Gary

Your dating yourself TJ. Great Gleason impersonation anyway.

Yes sir.

That's Dallas fer ya. Can't stand Houston topping them in anything.

Oh geeez, you had to bring up Valhalla's. I've spent a few evenings blindly walking around the campus after drinking to many of those cheap beers. Really cool for a cheap night.

Our water issues are not close to those found in Vegas, Phoenix etc. To give you an example of my limited knowledge of the subject.... I've got a friend who owns a home in Vegas and it's illegal to water plants, lawn etc. In fact most of the new residential developments are putting in pea gravel or river rock in place of what would be a lawn.

Actually, the US census bureu's 2004 estimate has Houston at 2,012,686, and Chicago at 2,862,044. Interesting thing to me, is that Chi-Town has steadily been decreasing in population. Of course with Katrina we should add roughly 150,000 to Houston's number. Pheonix still has a long way to catch up to Houston at 1,418,041, and it's not growing that much faster according to the census website.

What i don't get is the fact that Dubai's population is right at 1 million and the entire country (UAE) sits at about 4 million. How do they plan to fill all of these commercial highrises and those that are proposed? It seems to me that these guys are WAY overbuilding.

Aside from the weather, I adore Seattle. Hopefully I'll be going again this Fall.

Yeah, Houston's traffic is a breeze compared to LA.

Man, Hong Kong is friggin awesome. Wouldn't want to live there, but still awesome. Thanks Editor.

Wow! I've been on the road since Tuesday and citykid is still on his Atlanta binge. Amazing! I'm curious, does anyone know his age?

You didn't know Atlanta was an Alpha city? You need to get out more.

Favorite bar: Gingerman Favorite pizza: Star Pizza Favorite drive: Memorial from Downtown to Uptown.

Hate to keep using the laugh smilie but, . Geeez, that was funnier than Coogs last post. Citykid, you and I need to talk about writing sitcom. I've got the title... "Citykid hits the Atlanta urban scene". It will be great! We'll start on your move into the area's pictured, watch you and your new crazy friends and there shenanigans, and then wrap it up with you running for your life back to Houston.

This could be great if the proposal comes to fruition. With a little more high and midrise development in the area, it would just about tie into downtown.

(Gary falling out of chair)

Stupid Houstonians! When are they and everybody else moving here going to realize how slummy, backwards, and God forsaken we are? Our problem is that we don't even realize we're living in squaller.

Where do you find this stuff?

This thread was designed to bash Houston from the start Subdude, so it's a little difficult for some of us to take. I think with all of the constant "Houston is the suck" stuff going on, it's understandable that some of our feathers are getting ruffled

I think you missed your calling coog.

Yeah well, my Dad can beat up your Dad!

Man, all of the Houston bashing lately has brought out the sarcasm in you guys. I love it.

