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A lot of sacrilege shown against this sacred building. Very sad. You can say the building is ugly. Fair enough. However, turd and WT? demonstrate a lack of respect and reverence.
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the evidence does not agree with you. Hiring in healthcare has been booming regardless of the rhetoric. Which makes sense, since aging baby boomers are dictating the market, not Trump.
clearly those who run health care facilities know this and have forecasted baby boomer demand into their hiring practices. Clearly, only someone who has never hired patient facing employees would claim that a proposed legislation that has not even passed is a "market event".
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We've gone from Trump/Republicans have screwed up healthcare in the first post to now admitting Trump has not screwed up healthcare. Evidence and facts win again.
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July's job numbers published yesterday: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
In further evidence the sky is not falling, Healthcare employment growth is up from June. In July 39K health care jobs were added.
Facts.
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6 hours ago, brian0123 said:
102, it sounds like you're confusing growing numbers with actual growth and spending
How are they different? You don't invest in hiring new workers unless you think those workers will make you more profitable. Now, you could argue that investment is not as high as it was this time last year. That's true, but a halt in investing has just not occurred. To suggest it is just not factually correct.
Bottom line, the fundamentals are still true. Aging baby boomers will continue to age and will require more healthcare, more prescription drugs, more everything. Obamacare or no Obamacare will not change that market reality. The biggest access to this market for the aging population will be via Medicare and Medicare is not being messed with.
Obama promised us that if we like our doctor we can keep our doctor, if we like our plan we can keep our plan, he promised us more choices in the individual market at lower prices. None of that has come true, accordingly there needs to be a correction. No matter the correction, the healthcare market will flourish because of the above fundamentals.
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4 hours ago, brian0123 said:
Yes, healthcare is doing great following Obamacare. That's what you're seeing. Trump has literally done nothing yet other than introduce uncertainty in the healthcare market.
If what you say is true then wouldn't uncertainty = hiring freezes, slow growth? If I am uncertain about a sector why would I hire more employees in that sector?
Over a month ago on June 3, Plumber2 said without evidence that Republicans screwed up the expansion of the healthcare market. I didn't post anything then, because no matter how ridiculous the claim on this forum, I always analyze the data then I post. Who knows maybe plumbers wild claim was right? Maybe June was going to be a horrible month for healthcare growth across the nation? Nope. Sure enough he was wrong, facts prevailed, one month later, the June jobs report numbers show healthcare as the strongest market in the U.S. economy in June.
My analysis is that healthcare sector growth did very well under Pres Obama. I don't think anyone on this forum would dispute that. My analysis is also that healthcare is continuing to grow under Pres Trump. The claim that healthcare growth plans are on hold across the country is just false.
oh and b, just my experience from the other threads, just ignore the trolls who mention to ignore the trolls. The mods just end up deleting their posts anyways. Thank you mods for deleting those trolling posts in the other threads.
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1 hour ago, brian0123 said:
They've started to slow hiring recently based on uncertainty in the markets with Trump.
Incorrect. Hiring is up in healthcare recently. The Internet exists. Information is available to everyone for free.
https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/employment-by-industry-monthly-changes.htm
The healthcare sector had the largest net positive change in jobs last month compared to May 2017 than any other sector. Admittedly, your sector, information IT is not doing that hot.
My wife is patient facing. MD/PhD, good friends with the CEO of Houston Methodist Research Institute. I am well aware of the clinical, basic research and administrative issues. As far as we can see since Trump became president, things are great. We recently moved to Chicago so my wife could accept a position at Northwestern Medical. The general economy in Chicago is not that great, however, even Healthcare is doing amazing up here. But feel free to clue me in regarding the landscape once you have treated a patient or written a grant proposal to NIH.
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Published in Barrons today: A Great Time to Invest in the Health Care Sector by Bennett:
Somehow I don't feel like the sky is falling, just yet.
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15 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said:
I don't see that as a reason to not want good public transit lol
Not sure what you mean there? Who said anything about not wanting good public transit? (lol)
I was simply providing evidence contrary to Mayor Rahm Emanual's claim (and others) that public transit is nicer and or enjoyable in Chicago. Keep in mind trains are not crowded because rail is successful per se, it's because the government can't afford more trains!
