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  1. N Judah
    I don't mind this. Build great parks, and then tout the development that they attract. A few more DGs around the city would be absolutely fantastic in my personal view.
  2. N Judah
    I peeked inside the windows of "Guadalajara del Centro" last night and it looks really nice. Can't wait to try the food when it opens. I'm also looking forward to "Polk Street Grill" opening up (though I did not peek in the windows so I do not know how far along it is). Instead of Lidz how about a cowboy hat store for the tourists?
  3. N Judah
    I simply think it does not look nice. I would like it more if it had a more natural feel; for example, if it looked like it was made of wood and was less ostentatious that would be a huge improvement imho.
  4. N Judah

    METRORail Green Line

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    One way streets are really bad for pedestrian/urban retail.
  5. N Judah
    TMC is increasing in size, and the population of Houston will be increasing too. Here comes urbanity/density/traffic/displacement -- fair warning --
  6. N Judah
    I like Seguin State University. I believe they would be naming it after the man, not the town.
  7. N Judah
    No but I think they acted in really bad faith (ironically, especially in comparison to the developers). When you move to a neighborhood with no deed restrictions you've got to prepare yourself mentally for the eventuality of neighborhood change. Resorting to tantrum-throwing and backslapping good-ole-boys-ism when things don't go your way is simply inappropriate.
  8. N Judah
    Alright, so it wasn't about resale values or quality of the development, it was about scale. So they decided they were the last people to have anything to say about the neighborhood's character and decided to pull up the drawbridge behind them? That's sick. If we're going to play that game, then maybe there shouldn't have been anything built in that area to begin with. Trees and shrubs and wildlife, now that's some SCALE we could all appreciate...well, except for the people who paved over it, decided to build their own monstrosities, and then nominated themselves to be the new arbiters of taste.
  9. N Judah
    Actually I have no idea what was going through their minds as they opposed the project. I relied on Subdude to give me the scoop: It is possible that the tower could be like that horrible thing on Richmond near the Galleria, which no one in their right mind would want to live near. But I am sure the developers want to make money, not destroy everything that attracted them to the site in the first place. The thought also crossed my mind that the homeowners envision themselves living in that neighborhood for the long term and simply don't want to pay increased property taxes.
  10. N Judah
    They could have backed down because they weren't against density per se, they were against density that hurts resale value. There exists density that helps, not hurts, resale value. The real question is whether or not the angry neighbors know this.
  11. N Judah
    Well, that's what I"m saying...there could be options that work out for everybody. Situations involving development of high-rises/density/whatever aren't always zero-sum games, but apparently someone has convinced that crowd that that is the case.
  12. N Judah
    There are some really pretty, dense buildings along Bissonnet (right near where this high rise is supposed to go). In particular I like the collection of white townhome-style buildings. I can understand the fear, given other high rise disasters, but there's no reason density in and of itself is unable to fit in with a particular neighborhood.
  13. N Judah
    That area's already pretty dense. I think it makes sense to put a high rise there.
  14. N Judah
    In San Diego it used to be legal to drink beer on the street. I think that in Europe you can drink beer on the street if you feel like it. When I lived in California I did that all the time. However, I have never seen anyone do it in Houston.
  15. N Judah
    Sure but you don't have to denigrate everybody else's ethnicity/culture to do it.
  16. N Judah
    It's doesn't really matter. The quality of the education itself doesn't change when the name changes.
  17. N Judah
    I don't mind the name but I think it should be "college" instead of "university." It just sounds better and seems more accessible.
  18. N Judah
    No...east. Under 59, on the other side of the freeway from the mall. Maybe "nice" is the wrong word. But I like it, and only another couple of miles and you're in Bellaire. Anyway, I think Sharpstown's perceived dangerousness is overstated. If I were in charge I'd just turn it into an office park or something and not worry too much about the surrounding area.
  19. N Judah
    Along Bellaire once you cross over 59 is really nice, imho.
  20. N Judah
    Yes, you don't even have to go a mile East/SE before it gets very nice. But "surrounded" ? Have you ever been north of Interstate 10?
  21. N Judah
    Yes, it is absolutely correct that I am incredibly biased against degree mills superimposed on top of football factories. Wow. I don't know what to say...
  22. N Judah
    No...UT is a joke. Most large public schools are pretty bad, but UT is known for being the worst. EDIT: Actually, I'll give high school counselors credit for being idiots. Not all of them know that about UT, but they really should.
  23. N Judah
    Er...I'm sorry you were confused (did you try looking on the internet?), but I don't think it is an issue for most people. Even if there is a certain subset of employers who don't know their way around town I don't think it's very significant. Anybody who needs to know the difference already knows, and anybody who is unaware can be told in 30 seconds or less. The most important thing to remember is that neither school is typically thought of as being better than the other in any meaningful way, and the UH-D students mentioned in that survey are deluded if they think that it is a boon to be confused with students from UH-Main Campus. Exclusivity for the sake of exclusivity is a noble goal, and if that is your interest there are many, many schools for that (almost too many). Yes, it does. UT-Austin is a degree mill superimposed on top of a football factory if not for Plan II, and every high school counselor in Texas knows this. Soon it could be the same for U of H. That would be quite a cultural shift. I think you just went to the wrong school. Is that what you did? I understand the desire to make UH better but for my part I would prefer U of H be improved in more substantial ways instead of by simply attempting to be more exclusive. Blaming UH's perceived lack of prestige on UH-Downtown was absurd to me at first, but what do I know? Now that the albatross that is UH-D has been jettisoned I guess UH is on the make. UTEP and SFA had better look over their shoulders.
  24. N Judah
    No, the students aren't the ones getting confused by the name change, remember? It's the supposed employers who apparently can't tell the difference between UH and UH-D, or "City College" and "Community College." It's true that it might be a lot to expect from people around here, but people in many other places do not have problems distinguishing "City College" from "Community College." "Houston Metropolitan University" is not bad but people will have to avoid shortening the word "Metropolitan" lest others think they are going to college to learn how to drive a bus. It's not easy to just "tighten admissions standards." You have to have significantly more people wanting to go to a school than there are available spots. That will not happen for a while. At the undergrad level the best thing a public school like U of H can do is focus on the really motivated students (ie Honors College) and make sure they are able to get the internships, letters of rec, or whatever to accomplish whatever it is they want. This can be done irrespective of general university enrollment standards. Actually the business minor is separate from Bauer admissions. Anyone can do it as long as they have a 2.75 overall GPA or something like that. I agree. Prestige is great if that's your reason for going to school, and there are schools for that, but I don't think perception of exclusivity is really what U of H is all about.
  25. N Judah
    I'm talking about undergrad, where supposed "name confusion" might occur. UH-D doesn't even have grad/professional schools.
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