voxx Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 A little off-topic but I thought you guys would find this interesting. It's a view from an outsider on how Texas could be a model in terms of rebuilding. This is in the LA Times:A NEW New OrleansForget crawfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 The French Quarter and Garden Districts were mostly intact... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 Why do they just have to call Houston UGLY? Other cities around the US love to talk about Houston, but when a disaster like this happens look at the first city to step up... HOUSTON! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 He may have called Houston ugly, but it was to make a big point...that despite the stereotype of being ugly and mundane, Houston has become a force, an efficient engine of commerce and life, by doing the unglamorous things, like building infrastructure.In the end, more education about Houston, and frankly, better publicity than the Super Bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 I dont think he simply said "...Houston's ugly...."Lets face it Houston doesnt have the charm of places like Charleston, S.C. or New Orleans - we have nice parts of town - but they lack the character that defines a truely unique city such as the above mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 I think this disaster will be a blessing in some ways for NO, apart from the immediate human horrors. What survived is a lot of the "good stuff" that is above sea level for the most part and that will remain for the tourism. With the huge amounts of money that will flow along with positive energy, there's a great opportunity to create and carry out a master plan. Hopefully there are able people in power with the vision to make it a reality and not waste this chance.And yeah, we get insulted again but we're sneaking up on some of the "charming" cities but as said, we put the basics first but with success, we now find we're able to spruce the place up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 There's also a lesson in this for us - don't sacrifice the fundamentals for the sake of glamour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucesw Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 I didn't care for the headline but I liked the article.'Superficially less-than-lovely' -- it's a new slogan for the GHCVB!And since I resemble that remark anyway, I'm going to have a t-shirt made up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Yeah, the French Quarter looks dry.Recent Satellite Google MapBut just blocks away there's lots of water.Superdome map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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