A good option worth considering in Houston is public ride sharing. Similar to an airport bus shuttle but with the convenience of UberPOOL. A commuter Uber van would be a good option for riders heading in the same direction, while giving them an inexpensive ride at the same price as a commuter train.
The idea has gained traction in NYC, LA, SF, Boston and Chicago. Commuters in those cities can now use their pre-tax dollars (Houston does not have this I think?) in their commuter benefit debt cards to pay for UberPOOL rides. In the past those riders could only use their pre tax accounts on public bus/trains.
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If you lose your job just get another one. The latest jobs numbers indicate strong job growth in health care. Health care employment increased by 37,000 in June. So far this year, health care has added an average 24,000 jobs per month. These are not record jobs numbers, but they're not bad either. All in all very solid numbers for the health care sector. Thank you Pres. Trump.
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On 7/6/2017 at 10:31 AM, BeerNut said:
I think a lot of people don't realize how much nicer it is to take commuter rail vs driving if the logistics work for you. Just completed a week doing this going from Lombard, IL to downtown Chicago. Reminded me of how Wespark was a wasted opportunity as they could have probably used the existing tracks and developed infrastructure at the stations.
Lucky you. Lombard is very nice. Neighboring Oak Brook is also very nice. Some of the best kept and manicured roads I have ever seen are out there in Lombard and Oak Brook.
However, after living in Chicago now for several months I hope nothing from Chicago ever gets implemented in Houston. Chicago is truly a failed city. While I can't speak to METRA commuter service since I live in downtown Chicago and have no use to commute to the suburbs, the local CTA trains are an absolute mess. There is a NY Times opinion letter to the editor today from a Chicago resident absolutely frustrated with Chicago's CTA trains.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/opinion/chicago-transits-success.html?_r=0
From the letter..." I ride the Red Line every day from the far North Side downtown to work. The trains are crowded; I can rarely find a seat; and there are often delays because of fire on the tracks. ..."
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One can also get a meal at the local Valero Gas Station. However, no one on this forum would call Valero a restaurant.
Still waiting for you to post your list of 151 "restaurants" that serve food on Saturdays in downtown.
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For the record the AMC Dine In in Downtown is not a full amenity AMC Dine In. It may get there one day, and i hope it does, but it's currently not at that level. What it has instead, is prepackaged boxed meals (probably not made on site) which you can order from the concession stand. After your "meal" is heated up it's ready for pick up. People who have actually been to a full AMC Dine In will notice the lack of a made from scratch menu prepared fresh from a chef, which you can order from your seat. But I'm sure people who have actually experienced both already knew that. However people just doing Google searches may not be in aware.
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Sundance was a solid cafe in its own right. You could (I don't know anyone who did) eat at the cafe by itself and skip the movie experience entirely. The new AMC is just another AMC. It's pre-boxed movie theater food. Not a restaurant.
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Great American Cookie Co (tunnels?)
AMC Dine-In Houston 8 (haha, movie theater food!)
So much for Houston19514's "fact finding" of 151 "restaurants" that serve food on Saturdays.
Fake facts. Sad.
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2 hours ago, cspwal said:
I just looked at all the hours for all the restraunts in downtown
There are 106 places that serve food on the weekends, and 68 of them are open on sundays
Most are concentrated in NW downtown, with a lot of new ones around the ballpark.
The list is pretty long so that I attached it here
Awesome list! Thank you.
I wonder if Houston19514 can post his list too? Seems like his data doesn't match up?
On 6/28/2017 at 4:52 PM, Houston19514 said:Always eager to find the facts, I did some digging around and came up with a list of 110 restaurants, cafes, etc, where one can eat on Saturday and Sundays. An additional 41, for a total of 151, are open on Saturdays. And more are on the way!
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3 hours ago, Houston19514 said:
So, if one walks down one particular stretch of one particular street on a certain day of the week,
Yeah, that's called taking a walk down the street. Tourists do it all the time. I guess you've never walked down 5th Ave in New York or the Champs-Élysées in Paris or pretty much any street. Anyways, if a tourist can walk for more than a 1/4 mile in a straight line in Houston's heat and not find a restaurant in certain parts of Downtown then that actually refutes UU's point, obviously.