Hello, earth to citykid. Are you familiar with the US Census? You know, the Feds set it up to count and estimate population each year. Maybe if you stopped and read your own link you would stop making a fool of yourself. My lord dude, your unconscious. :closedeyes: Take a closer look at THE OFFICIAL stats. You'll find Harris at #3 and Fulton at #43. 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population estimates > counties | CO-EST2005-08 100 largest counties Population Estimates for the 100 Largest U.S. Counties Based on July 1, 2005 Population Estimates: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 Geographic Area Population estimates April 1, 2000 July 1, 2005 July 1, 2004 July 1, 2003 July 1, 2002 July 1, 2001 July 1, 2000 Estimates base Census Los Angeles County, CA 9,935,475 9,917,331 9,857,690 9,763,815 9,655,145 9,546,019 9,519,330 9,519,338 Cook County, IL 5,303,683 5,327,165 5,349,219 5,365,567 5,378,928 5,377,536 5,376,822 5,376,741 Harris County, TX 3,693,050 3,641,114 3,593,321 3,540,254 3,472,890 3,414,955 3,400,580 3,400,578 Maricopa County, AZ 3,635,528 3,498,587 3,388,711 3,293,441 3,195,893 3,096,692 3,072,335 3,072,149 Orange County, CA 2,988,072 2,982,094 2,959,273 2,927,768 2,895,293 2,857,017 2,846,289 2,846,289 San Diego County, CA 2,933,462 2,935,190 2,921,104 2,899,193 2,862,808 2,824,587 2,813,833 2,813,833 Kings County, NY 2,486,235 2,497,859 2,483,164 2,479,338 2,474,347 2,466,784 2,465,525 2,465,326 Miami-Dade County, FL 2,376,014 2,358,714 2,335,739 2,314,547 2,286,731 2,260,317 2,253,779 2,253,362 Dallas County, TX 2,305,454 2,291,071 2,281,411 2,273,205 2,262,154 2,225,439 2,218,842 2,218,899 Queens County, NY 2,241,600 2,250,718 2,244,238 2,248,293 2,244,077 2,231,312 2,229,379 2,229,379 Wayne County, MI 1,998,217 2,013,771 2,027,900 2,039,491 2,050,659 2,059,292 2,061,162 2,061,162 San Bernardino County, CA 1,963,535 1,916,418 1,863,158 1,809,080 1,761,798 1,719,093 1,709,434 1,709,434 Riverside County, CA 1,946,419 1,869,465 1,782,155 1,694,183 1,620,489 1,559,958 1,545,387 1,545,387 King County, WA 1,793,583 1,777,746 1,765,530 1,758,863 1,753,670 1,738,884 1,737,043 1,737,034 Broward County, FL 1,777,638 1,753,000 1,728,336 1,703,998 1,670,494 1,632,662 1,623,018 1,623,018 Clark County, NV 1,710,551 1,648,524 1,575,165 1,515,522 1,455,980 1,393,194 1,375,738 1,375,765 Santa Clara County, CA 1,699,052 1,681,980 1,675,492 1,674,727 1,689,783 1,686,252 1,682,585 1,682,585 Tarrant County, TX 1,620,479 1,587,019 1,557,128 1,525,317 1,488,780 1,454,401 1,446,172 1,446,219 New York County, NY 1,593,200 1,590,911 1,578,386 1,565,190 1,560,012 1,539,558 1,537,372 1,537,195 Bexar County, TX 1,518,370 1,492,361 1,466,101 1,441,574 1,415,473 1,397,805 1,392,931 1,392,931 Suffolk County, NY 1,474,927 1,474,519 1,468,053 1,454,995 1,441,556 1,424,196 1,419,369 1,419,369 Philadelphia County, PA 1,463,281 1,471,255 1,477,055 1,486,594 1,498,501 1,513,701 1,517,550 1,517,550 Middlesex County, MA 1,459,011 1,462,822 1,466,025 1,468,534 1,473,486 1,468,781 1,466,394 1,465,396 Alameda County, CA 1,448,905 1,452,096 1,458,105 1,463,859 1,470,249 1,450,391 1,443,741 1,443,741 Sacramento County, CA 1,363,482 1,351,428 1,330,377 1,301,393 1,266,243 1,230,236 1,223,499 1,223,499 Bronx County, NY 1,357,589 1,362,523 1,363,875 1,358,895 1,346,550 1,334,801 1,332,650 1,332,650 Cuyahoga County, OH 1,335,317 1,349,047 1,361,330 1,372,303 1,382,829 1,392,131 1,393,845 1,393,978 Nassau County, NY 1,333,137 1,337,693 1,339,759 1,339,311 1,336,779 1,336,454 1,334,544 1,334,544 Palm Beach County, FL 1,268,548 1,244,189 1,212,269 1,187,243 1,158,587 