Two versions of NY Times article paint different pictures of Houston

KTRK-TV Houston catches the New York Times pushing two stories on Houston.One in the states and one overseas:

So who could find anything bad to say about Houston? Apparently the New York Times could, which on Tuesday printed an article about Houston's response to Katrina in two different newspapers. In one, the article seems relatively even handed. But in the other, some say it is overly critical, ill-timed, and in poor taste.

In the Times, there's an above-the-fold article by Houston-based reporter Simon Romero. And apparently what's in the Times is not all the news that's fit to print.

In The International Herald Tribune published by the Times in Paris, Romero's article is on page 15 and it begins with a line not in the Times, which reads "No one would accuse this city of being timid in the scramble to profit from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina."
It later contends, "A surge of business activity in Houston might lift the fortune of a city that is still struggling to recover from the collapse of Enron and two decades of job cuts in the energy industry."

Let's check out the last sentence.Houston is now the fourth biggest city in the United States.It obviously has a diversified economic base or it couldn't have grown to number four.Houston is a city without an income tax (unlike New York city) in a state without a state income tax.Houston has no union problems,affordable housing,and grew most of the last couple of decades without zoning laws.Since the 2000 census, Houston's gained almost 59,000 people.It sounds like the New York Times is jealous because NYC hasn't created one net private sector job since 1969.