Ross

Media/opponents. Keep in mind that at the time, there were still a number of original owners still occupying houses. The elderly tend to scare easily.

Another reason for the Dian "hate gate" was that AT&T couldn't/wouldn't control their trucks from charging down the Timbergrove streets at speeds far higher than necessary. That's better now, but still an issue at times.

 

If the gate stopped an ambulance, that's more the fault of HFD for picking a bad route. The townhome residents tried that same ambulance arguments to fight the speed bumps on Worthshire, but failed. Of course, the townhome residents really wanted to be able to drive 50+ without any impediments.

The few people who lived on East TC Jester near the split North of 11th, and the baseball folks (Timbergrove Sports Association), were adamantly against the expansion of the street all the way up to 18th/20th. Of course, so were the folks South of 11th on TC Jester when the announcement was made about building the bridge over the Bayou.

The previous owner won't be liable for the increase in HCAD value. Failing to disclose unpermitted work might create liability under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, and seems to violate the disclosure provisions of section 5.008 of the Texas Property Code, I am not a lawyer, so that's just my opinion. Talk to an attorney, since TDTPA suits carry triple damages and attorney fees if you win.

 

You can try showing HCAD your closing statment to get teh value changed to what you paid. That's worked for me a couple of times.

Offices like that tend to have HVAC outlets at each workstation, with some level of personal setting available.

And, before there was a Walgreens on the top of the mound next to the bank, there was a Blockbuster. I don't think the Blockbuster was elevated that high The HEB was a Food City that was even worse than the HEB, which is pretty grim.

I actually like Nick Wright and John Lopez. Entertaining and funny.

That intersection just isn't that bad. E T C Jester was built by the TIRZ as a sop to Albertsons and the property owners who wanted to build apartments. It was really hard on The Timbergrove Sports Association that had to make do with temporary fields for several years.

600 0000 isn't that high density.

The loop had what now 400 000 people. That would bring it to 1M in 90 sq mile. That's a density of 11 000 people per sq mile. That's less than Miami.

For perspective, Manhattan had 1.6 million people in just over 20 square miles and a density of over 70 000 people per square mile. San Francisco has 850 000 people in 45 sq miles. The inner loop is still rather empty. Bringing the bulk of a cities population to the core does a world of good. It's easier to manage a city in 90 sq miles than in 400. Can you image the reduction in costs the city would incur by reducing the number of streets than needs to be surfaced, reduced cost of miles of public transportation. Reduced everything

So what, you really think you can force everyone to move into a compressed area inside the Loop? And what is the basis for thinking that City costs go down with density?

 

We may see a million people inside the Loop some day, but I suspect I will be long dead before that happens. There's no drivers to force that to happen quickly.

Yes. I'm sorry when I said around downtown I literally meant the neighborhoods around downtown. I should have said surrounding.

Point was we are lamenting over one not so great block when we have 8000 others.

Just fantasy here, but can you imagine just half of those blocks with an average sized residential building on it? Say a low rise building LIke block 334? I think that building has about 200 units. At 1.5 people per unit, a quarter of those blocks would house 600 000 people at full capacity.

Can you imagine how cheap cost of living would be? Midtown, 3rd ward, East End AND The north are all served by rail. All these units would result in lower rents and public transit is much cheaper than driving and parking costs.

Can you imagine the demand for retail such a huge increase in population would create?

 

Can you imagine what a horrifically bad place to live that would be? Why would I want another 600,000 people inside the Loop? If I want that sort of density, I'll move somewhere else if that happens, because it would not be Houston any longer, it would be some awful place that I don't want to be.

 

About time. That thing has been smelling for decades.

Radio said Astros are paying The $15 million.

Here's the Harris County Flood Warning System page http://www.harriscountyfws.org/?View=full

 

Lots of rainfall. The area West of the Heights had over 8 inches last night.

I think that means Film Code 349085 Harris County Map Records.

 

Which subdivision is this?

I can say with some certainty that replacing about 100 ft of sewer costs $5,000 - we spent that to replace collapsed concrete line with PVC. I would expect rerouting a sewer to be similar in cost.

Ask the title company, or do a search in the county records.

It's strange to think about a building in downtown Houston that appears to be almost completely made out of trees.  OTOH, I guess trees were the most conspicuous part of the landscape there 200 years ago ...

 

There may have been trees near the bayou, but most of the area was potholed prairie

 

• A couple of 20-something men felt compelled to stop their cart and kiss lovingly in the middle of every aisle. They happened to be ahead of me at checkout and entered the debit card pin number with their hands clasped It took three tries with all those fingers getting in the way.

There's a time and a place for everything. Sadly, the time often occurs when you are in the wrong place...

Culberson. What a piece of work. Why can't folks just vote him out?

 

His district is designed to reliably elect him, or someone like him. Did he even have a challenger in the last election?

 

I know that. I'm willing to support measures that inconvenience me if it makes this city a better city. My life doesn't revolve around going to my dentist. And if a few minutes are added to make the city more attractive and a better city it's worth it. The selfish mentality of I have to drive wherever I want as fast as possible has made Houston the congested mess it is.

You have never expressed a willingness to do anything but screw up the lives of anyone who doesn't agree with you. My trips are proxies for thousands of other trips taken by thousands of other people. If TXDOT announced that the freeways would stop at Downtown, there would be torches and pitchforks everywhere.

So you basically want to screw anyone who doesn't have an EZ tag, since you can't take BW8 East from 45 or 59 without one. Plus the tolls from the North side to 45 South will run $10 or more, round trip. That's more than a lot of folks are willing to pay.

Let's just agree that running through town is the optimum route.

1. Surface streets (e.g. Shepherd to Westheimer to Elgin)

2. 610 N to 10 E

3. 610 W and S to 288 S

FWIW, routes 2 and 3 are faster than going via Downtown, and the first is indicative of the deficiencies in our street planning system - there isn't enough arterial capacity to take over the load when the freeways fail.

Routes 2 and 3 are far slower. I've dne both. They are longer by several miles, and don't move as well as the the through town routes. Using surface streets fir number 1 turns a 10-15 minute trip into an hour long slog. And I generally take surface streets when possible.

My overall problem with the plan is where capacity is reduced in one area it's just shifted somewhere else. Why not just remove the pierce and not add capacity to 59? Force people to shift their driving habits, and perhaps mobility habits as a whole. That would be a real way to get people to stop going through the city center in the first place.

 

I live in Timbergrove, and my dentist is near Telephone and 45. Just how am I supposed to get there without going through Downtown? I have relatives in Baytown, how do I get there without going through the middle of town? I often do some outdoor activities near Manvel. How do I get there without going through Downtown? I suppose you think it's OK to make poeple go miles out of the way, just to satisfy your bizarre ideas on what a city should look like.

 

Not a Vette, but BMWs.  Which are almost as bad about not using front plates anywhere other than Virginia (where they take that sort of thing REAL seriously).

 

Edit:  On further reflection, perhaps Ross is from Virginia. 

 

Nope, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn there a few times.

 

I know that. I like the law, and want it enforced. I am tired of the arrogance of those who think their car is so precious it can't be sullied with a front plate. Perhaps car makers ought to include front plates in their design.