jgriff
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Instead of keeping the homeless people out lets keep the smelly dirty people who ask me for money out. That should do it.
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To me Chuy's has a few tex-mex items mixed with Southwestern style food. You see this stuff all over New Mexico.
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I went a couple of weeks ago. The menu is creative, you'll find some unusual things like duck meatballs. I had a NY Strip. It was not up to high-end steakhouse standards, more like Outback or Salt Grass. It's not a steakhouse though so I can forgive them that. It's a hot-spot right now but I think eventually it will wind up being a place for conventioners that are staying downtown to go. There are too many good restaraunts in Houston to go to the trouble of going downtown for just so-so food.
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Yep there's no reason to treat them badly. I feel sorry for them and it's hard to not give them anything but when my life was going nowhere my parents cut me off financialy and I thank them for it everyday.
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In my opinion giving a homeless person on the street a dollar or a meal is not compassion. You are perpetuating their situation. If you give them money you are part of the problem and you are partly responsible for them being out there.
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I agree. You could consider it a decorative crown that actually has some practical value. I'm sure it will get them quite a bit of free publicity also. I think there is already a tower in Dubai that has done something smiliar.
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I'm sure it will be expensive to get those things up there and they will require constant maintinence. This building will sit there for decades though so I wouldn't be surprised if they pay for themselves eventually, especially if energy costs keep rising.
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Nope, some people think there are no downsides. My point is that the downside is the cost of installing the turbines and maintaining them.
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I didn't really see that. It seems like a lot of people think that there are no downsides.
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It's really a simple concept people. If it costs more money to install and maintain these turbines than it saves in electrical costs then it is a publicity exercise. That may not be a bad business descision though. There may be customers out there who are willing to pay extra to feel like they are saving the environment. The fact that they may be doing more to hurt the environment by spending money in the wrong places really doesn't matter to them.
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The negative is the cost of building , installing, and maintaining them. We don't have any cost/benefit analysis data for this project but if it was a net positive you'd probably see every new project like this in Houston with wind turbines on them.
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I've always found it amusing that a lot of people in the Houston area only go downtown to serve some time, pay a ticket, or bail someone out of jail. It kind of makes downtown an unhappy place for a lot of people. I had to spend a day waiting for someone to get out of jail for traffic tickets downtown once. It was one of the most miserable days of my life.
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5.4-Acres Of Land At 7739 San Felipe St.
jgriff replied to Boris's topic in Uptown and Galleria Area
The triangular Dolce & Freddo building was down when I drove by today. -
5.4-Acres Of Land At 7739 San Felipe St.
jgriff replied to Boris's topic in Uptown and Galleria Area
Yep, the fence covers from the bayou to the triangular building on the east. -
5.4-Acres Of Land At 7739 San Felipe St.
jgriff replied to Boris's topic in Uptown and Galleria Area
They're putting up a fence around the site today. -
memebag: That post nearly gave me a seizure....
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City streets that change like Voss/Hillcroft, Blalock/Piney Point/Fondren don't bother me so much. None of those have overlapping names. I-10/Katy Freeway can be called either for the same section. The road doesn't change in the middle, it's both names in one place.
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I refuse to acknowledge names like Katy Freeway or Gulf Freeway. This kind of thinking just doesn't fit into my brain. It's borderline dangerous when you think about directions given to someone during an emergency.
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I've always thought that this place proves there are people out there with more money than brains. I wish them luck though, I'd hate to see this place wind up not selling out.
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Well worth it. The more expensive the better, keeps the riff-raff out.
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I guess The Grove is off to a good start. I called for reservations for tonight and they are booked solid. Also, I would not have even considered going downtown tonight if it wasn't for this place. If this park had been just a "green space" as some people think it should be then it would be another one of those parks that I drive by and never go to. I also wouldn't go if there wasn't an underground garage. I don't relish parking in one of those crappy downtown surface lots.
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I think we should send them to the homes of people who give them money on the street.
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We could send them to Devil's Island like France.
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My thoughts on the reasons behind Downtown and Midtowns problems. 1. Houston has plenty of room to grow so there is no need for high-density living. High density living is not usually by choice but neccesity. 2. People in Houston do not have the same attitude as people from other large cities like NYC, etc... Living in an apartment in Houston has a stigma attached to it. Parents and friends keep asking "When are you going to buy a house?" People of all social classes live in apartments in NYC. 3. Most people when given the choice of having a large 4 bedroom house with a big yard and an hour long commute vs. a townhouse with a short commute will choose the first. That's not my personal preference but I find that I am in the minority on that one. 4. You can live and work in Houston for years and never even go downtown and a lot of people like it that way. For many people the only time they go downtown is to pay a ticket or get a friend out of jail. It can be a very confusing place to someone who only goes there once a year, with one way streets and trains crossing all over the place. 5. Homeless. Who wants to buy a house where your wife has to pass by a vagrant on the street when she walks the dog? You have to get rid of them to get the average family with small children to feel comfortable. In another thread about a new office building in the Energy Corridor someone commented about how much nicer it would be if this building was put downtown. It just struck me as kind of naive. Why would they want to build downtown? There's just no good reason I can think of for an engineering related business to build there. Most people in the energy business live in Sugarland, Katy and The Woodlands. For many of them the energy corridor is a shorter commute and most of the people who work in the business really don't want anything to do with downtown anyway.
