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  1. Both are sprawly, trafic-filled smog factories with some unfounded compulsion to build up and egos to boot. There. They're even.
  2. I think too many people have this idea that a qb has to be a running or throwing qb OR that you can't win with a running qb. a.) There is no such thing as a running qb. There are qbs that are fast and can run. There are qbs that run option offenses. A good QB like Steve McNair got the ridiculous label as a running qb coming out of college because he could run. Nevermind the passing offense he played in at Alcorn. b.) To say guys that can run or run more often or are better scramblers don't work over the long haul is ridiculous. I could name many many many more guys who prefer the pocket and aren't as athletic who won nothing. Why is Steve Young not considered as a runner? Roger Staubach? Fran Tarkenton? Donovan McNabb? Randall Cunningham? Winning the Superbowl is not the ONLY measure of a winning qb. Guys like that won/have won for years. c.) As far as qbs outrunning lineman, if they don't understand this, they aren't that good of football players in the first place. But if you want an example of when a qb needs some mobility just look at Drew Bledsoe. That guy needs to run some times. In conclusion, if you're waiting on a so-called running qb to win a Superbowl, you've missed out on the illustrious history of the NFL and are too busy trying to praise the pocket sitting of the Tom Brady's of the world. Winning in the NFL is about execution, no matter how you do it. Not about how you play a position. If you do what YOU do well, within a good scheme and is well executed
  3. Interesting to read this thread. The Gaylord Texan in Grapevine is doing great business. Many in Dallas don't exactly love the concept, but its just another attraction to add to North Texas tourism. The place itself is excellent and is doing big time convention business. If this happens, worry about your downtown convention center. To answer an earlier question, the Gaylord Texan has an adjacent golf course. The thing is already expanding, and you have a couple of other similar resorts also being built along the shore of Lake Grapevine. I would have thought this type of resort would show up in Galveston.
  4. apparently ZOM and other residential developers are looking serious at downtown. They site the shrinking uptown land and soaring prices. Great job with zoning and attracting so much to Uptown is leading to a downtown boom. I think most thought East Dallas would boom more first before downtown really kicked it up. Looks like downtown will be the next Uptown.
  5. If you mean within the loop, 1407 main is already underway, and is in the heart of downtown.
  6. Some points: - State-Thomas is the Uptown neighborhood everyone is referring to that recieved the TIF in the late 80s. Its what many think of when they think Uptown Dallas. - Uptown consists of main areas: Lo-Mac(Crescent area), Victory, State-Thomas, McKinney Ave Corridor, Quadrangle/gallery area and West Village area. Each have sizeable populations and actually compete against each other. Yes, Uptown became Uptown again in the 80s. The name however dates back to Freeman's Uptown North Dallas. in 1873. Uptown's Competition - Uptown has a ton of competition in the metroplex. Consider that: Knox Park has probably 3 or 4 times as many townhomes as Uptown in a similar sized area as is building more of them. Bryan Place is quickly catching up as well. - Turtle Creek has more residential high rises than Uptown. Las Colinas has one, Far North Dallas has 2, and Preston Center has 4. Even Oak Cliff is renovating one. Uptown currently has 2 open residential high rises, but will have 4 by April and several by 2007. Their biggest competition is Downtown and Turtle Creek. And that is a ton of competition. Especially considering downtown is in a conversion boom and even broke ground on a new tower yesterday. - Urban type villages full of Post and Gables type properties like the West Village State-Thomas are all over the metroplex. Mockingbird Station, Bryan Place, Farmers Market, Legacy Town Center, Addison Square East Side Village, now Las Colinas, Southlake Town Center, Frisco Square, Austin Ranch and Sundance are all direct competitiors, marketing to the same demographics. Uptown simply has beat them to the punch and does it better. - Even newcomers will provide the next competition. Look out for The Cedars, Park Lane Place, Farmer's Branch Town Center and the fill-out of Las Colinas. competition is not a problem at all - Lots of new hotels in Dallas were mentioned. This is working because these aren't huge 1,000 room hotels. They are "only in Dallas" or "only one in Texas" type boutiques with much fewer rooms. In most cases they are coupled with residences. The Mansion on Turtle Creek is smaller and has 3 residential towers with another hoping to break ground soon. The Ritz-Carlton will have like 100 rooms with 70 residences. The ZaZa is very small with condos attached. The Stoneleigh is already pretty small and will add residential. The W have a small unique portion of hotel with residential on top and another attached tower. These are all niche hotels as opposed to the behemoths downtown like the Hyatt Reunion and Adam's Mark. That's why many here fear the 1200 room behemoth the City wants to attach to the convention center. Nooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 smaller attached boutiques with incredible service would work much better. Anyways, back to the Houston stuff. Just wanted to clear that all up.
  7. Has no one been? I've tried the one in Carrolton and thought it was great. Totally made to eat lots of them, while Whataburger is made to eat one basically. A "meal" gets you 3 or 4 Krystal burgers or their big 10 burger thing. Reminded me of H&K Go to White Castle. Lines were full as was the drive-thru. Very popular it seemed. Can't imagine it doing any different in H-Town.
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