NDtexan

Wikipedia shows DFW with 12 counties in 2005 at 5.8 million; Houston with 10 counties at 5.3 million. Outside DFW's metroplex, there are no adjacent metropolitan areas. Adjacent to Houston there is: Bryan College Station at approx 165,000; Golden Triangle 365,000; and next to that one Lake Charles at 165,000.

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

P.S. The San Jacinto Monument (nation's tallest and the birthplace of Texas) has completed its reconstruction. Catch the elevator to the top to see America's 4th largest city

and Texas' second largest metro area...

...sorry, but it is what it is

Since no one would cite me an article that supports their rosy views, I decided to look for myself. I could not find one, but I did find this Dallas Business Journal article about downtown Dallas.

Enjoy.

http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stori...editorial2.html

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.

Then Fort Worth will slowly become a Houstonian - something that lots of folks would like to call themselves.

Nope.

Development happens in waves and I think that we all know that.Look at the 90's here in Dallas....(nothing happened ) All I'm saying is that if we completely hollw out downtown(as you Houstionians would say)it wouldn't look good but we wouldnt be as bad off as it is being portrayed.Because who's to say that 5 or maybe 10 years after we "Hollow " it out it wont become a hot market again and fill up?Then we would have all of the companies that left the 1980's towers for uptown, making uptown thrive, and the new companies that found a new intrest in the central Business districtcausing it to thrive as well.But like I posted earlier...this is the worst case scenerio and the chances of this really happening is very slim.So we are indeed in a good position REDSCARE

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.

He's right, you know. Texas beaches really DO suck.

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.

To say that Galveston is gross is ubsurd, especially on an architectural forum. It also show's a lack of knowledge of the great things there are to see and do on the island. On top of that, the water can be very bareable several months of the year when winds sustain Southeast.

I won't elaborate about all of the wonderful attributes of Galveston, as you've already got your mind made up.

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.

This "best" urban stuff has gotta take a back seat to reality. Houston has some way cool urban environments. Not only that, when can you take a thirty minute drive to Kemah, Galveston, beaches, etc. or buy a condo on the beach or the bay in Dallas or Atlanta? OK, yes, you you have your little fresh water lakes. We have those too. So "my urban best" can beat your "urban best" almost always. Thanks, houstonfella has attitude today. >

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

For what it's worth, here's the link from today's Chronicle; Houston now has 10 billionaires, up 3 from last year. We already know Harris County has the most millionaires in Texas. There's some money down here on the bayou Houston's Billionaires

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