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    Houston led the country last year in new job creation.
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    It seems that the Hispanic culture has a strong sense of family. Sadly, for whites and blacks, we tend to cast out our family members as soon as they become a burden. The homeless would not be aggressive if it didn't pay off. Any person caught giving a homeless person money should be fined heftily. I never give out money to the homeless. It's not hard to see that a large percentage of them need alcohol and drug rehabilitation. A good idea that I got from a church organization is to keep bags of non-perishable food items (pretzels, etc.) in your car to hand out. It's hard to spend food on drugs and alcohol.
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    so much for the american dream
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    There's a little corner store across the street that attracts a certain kind of "undesirable crowd". There's always a lot of panhandling going on that block. Although the people in the picture posted look like honest people waiting for a bus. I wonder how this building will impact the neighboring buildings.
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    There is no way he can possibly sue you, unless you have a signed contract with the realtor. Most realtors in Houston are good ethical people. I hope you don't let this experience tarnish your opinion. You should report them.
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    I grew up in Beaumont. If I recall correctly, Dillard's didn't exactly want two stores at Parkdale, but they bought somebody out and assumed the lease. I always thought it was odd to have a men's Dillards and a women's Dillards in one mall.
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    It just looks like Meyerland Plaza II to me. It could be worse, but it could be much better also, given its location.
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    I figured I would create a new topic. Does anybody know the history of the Wedge Tower? Clearly there was a garage attached at one time. When did it come down? For what reason? Also, I've been told that the owner (builder) of the Wedge filed bankruptcy in the 80s with the real estate collapse, and made an apartment on the top floor where the restaurant now is. He tried to keep the building by claiming it as his homestead. He eventually lost that battle.
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    I'm hoping it's that one too. I pass this eyesore everyday on my way to work. Nice pool view. Does anybody know if the Wedge Group ever plans to add a garage to the half-block across the street. I've always wondered how they compete without any parking options.
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    I think that's right. Right next to 1201 Louisiana. I didn't know there was that much space there for that kind of project. Maybe they'll take a surface lot nearby also.
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    USC is known as the University of South Central. That doesn't come as a huge compliment in L.A.
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    I just got busted at work squinting and staring at this screen.
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    What kind of success does anybody think this store will have? I've never been one to spend a lot of money on shoes, other than dress shoes. I honestly don't know how many people are willing to buy expensive running shoes, ets.
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    My home isn't worth $1.5MM and the food was provided by ICON Mortgage. It really is a no lose situation.
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    Wow, I had no idea the Savoy looked that bad. I wonder what the city thinks of it.
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    We are having a realtor open house this Thursday July 12th, from 11:30AM until 1PM. Lunch will be provided by Pronto Italtian Cucina. We are having a buyer open house this Sunday July 12th, from 2PM to 5PM. There will be snacks provided.
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    I'm not sure this is going to replace Colorado just yet. You can spend all the money in the world and still not recreate the true mountain experience. This needs to be affordable to work. Otherwise people will be spending their money on the real thing.
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    The code of honor is "Aggies do not lie, cheat or steal." It never mentions cover ups.
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    I can't match your engineering expertise, as I'm not an engineer. But back at you. Context. My premise is not based strictly on other cities, but California and Texas (including Houston) moving to diamond lanes as originally stated. These were my main examples in the earlier post, and both are experienced in traffic management. I'm sure like all discussions, there are civil engineers that can make good arguments in favor of both approaches. People that attended one of the major universities in Texas generally have a great deal of respect for each other and their universities. It's usually the lesser known schools that have some sort of inferiority complex in regards to schools. I attended Texas A&M and have lots of friends that attended UT, Tech, Rice, TCU, etc. There's good natured ribbing, but not one of them actually believe the baseless drivel that some of these posters truly believe.
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    The Doubletree in the Allen Center seems to do just fine. I have a business partner in Dallas, and he can never get a room there when he comes in town.
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    Worked well in 1970, but why have one lane where two or three will easily fit? Texas, California and other states are clearly moving toward HOT lanes (to make money) and diamond lanes (to move more people). Back to the original topic, I know lots of people that drive in to downtown along 290. I can't say statistically what the numbers would look like, but I think we'd be surprised how many people actually work downtown and live along the 290 corridor. The problem is how many people would even use the commuter rail? We have a deeply entrenched car culture here in Houston that won't change over night.
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    Where is your schooling? Because you certainly are not on top of the issues. In fact you write freely and continually show your ignorance. The diamond lanes have been implemented for years in other major metropolitan cities. Houston's single HOV walled lanes are routinely criticized by civil engineers as a massive waste of space. That's why Houston is finally moving to diamond lanes on new freeway construction (i.e. Katy Freeway). To state that Houston's HOV system is some sort of model would be laughable, if you really didn't believe it.
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    This was a dead give away. But it did get somebody to respond with "crane erections".
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    For some people it's not the choice between a Bentley and a Ford, it's the choice between being able to afford their job or not. It's a bit elitist to say "I don't care about the commuter, they made their bed now lie in it." I know several families that have two different jobs in two different locations. Naturally you have to choose a central location to set roots. Factor in schools, cost of living and out right quality of life, and this rules out everybody living next to their offices.
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    County commissioners are elected to 4 year terms. With this kind of outrage, there will be action eventually. Why do you see the commissioners scrambling to justify their actions less than 24 hours after a vote?
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