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Jesse

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  1. Gosh I hope it’s not another gas station. The build out looks way fancier than it should for one
  2. Sorry, but that's the stupidest goddamn name for a shopping center I've ever heard.
  3. As a former owner of a Tricon home, I can assure you, this statement is full of $h1t.
  4. Barf. If they're advertising the number of fast food joints and dollar stores nearby, I don't have high hopes for good stuff going in.
  5. Facilities, deliveries, cabling, ductwork, etc. Employees won't travel through them, but support staff will (catering, package delivery, etc)
  6. 100 pages on this thread, and nobody is any closer to convincing the other side that they're right. Or wrong. Or whatever. I'm confused. Just as confused as 2979 posts ago. What were we talking about again? Hey look, a Wally-world!
  7. They just finished a number of upgrades, so I'm guessing it's sticking around for a while. They actually improved the produce section quite a bit, reorganized the store, changed the front entrance, and slapped a fresh coat of paint on it. It's not my primary store although it's the closest one to me, but it is definitely improved.
  8. This seemed appropriate: http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2011/12/21
  9. For the love of god, can we please lock this thread down on October 27th?
  10. >2500 posts in this thread. What was the topic again?
  11. Wow. It is laughable that they advertise you can get from the site to the SW Freeway or anywhere downtown in "5 minutes" (slide 3 on either link). The last time I even came close to that kind of speed/distance was a few hours before Ike hit, when there were ZERO cars on the road. Even going up Yale to 610 would be a challenge, unless there were no cars in front of you and you hit every green light (all 10 of them in the 3 mile stretch). And believe me, they are not timed so you can make every one (Koehler, I-10 East, 1-10 West, 6th, 11th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, 610 East)
  12. Wow, we're down to nitpicking grammar, huh? I figured his use of the word "your", followed by his quoting MY statement, indicated he was talking to me. But let's let him answer. Not sure why you jumped in, Niche. I wasn't talking to you. Still waiting on Red's response. And yes, I would LOVE to hear you back up YOUR statement with facts. When have I made non-credible statements about "my fight"? Please provide evidence. You're so good at brushing off others when they don't back up statements with facts. So let's see them. When have I not been credible? (that's directed at you, Niche). And, for the record, I said "I would argue THE fight isn't over". Not my fight. I never mentioned my fight. So why are you? I was taking issue with Red's logic (again, why am I arguing this with you? Regardless...). He said he fought the historic ordinance for a year. Which I respect. He then said "his current activities", suggesting he was still actively involved in raising awareness, and working towards his goal, even though the ordinance passed. Some would argue the fight was over once it passed. But he is continuing his work. He's still fighting. Good for him. My point, which some clearly misunderstood, was that although the initial fight to prevent Walmart from entering the neighborhood is over (presumably they've signed a lease by now), there could still be ways to delay/prevent/obstruct the opening. I don't know of any. That doesn't mean there aren't any. Some people are actively looking into it. My point is that any efforts right now, that could prevent/delay the opening would still be considered a 'fight'. Once the doors open, the fight would be over. But until then, I don't see how the battle is lost. Much like how Red is continuing to fight, even though the ordinance passed. capisce?
  13. Huh? I haven't talked about trees. Please explain.
  14. I would argue the fight isn't over until Walmart opens their doors
  15. Well, kinda. Greenspoint is accessable through all of those roads, but for the ExxonMobil buildings, you're looking at a few hundred exiting I-45 from Rankin Road, and the rest exiting Greens Road (90% East, 10% West) Beltway 8 drivers only exit Greenspoint Drive - there are no XOM buildings on Imperial Valley or East of there. Hardy Toll Road drivers have to exit onto BW8, and then again can only exit onto Greenspoint Drive The new campus will have I-45, Grand Parkway, and that last exit off Hardy (I forget the name). Plus a likely entrance on the West side of the campus from the new neighborhood. I agree with you though... it won't be pretty, at least at first. I for one am very interested to see what kind of car/van/bus pooling options they provide, especially to inner-loopers. I think the company recognizes that anytime you bring that many people together in one spot, you're very likely to have traffic issues
  16. Actually with 13,000 spaces I'd wager there are >13,000 employees. Or at least the capacity for such. Building >1 spot per person is purely wasteful (nobody can drive 2 cars at a time, obviously), but there are always people out of the office on vacation, sick, travelling, in training, carpooling (ie: spouses and neighbors), riding a motorcycle, handicapped parkers, being dropped off by a spouse/neighbor, etc.
  17. 0 to 10,000 employees? Wait a second. Is everyone forgetting the few thousand employees already in Greenspoint? They have employees in at least 8 buildings there already. The 9 miles between Greenspoint and the new campus is not going to make everyone sell their house and move - a vast majority already live in The Woodlands, so you're looking at a net change of zero people coming out of the 'burbs and onto I-45. A majority of the rest live inside the loop, and they're looking at an added 7-10 minutes on the highway. Since so few people are coming Northbound already (reverse commute), you're still not looking at any net influx into the Woodlands (they'll all exit at the new campus, or even take Hardy up and just get off from there). Right now there isn't any slowdown on I-45 going Northbound until you get to the Woodlands flyover. There is zero traffic backup from XOM employees on the Greenspoint exit ramps at any time of day, and those ramps are far smaller than the ones near the campus. Now, let's talk about the downtown office and the research center (Greenway plaza): A surprisingly large amount of people commute from the Woodlands to the downtown building and Greenway. Maybe a few additional cars coming out of the Woodlands to the new campus, since some of those people take the HOV bus currently. Same with the research center. People who live inside the loop and work there will now commute Northbound, so yes, a little bit of added traffic getting off I-45 at the new campus. People who work at the energy corridor building out I-10 already live out there, so they'll either be coming North, or moving to the Woodlands or Spring Creek. Speaking of Spring Creek - isn't that development going to be West of I-45, next to the campus? So those people won't be on I-45, they'll enter the campus through one of the 4+ entrances. My point here is that for the employees already in Houston, very very few will be moving, and even few will be dramatically changing their commutes (most will be getting shorter, in fact). The company is very actively looking at carpool/bus/vanpool options for higher employee density neighborhoods, so that should help the congestion a bit too. The larger issue is the ~2000 employees coming from other cities (Fairfax, Baytown, etc). Who knows where they'll live - I'm guessing the Woodlands and Spring Creek area. They will have a traffic impact, though as Redscare said, it's not like they're all going to appear overnight. One more note - XOM employees generally get to work between 6am and 8:30am (some even earlier). So you're looking at 10,000 people (eventually) spread out over 2.5+ hours, across multiple entrances, from multiple directions. To think that XOM didn't plan for this is to not understand how XOM approaches projects.
  18. RedScare - our disagreements aside, that's a brilliantly relevant and funny clip you linked to
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