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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 5:01 pm
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Steve M
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Originally Posted by TMOliver
It's about time. Anyone who has ever been in Houston's Galleria during the pre-Christmas shiopping splurge can't help but have encounter a flood of well dressed, obviously affluent Mexican families (or small groups of very fashionably dressed Mexican women)
That's just what I was going to say. There's quite a large amount of shoppers from Mexico and other places in Latin America that come to Houston to do their shopping. There's even a state tax office in the Galleria where visiting shoppers can go to get their sales tax refunded. If the Dallas/Grapevine area can be promoted as an alternative, than that's really good for AA, as it means a flight on AA instead of CO to get there.
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