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    "well apparently when the wind was blowing at a good clip and 'ol glory was pulled out taut, it created so much force that it damaged the top 3 stories of the building that the pole mounts down through." i'm no structural engineer but if a flag blowing around on the roof weakens teh structure of a skyscraper...isn't that in the least bit disturbing?
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    there are mucho mexicans in houston and coverage of 30% of the local population's home country make business sense.
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    no doubt they will see this thread since they have people combing this site looking illegal citations of their articles. my opinion is that for being a major metropolitan newspaper, they could be better.
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    andy's on 11th st. (near studewood) in the heights is pretty damn good.
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    japanese stuff is kinda hard to come by. btw, "kangei" to the forum.
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    that place is a pit. my mother has been there since 1999 and until a few months ago, she had drug dealers downstairs right from her. they didn't get evicted but were shipped off to iraq becuase the leasing office didn't give a ____, as long as they got a rent check.
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    yeah, riva place. i live one block over from this area and haven't seen any activity there as of yet.
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    my mother lives there and despite the extensive renovations, the quality of residents has gotten much worse.
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    ^ hines intrests (the developer) has grown immensly since the 80's but has focused much of attention overseas.
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    yeah, i noticed the new jared going up as well. welcome to the forum parrothead. edit: anyone know what buildings will be knocked down for the freeway expansion? any office buildings?
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    my favorite architect.
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    yeah, i stopped going for the same reason. i was excited about the italian themed one back a few years ago but was sorely dissapointed becuase it was pure cheese. the italian food was just papa johns pizza and not REAL italian food. for a supposed international city, we can do much better...
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    i am quite liberal and sit pretty far to the left but i admired pat tillman becuase here is a guy who walked away from a multi-million dollar pro-football career to go and (and eventually die) for something he felt strongly about. whether for or againt the war, i don't see how anyone could not see him as anything but admirable. pro sports need more people like this guy. this doesn't mean that they all have to be as alturistic as tillman and go to iraq but they need to realize that it's not all about the money.
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    this is why i detest professional sports. i voted against all the new stadiums here in town. a billion dollars spent on these stadiums but schools around the city are falling apart, kids are using dated equipment and text books and the fire and police departments are understaffed but then again, cities that pander to these teams have their priorities all ____ed up anyway. as for beltran, the players are so indoctrinated in the greed that comes with professional sports that they are no longer athletes but corporate whores. why would he be any different?
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    ...they are at ease in their environment and aren't giving off the "ooh ooh, look at me...i'm rich!" message.
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    i also agree that that zone d'erotica is an eyesore but i don't see how they will leave unless they go belly up.
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    the previous two posts are spot on. if there's anything i learned about teh nouvo riche since i have been in houston is that they may have bucks but they still fall short in culture and class. as for the developments being "cookie-cutter", absolutly...and they look cheap too as in shoddy construction..
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    ^ i can see that in midtown but not in uptown
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    yep, 77056 is stylin'
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    there's nothing wrong with it. i actually use the fitness center at second baptist church but i'm just not used to big churches that's all. if i was a church going person, i would find them impersonal due to the immense size.
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    no, they only offered that at rice. anyways, i find mega-churches with ice rinks and basketball courts...odd.
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    as someone who is non-religious, i find this...odd. haha @ midtowncoog
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    from sunday:
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    he's talking figuratively of course and i agree with him. the dome represents houston
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    the concept of mega-churches still astounds me even after being here 7 years. we don't have anything remotely like that back in the northeast.
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