Very lame, is this the best y'all have? Y'alls new restaurant thread that doesn't even mention any new restaurants but only mentions wishes of future downtown restaurants yet does include not so vague insults towards me gets practically deleted by the mods, and for what? This?
Instead of trying to defend the indefensible (just stop already, it just looks bad when you try to argue that it's impossible to miss restaurants on the weekend in downtown) why not put together a list of street level restaurants open on the weekends in downtown. (However, if we will exclude subterranean tunnel restaurants that are not easily accessible to the public then we should also exclude restaurants hidden inside hotels which are also not easily accessible to those not on the hotel property).
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44 minutes ago, cspwal said:
It's not on Smith though, so I guess it doesn't count
Smith street was just an example I chose to use to refute UU argument. He could have simply conceded that yes, there are no street level restaurants on that stretch of Smith Street on Sundays and move on to his next points. But instead we saw what happened. However, I do concede your point that if one travels from that starting point in a easterly direction instead of a northerly one then yes, even on a Sunday you will more easily come across a street level restaurant open for business like Burger Theory.
I don't have an issue conceding facts I cannot refute. A few posts back @rechlin corrected me regarding Samurai Noodle not technically closing but instead just being swapped out. I conceded the point and moved on. For some reason others others on this forum, not saying you, have an issue conceding basic facts when they are presented in front of them and instead resort to name calling.
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11 minutes ago, UtterlyUrban said:
Are you actually serious?
I didn't bother to comment on much your "trains" thread because I figured you just were having an odd time of it that week. I now agree with others and will simply ignore you as you seem to enjoy being perceived as groundlessly provocative with baseless arguments.
Wow. I didn't know there were so many snowflakes on HAIF. There used to be a lot of great posters back in the day. I now see why they don't post anymore. You make a ridiculous statement that I counter with facts, and instead of presenting a reasoned defense or conceding the point you instead respond by making demagoguery remarks.
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40 minutes ago, UtterlyUrban said:
It it "near impossible to miss" Shula's and Benihana on your mythical journey. So, you are wrong. Sorry.
Sorry, you're wrong. Neither Benihana nor Shula's are on Smith street. And I only remember accessing Shula's from inside the hotel, does it even have a pedestrian street entrance?
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21 minutes ago, UtterlyUrban said:
Oh, I see, we now need to pick specific spots on specific roads only and travel in one specific direction only. Is that what you do when you travel to a new city? Ok, I'll bite (pun intended). Let's play.......
You, not me, said...
8 hours ago, UtterlyUrban said:While I would agree with your sentiment, Actually, I would say that "it's not hard to find" is wrong. Rather, I would revise that and say that "it is near impossible to miss".
Based on your bold statement, I simply presented a fact that countered your claim that it was "near impossible to miss". In fact, someone staying at the Whitehall on a Sunday would have a very very hard time finding a street level restaurant open if they traveled north on Smith for 3/4 of a mile (I specifically chose a northerly track because one block south and you exit Downtown). You may not like that fact, but it is a fact. And to your point yes your hypothetical visitor could travel south to Midtown and not be constrained by Downtown, but at that point that's just more of an an indictment of the street level restaurant scene in downtown failing your hypothetical visitor.
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5 hours ago, Naviguessor said:
Well, there's the Whitehall Hotel, 1700 Smith, just one block north of the Fed Building. They had live music on the patio last weekend. And...the restaurant was open. So...there's that.
Actually no, that patio (Part and Parcel) is closed on Sundays.
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15 minutes ago, UtterlyUrban said:
Rather, I would revise that and say that "it is near impossible to miss".
If someone was standing at the bottom of Smith Street behind the Leland Federal Building and walked for literally 3/4 of a mile north on Smith street up to Rusk Street behind the Bank of America building on a Sunday, does that person come across even one open street level restaurant on Smith street for that stretch? It would be near impossible for that person to find a restaurant on that stretch of Smith open on a Sunday.
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17 minutes ago, rechlin said:
Samurai Noodle doesn't count. It's in the Conservatory
Understood. Yeah, I know food halls are all the craze now but I was never sure how Samurai Noodle fit into Houston's first food hall. They are not a local Houston restaurant and operate as a national franchise. But yeah it looks like they were just a regular vendor rotating out.
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