NDtexan

If yall take Lake Charles, LA which is 143 miles from Houston, then DFW will take Waco(95 mi. from Dallas) and Temple/Killeen(130 mi. from Dallas) just to make it even ...this is thread is ridiculous, sorry to add to it

and Texas' second largest metro area... ...sorry, but it is what it is

No, not a good find... Do you honestly believe that article reflects the activity and the potential of downtown Dallas today, 5 and a half years later? The Arts District alone is the biggest thing downtown's seen in 20 years...while office vacancy is still high, and uptown as of now does pose a threat, it's hard to say one way or another where downtown is going. The spike in residential units in the CBD could have an enormous effect on all real estate in the loop, but for now all we can do is speculate. But let's speculate where downtown might be 5 and a half years from now without bringing up articles from 5 and a half years ago.

Nope.

That's a confusing and unlikely theory...what really needs to happen is all the giant companies with HQ in the burbs need to come back to the CBD, im talkin about Exxon, AMR, Southwest, EDS, JCPenney, Kimberly-Clark, TI, and the list could go on forever; unfortunately this is just as unlikely.

Yep, that's the awesome surf you'll see on a typical day at south padre....oh, wait what does that say in the lower right hand corner? Picture taken the day Katrina struck...good lord, please don't try to fool us anymore.

Ok, first, I do realize that the city of Galveston does have a significant history with some great pieces of architecture that sets it apart from other Texas cities. As far as the beach goes, you basically said it yourself...Galveston's water is "bearable" for part of the year. And I know there's more to the island than Stewart Beach, but it just doesn't compare with other beaches on the east and west and Gulf coasts. If I lived in Houston, I'm sure I'd still head elsewhere to spend to time at the beach.

Dude, Galveston's gross...it really makes me mad though that Texas doesn't have nice beaches like the Florida Gulf coast; it's really the one thing the state's missing

Let's not forget though, that Collin County is Texas' richest per capita