[2ndDivisionVet]

There are a lot of businesses here that have nothing to do with oil or gas. Look at the jobs within 25 miles of my home and see how many of them are related to petrochemicals:

http://www.indeed.com/jobs?as_and=&as_phr=&as_any=&as_not=&as_ttl=&as_cmp=&jt=all&st=&salary=&radius=25&l=76208&fromage=any&limit=30&sort=&psf=advsrch

[DannyTN]

The oil industry lifts all boats in the area. Wealth flows to the oil industry employees and investors and then they have money to spend on everything else which creates all kinds of jobs.