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I did not like some of the things they said about Houston, but we do need to find something other than oil to make up Houston economy. If oil falls whats Houston going to do?

Oil/energy is only like 43% of Houston's economy now, and dropping every year.

Soccer fields would be a better idea for things like that. Baseball fields are to hard to maintain with the dirt and stuff I'm thinking. Have them above ground instead of sunken below.

Maybe they meant the entire city.

Doable I say. I would give her a 7.5, too.

More than "kind of."

VERY.

And they don't participate in recessions.

They moved the crowd from GRB to Toyota this morning right when I was driving by. It's crazy to see that many people move in unison. It looked like a Verizion commerical.

Speaking of Verizon and geeks, anyone think that lady in the Verizon commercial who is walking out of the office building is kind of sexy?

Yes.

As the City of Houston would say: Money! Money! Money!

I don't think I will put a lot of stock in this article that spells Dining with two n's and mentions Carolina Street instead of Caroline. Something up with this.

Take that up with the House of Blues. It is their website, and their renderings.

Not commuter rail, but light rail. Commuter rail to IAH won't work.

I drove on Allen Parkway when I was going to the Rockets game back in March. It's easy to drive on.

Once Sugar Land does its annexation, it will become number two. Then when The Woodlands becomes a city, it will take the third spot I'm thinking. Or Pearland takes that spot.

But damn, if the areas that use "Katy, Texas" as an address was a city, that's 250,000 right there.

New and final ones. Doesn't look that bad to me, but people complain for anything.

Sure will. I know Houston can do it. Some beautification projects would definitely come along, too.

And Editor, is Chicago a controversial site? I thought that Chicago was the front runner with the IOC.

Whoop! Whoop!

METRO Phase II will definitely be complete, but that won't be enough. We need a line to IAH and Hobby to fully support this thing. I'm sure our commuter rail lines (Galveston, 290, Fort Bend, and maybe Tomball), will be up and running by then. our Signature Bus lines (Westheimer, Gessner), should be, too. I think transit should be covered. Hopefully hotels come online. I'm sure the rumored W and Ritz will be done. Maybe the new 1,000+ room Downtown Convention Center hotel.

Basically, 2020 would almost be perfect for Houston. I hope we get it.

Didn't some congressmen or counselmen want to put commuter rail along the RR tracks that go next to 290 when they first talked about rail and METRO said no, that they wanted light rail instead?

No. Metro always wanted commuter rail there.

Examples....

Those are old renderings.

Actually, they aren't. I remember seeing those. The one you posted still has the underground parking.

We don't need all of Houston foot friendly. Areas like Uptown need to be foot friendly.

I already left Houston due to frustration of how it responds to growth. Coincidentally, the only 'communist' thing is that the Galleria never had a plan to have a balance between cars and actual people and that a city cannot even provide an option for walkable neighborhoods even on the fringes of downtown where there is an actual demand. The Galleria's traffic problems are a scream for better planning. No reason developers are finding ways to fit retail, office, hotel, and residential space on an acre or two parcel of land that use to house ONE strip center and asphalt for maybe 200 vehicles. Having an alternative mode of transportation catering to these type of developments will atleast give folks a reasonable and comfortableoption to be car free if they choose to. Does not stop YOU from driving but atleast you have an option. The current option sucks and THAT is almost not even subjective.

Agreed. I just came back from Uptown. Met some really fine Hispanic girls from the ice rink and chatted with them for a while with my friends. It was easy, because there was three of us, and three of them, and they were just sitting at a table alone, so we sat next to them. Bought some Thirstys and had a good time. But aside from meeting fine girls, Uptown is a traffic nightmare .

They need more options. Redevelop the strip centers, and when the rail comes in, expand the sidewalks.

But life must be expensive in the Bay Area.

I agree that a better entertainment mix might bring a different crowd, but then there is always to possibility of urban friction when you bring too many unlike types together. Even though I live in what some folks call "red-neck haven", I try to stay away from large type mega gatherings like this, "Oh, the humanity!"

Urban friction? Who gives a damn. We need a mix of acts. It was all country yesterday, and the year before from what I remember. And I looked up those country stars, and some of their last albums were in 2005.

No he doesn't.

I should perhaps have mentioned that it doesn't exactly scream our praises.

You don't say.

"an electric tram through its historic district...but its empty"

^^Really!

But is there a way to email these folks? I think they need to work on the show. Better artists, etc.

What a crappy article.

They really need some diversity in there. All country acts. REALLY boring. Get some R&B in there. I'm not sure rap would go well though, but I'm sure the country crowd would enjoy some John Legend. But, if you do bring in rap, you'll bring some diversity into the crowd. It was a winter wonderland tonight.