Joe,
We operate primarily in the Baton Rouge area and until about a month ago I thought we had dodged the recession bullet. Since then service calls have gotten sparse and the PM and to do list is pretty short. Carpet distributors, sheetrock suppliers and machine shops are all slow. We are a small company so I am making sales calls to increase the customer base and this should take care of us.

The wife and I LOVE the Houston/ Clear Lake area. We actually leased a small building about 3 years ago and were preparing to relocate to the area before the kids decided they didn't want a change. We have a trawler MY that we have kept at South Shore Harbour a few different times.
You may not see it the same- but we are always impressed with the friendlyness of the people, the cleanliness of the rpads and the amount of industry there. I'm thinkin' you love the area:)