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    Nau Center For Cultural Heritage Museum

    in Downtown

    Posted

    Why can't they just scale it back to the original $40 million dollar version ...they'd only be $7 million off and that version looked better anyways. Why does a glorified visitors center need friggin classrooms anyways. You're not building the damn Museum of Natural Science... talk about over thinking it. Too much added, now it's too expensive. Just dumb...

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    Now it won't be finished in time for the Super Bowl, an it'll be an eyesore! Grrrrrr.

    Can the Boom Continue?

    in General Houston Discussions

    Posted

    It might slow a bit for a while, but this article reminds us we won't be down for long:

    I agree. We may be down for a few years but it had to happen sooner or later. The pay rates of the people I hire and work with have gotten ridiculous. There will be permanent damage though. We are sending much more work overseas in an effort to lower costs. Entire career paths that used to exist in Houston will end or be greatly diminished because of this downturn. There are people in India who will work for $2 an hour to do things we pay $90 an hour for here.

    http://m.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2015/03/texas-to-see-explosive-growth-population-to-double.html

    Hey! I didn't write that quote. All I wrote was we won't be down for long. Jgriff, did you hijack me? The rest of the quote starting with "I agree" was not me.

    The Boulevard Project

    in Transit

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    No. He has a rider added to the budget every year that says federal money cannot be used on light rail in his district unless very specific conditions are met, which are fairly unattainable.

    There is nothing stopping metro from building it, so long as it is funded locally.

    It's so frustrating that Texas turns down so many federal $$$.

    The Boulevard Project

    in Transit

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    I stopped reading this when he suggested that this was our "Rodeo Drive" (of course Rodeo pronounced in the other way not the Houston Rodeo way). The whole article is very cynical, and reeks of sweaty palms and fear of change. I got news for him....Post Oak sucks to drive on! Period!

    "Rodeo Drive, perhaps Houston's best tourist attraction, will be no more." LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLLLLL

    Nasa...nope. Our fabulous museum district......nope. Downtown.....nope. Buffalo Bayou.....nope. A congested, mismanaged, poorly planned, over indulgent, strip mall flanked road.....yes. yes this is our best attraction! Douchebag.

    These mo'fo's don't understand we have to get mass trans! He needs to get out more.

    Public Parks Fences And The Homeless

    in Off Topic

    Posted · Edited by Dakota79

    I drive by the intersection of Main and Richmond at least 3x a week for the past 3 or 4 years I had noticed an increase this winter with the number of homeless who used the benches at Peggy Point Plaza. Now there is a fence. I wondered if the increase of homeless was the reason behind fencing this park.

    I drive by there almost dally, and there were 20-40 homeless people and trash everywhere. I assume that church must own the fountain or it wouldn't have been able to be fenced. (Not public property). If they would dress up that metro station,figure out a way to get the homeless camp under the elevated 59 hwy cleaned up, it would make a huge difference.

    That, and redevelop that nasty Sears! How could it possibly make money?

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