expected to have space for almost 10,000 employees, and will bring 2,000 new basic jobs to this area.
Information gathered from: http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml

FINC 677 & LDEV 664:: An updated introduction

So, here we go again. Now, I am in my 2nd semester, I am no longer really new in this town (Aw.), I have learned a lot of things, but some things that does not seem to change are Dr. Peterson's blog tasks. (It's ok, I know is to practice our writing skills, and probably I should be particularly grateful.). Since it is a new class, I could have just created a brand new blog and repeat everything I said before but instead I decided to continue this one and actually talk about something new.

This is why I decided to call this introduction task an "updated introduction". So, have you seen those chapters in some series in which the whole chapter is a recap of everything that happened in the past chapters but nothing new? Boring right? Well this is not it, so no worries. I will talk about myself yes, but I will add those things that have changed in me and my goals after 8 months studying in Aggieland.

Let's get started then.

My name is Carla. I am now 26 years old. This is new I was 25 last time! I still enjoy playing videogames when I have a chance, reading, sleeping, swimming but this summer I added a new hobby I enjoy a whole lot now that walking is a pain because of this infernal summer: Biking. Riding the bike around the campus is amazing and I do not feel trapped at home anymore. I now rock the roads so good for me!

I am a Lawyer but there was a last step I did not get to do before starting my Master's in Real Estate and it was getting my star. Yes, in Peru at least, Lawyers get a star.

Look at that star!

Right after final exams finished, I had a great time with the professionals from the accounting and audit firms at our EuraAudit Annual Meeting which took place in Paraguay.