1,135,780 1,131,191 1,131,184 Allegheny County, PA 1,235,841 1,247,512 1,258,476 1,265,773 1,272,568 1,279,817 1,281,666 1,281,666 Oakland County, MI 1,214,361 1,212,181 1,208,013 1,202,962 1,202,176 1,196,614 1,194,156 1,194,156 Hillsborough County, FL 1,132,152 1,100,333 1,072,745 1,050,975 1,026,149 1,003,128 998,948 998,948 Hennepin County, MN 1,119,364 1,119,866 1,119,949 1,120,208 1,122,996 1,117,645 1,116,039 1,116,200 Franklin County, OH 1,090,771 1,087,462 1,086,086 1,081,835 1,078,679 1,071,571 1,068,869 1,068,978 Orange County, FL 1,023,023 989,873 963,638 944,525 925,988 902,297 896,344 896,344 Contra Costa County, CA 1,017,787 1,007,606 999,372 988,396 976,701 953,670 948,816 948,816 Fairfax County, VA 1,006,529 1,002,488 997,152 992,292 986,142 975,174 969,749 969,749 St. Louis County, MO 1,004,666 1,007,723 1,011,781 1,014,515 1,016,483 1,016,419 1,016,300 1,016,315 Salt Lake County, UT 948,172 934,838 924,896 917,557 910,045 900,623 898,412 898,387 Westchester County, NY 940,807 941,380 939,897 937,833 933,101 925,934 923,361 923,459 Erie County, NY 930,703 935,946 939,849 941,989 945,575 949,325 950,265 950,265 DuPage County, IL 929,113 928,126 924,495 921,047 915,157 906,743 904,152 904,161 Pinellas County, FL 928,032 927,498 925,566 924,448 923,570 922,257 921,495 921,482 Montgomery County, MD 927,583 921,631 916,073 906,863 893,927 878,545 874,165 873,341 Pima County, AZ 924,786 906,540 890,456 877,243 861,212 848,560 843,746 843,746 Milwaukee County, WI 921,654 926,764 931,437 933,864 936,693 939,600 940,164 940,164 Fulton County, GA 915,623 905,802 887,454 864,516 846,388 816,647 815,806 816,006 Shelby County, TN 909,035 906,287 904,602 901,375 898,721 898,265 897,472 897,472 Honolulu County, HI 905,266 899,562 893,075 886,220 879,343 875,377 876,156 876,156 Fairfield County, CT 902,775 901,819 899,616 894,778 889,867 884,788 882,567 882,567 Bergen County, NJ 902,561 901,745 898,297 894,696 891,040 885,865 884,118 884,118 Travis County, TX 888,185 868,873 854,029 845,598 842,547 819,743 812,312 812,280 Fresno County, CA 877,584 865,620 850,415 831,827 814,494 802,170 799,407 799,407 Hartford County, CT 877,393 873,879 872,578 866,861 861,979 858,525 857,183 857,183 Marion County, IN 863,133 861,847 863,289 862,174 863,098 860,454 860,454 860,454 New Haven County, CT 846,766 844,342 841,307 834,674 829,365 825,062 824,008 824,008 Prince George's County, MD 846,123 841,642 835,159 826,609 816,287 802,769 800,691 801,515 Macomb County, MI 829,453 822,965 815,557 807,977 800,411 790,929 788,149 788,149 Duval County, FL 826,436 819,623 811,531 801,793 790,485 779,689 778,866 778,879 Hamilton County, OH 806,652 813,639 822,318 830,036 838,663 843,974 845,276 845,303 Mecklenburg County, NC 796,372 771,573 752,744 734,927 719,269 700,311 695,370 695,454 Ventura County, CA 796,106 796,165 790,237 780,562 768,429 756,673 753,197 753,197 Essex County, NJ 791,057 795,015 797,184 796,382 794,714 792,666 792,305 793,633 Middlesex County, NJ 789,516 783,665 777,646 770,042 761,957 753,076 750,162 750,162 Baltimore County, MD 786,113 781,171 775,902 769,124 762,644 756,000 754,292 754,292 Worcester County, MA 783,262 778,608 775,371 769,301 761,732 752,702 749,973 750,963 Montgomery County, PA 775,883 773,375 770,538 764,146 758,276 750,943 748,987 750,097 Kern County, CA 756,825 734,077 713,249 692,892 675,876 663,789 661,653 661,645 Pierce County, WA 753,787 745,778 740,184 731,124 718,229 704,026 700,818 700,820 Wake County, NC 748,815 719,733 698,697 677,725 657,210 633,233 627,866 627,846 San Francisco County, CA 739,426 743,193 751,960 761,988 774,374 