Comments on: Houston, we've got slightly less sucky gadget sales

The Texas city's is the only major U.S. retail market to see positive sales growth of consumer technology at end of 2008, NPD says. Midsize Midwest markets have the smallest declines.

[Andres_A]

Now I know I helped contribute to this since I live in Houston! :)

[mrcockrell]

thats just because Houston is the best... i think im going to go buy a gadget right now

[nihouma]

But what about Dallas? :(

[chaeymaey]

Yeah, Dallas probably did pretty well as far as tech sales, too. I feel like a lot of people are still buying new things here.

[Ed from Texas]

1Q2009 is probably going to be a lot worse in Houston. Because of the energy business here, Houston typically lags the rest of the market both going into and coming out of recessions. I'm seeing it it happen right now. It was fun while it lasted.