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Also I would not be surprised if some of it had to do with the Honors College. If I were a potential honors student I would be really turned off by the dorms.

Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher...always the victims, even when they're the ones thrashing/lashing out.

It's been close the other times the Rockets have played the Lakers. But first things first -- beat Portland!

I think it would be cool if they maintained some of the inner structural elements too -- the more random-looking the better.

I dunno...if whatever replaces Cougar Place is more expensive, then I think it's a bad idea. Edit: also, because it's already such a crowded campus, I think the school should look into building dorms (particularly upperclassman and grad student dorms, since those are the most likely to be tired of campus living) off-campus along the proposed LRT route and save space on-campus for academic buildings and stuff like that.

Awww...poor Niche Don't worry, you'll be OK.

I liked the "City College" idea too but it was ruled out of contention. I think this was due to the fact that the "city colleges" (in california, and probably elsewhere) are community colleges, which UHD certainly is not.

I can no longer take you seriously. Sorry!

The urban areas did not need freeways to be successful. There were thriving urban areas before freeways. But without freeways, the mass-produced homes popping up in the middle of the prairie 50 miles away from downtown would not be worth very much. In fact they probably would not exist at all. Ugh. I never said they would "cease to be a dominant trend." In fact, if you've been reading, I've even admitted that I don't disagree that anything can snowball into a negative feedback loop once you've dropped a few trillion dollars to incentivize things in a specific direction. Actually, that's exactly what I want you to do. in fact, I specifically asked you to come up with a multi-trillion dollar lifestyle subsidies specifically targeting urban areas and not suburban areas. For a few trillion dollars, the suburbanites had better be nothing short of euphoric. Apparently you can pay them off and they still wish they were somewhere else. Kudos to the city dwellers for sticking it out.

Yes, Houston would have been the same but with a smaller footprint. Nonetheless jobs are moving to the suburbs and residential in-town is getting denser. Cutting down commute times are a chaser's dream. Subsidized growth reveals peoples' preferences the way a Coke v. Pepsi taste test would always reveal that people will overwhelmingly prefer Coke as long as you pay them $100 to say so. Nice! Like I said, we can't all make it out to Christmas mountain, but it's nice to dream, and in the meantime that's what suburbs are for Er...What is it you think I don't understand about the study? The fact that it shows that many suburban dwellers still manage to be dissatisfied with their heavily subsidized lifestyles? There is no connection between the data you just described. 31% of overall respondents lived in the city...and 23% of the overall respondents would prefer to either move to the city or to continue living in the city. That's not the same as saying "23% of the 31% of people who lived in the city preferred living there" or whatever it is you're trying to show. In fact it might not even be the same group of people at all. Do you understand this? Did you even read the study? Anyway, when given the choice, more city dwellers prefer small towns than they do suburbs. A few trillion in subsidies should make the city dwellers happy.

Yikes. If you can't figure out how to do that, then I really can't help you. Sorry! http://www.google.com/search?q=50%25+of+am...+somewhere+else I don't disagree that anything can snowball into a negative feedback loop once you've dropped a few trillion dollars to incentivize things in a specific direction. Freeways are their own cottage industry (and then some!), and as I have said I am glad they at least have something to show for it. But there were thriving urban areas before freeway subsidies and there will be thriving urban areas long after the freeways are gone.

That could be part of my park idea. I have never been to an indoor Farmer's market, which makes me think the people who sell stuff at those prefer the outdoors. Part of it could also be used as a venue for outdoor concerts.

If we kill the Astrodome, the grass can live again.

They should shell it except for the basic structure and make it into a park (with lots of overgrown greenery) built upon the ruins of where the astrodome once was. It will be like our Roman Coliseum except bigger and with landscaping.

I wonder how their office space is doing.

That's true. When moneymaking is your paramount objective, these decisions are essentially made for you. Yep! 50% of Americans wish they lived somewhere else. The difference is that some of those Americans' lifestyle preferences are heavily subsidized while others are not. I understand you when you say that suburbanites would hold the exact same point of view as me about projects that serve urban areas and not their own. But for my part i guess I am just unable to come up with any such multi-trillion dollar lifestyle subsidies specifically targeting such urban areas.

I didn't mean literally subsidizing someone's midlife crisis, I said it's LIKE subsidizing someone's midlife crisis. People who live in the suburbs are people who had a dream of living somewhere else but couldn't execute. Now we all had to pay so that they could have their grassy plot of land. Living in the mountains sounds great, but not everyone does it. I would hope suburbanites pay more taxes. We gave them trillions of dollars in lifestyle subsidies -- I'd hate to think that they had nothing to show for it.

Small towns have been experiencing a resurgence and cities with strong neighborhoods that can replicate a small-town feel (which excludes Houston and its suburbs) will do well too. This is the result of telecommuting. People with real options never choose the suburbs, except as a compromise. When we build freeways to the suburbs it's like subsidizing someone else's midlife crisis.

Any news on Polk St Grill?

They are not moving away from the "working man's U" identity. http://www.thedailycougar.com/uh_to_seek_c...nsors-1.1331939

I much prefer Jamba Juice to Smoothie King. They're not even on the same level, imho. Comparing Smoothie King to a Burger King shake is about right.

I think there just aren't any good smoothie places downtown. Maybe it can replace "Lidz."

I think a Jamba Juice would be nice.

Houston Area Residents' Vocational And Research -- Downtown

Hah...being confused with TSU is a "serious" concern but being confused with UST is not? I think they should go back to being confused with U of H main campus.