776,677 776,733 776,733 Essex County, MA 738,301 737,447 737,706 736,313 732,412 725,591 723,419 723,419 Monroe County, NY 733,366 735,816 736,521 736,321 735,409 735,697 735,343 735,343 Gwinnett County, GA 726,273 700,577 673,651 648,808 623,517 596,547 588,448 588,448 El Paso County, TX 721,598 712,617 702,507 693,682 687,635 681,508 679,622 679,622 Lake County, IL 702,682 692,869 682,335 675,047 662,328 648,800 644,620 644,356 Jefferson County, KY 699,827 698,903 698,059 695,843 694,757 693,872 693,604 693,604 San Mateo County, CA 699,610 698,156 698,800 701,206 707,271 708,454 707,163 707,161 Oklahoma County, OK 684,543 679,498 676,416 671,409 664,687 661,699 660,448 660,448 Hidalgo County, TX 678,275 657,310 635,373 612,758 591,189 574,029 569,463 569,463 DeKalb County, GA 677,959 674,335 673,783 673,170 672,428 668,389 666,072 665,865 Multnomah County, OR 672,906 671,363 677,562 674,887 668,490 661,466 660,469 660,486 San Joaquin County, CA 664,116 649,241 631,337 612,379 592,923 568,259 563,598 563,598 Cobb County, GA 663,818 654,649 645,820 638,349 626,806 612,467 607,751 607,751 Jackson County, MO 662,959 662,185 661,774 660,931 658,228 655,642 654,880 654,880 Collin County, TX 659,457 628,426 597,322 568,804 537,791 500,136 491,777 491,675 Jefferson County, AL 657,229 658,468 659,215 659,368 661,110 662,055 662,040 662,047 Snohomish County, WA 655,944 644,205 636,790 631,854 622,738 609,175 606,024 606,024 Suffolk County, MA 654,428 664,263 675,738 685,072 691,223 689,943 689,807 689,807 Norfolk County, MA 653,595 653,621 653,612 654,232 653,564 651,254 650,308 650,308 Will County, IL 642,813 617,494 585,609 559,381 533,275 508,339 502,267 502,266 Providence County, RI 639,653 641,874 639,018 634,004 627,746 622,814 621,602 621,602 Monmouth County, NJ 635,952 635,062 632,928 628,222 622,578 617,275 615,301 615,301 Baltimore city, MD 635,815 641,943 643,304 636,699 645,305 648,554 651,154 651,154 Bucks County, PA 621,342 617,214 612,853 609,076 604,122 599,490 597,632 597,635 Bernalillo County, NM 603,562 592,538 581,663 572,195 561,881 556,870 556,002 556,678 Hudson County, NJ 603,521 605,359 607,497 609,709 612,947 609,483 608,975 608,975 Kent County, MI 596,666 592,999 590,327 586,405 581,886 576,289 574,335 574,335 Davidson County, TN 575,261 571,948 569,731 569,016 571,178 569,950 569,892 569,891 Tulsa County, OK 572,059 568,611 569,813 569,780 566,284 563,832 563,301 563,299 Note: The April 1, 2000 Population Estimates base reflects changes to the Census 2000 population from the Count Question Resolution program and geographic program revisions. terms & definitions methodology download excel spreadsheet download file with comma separated values (*.csv) (right-click to download) Suggested Citation: Table CO-EST2005-08 - Population Estimates for the 100 Largest U.S. Counties Based on July 1, 2005 Population Estimates: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau

Does anyone know if they are going to build out the Southwest side of the mall (behind Olive Garden)? They've had a vinyl facade up for a while and I'm sure they are not planning on that being permanent.

Your absolutely right, it's just difficult tohold back when someone comes in swinging. Don't get me wrong, I like Atlanta. In fact I have said before that it's the friendliest city I've been to outside of Houston, for me that says a lot. It obviously comes down to personal preference. I prefer Houston because I love it's overpowering feel. I don't get that in Atlanta. Houston reminds me of LA in quite a few aspects as well, which kind of does it for me since I don't get back to often.