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On 7/12/2017 at 9:42 PM, Twinsanity02 said:
According to those estimates the growth is in excess of 6,000 per year. If this is correct and continues the population should be around 525,000 by 2020. Thanks for the info.
I forgot to post another update but they have one from as of 12/31/2016.
http://www.harriscountytx.gov/CmpDocuments/74/Budget/FY18 Population Report.pdf
Has the inner loop at 519,000. If this is true, 525,000 could be reached by this year, if not already.
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Found this. This is updated up from the year in the previous link which was 2014. This is as of 12/31/2015.
http://www.harriscountytx.gov/CmpDocuments/74/Budget/FY17 Population Report.pdf
It has the inner loop at 502,000.
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1 hour ago, Twinsanity02 said:
It is going to be interesting the impact all these low and high rise apartments and condos are going to have on the intra-610 loop population. I would think it is approaching the 1960 population of 493,000 and will soon exceed.Hope so.
How accurate is page 2 of this study??
http://www.harriscountytx.gov/CmpDocuments/74/Budget/FY16 Population Study.pdf
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Is that a giant chicken in the rendering?
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4 hours ago, astros148 said:
This lineup is better then anything the super bowl will throw. Kendrick lamar/pitbull/maroon 5/florida are a strong performance. Plus the final four crowd is much more lively then the older corporate crowd that the super bowl carters to.
I don't know. The Super Bowl weekend socially is far more popular with those same artists than the Final Four. There will be more parties around town and in downtown I bet for that weekend. Similar to the NBA all star weekend I would imagine.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/beyonddc/5073722055
We can dream. But the expanse of the Tarkett plot seems incongruous with such a multi-level center, which was plopped onto 5.5 acres in a very dense part of DC (and right next to a subway station). You could fit four of those into Tarkett if you forgo the typical Houston salt flat of parking.
I don't live to far from this DCUSA. It's three levels and there is a parking garage. On the first level is Modell's, Marshalls, and Payless. On the second floor is Target, Best Buy, and Bed Bath and Beyond. On the third level is a Washington Sport's Club. Right across the street are apartments to the left and across the street and there is more retail on the first floor of both apartment buildings. There's many more retail stores in this area right under the the Target like a Ihop, Chick-Fil-A, etc. It's an extremely popular area of DC and it is always packed. Just a mere 3 minute walk is a little square in front of another apartment with retail on the bottom. Across the street from the apartment is Giant grocery store.-
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Part of my argument was that it seems to me that in terms of time and distance (and maybe there's differences here in stations that would account for this, it isn't an airtight comparison) that a fully-grade-separated heavy rail system like the Washington DC Metro isn't a whole lot different than a partially grade-separated system like DART, and granted, in the Red Line, there is a significant portion of elevated and below-ground. Personally, I'd love to see light rail go out to FM 1960 on the Northwest portion, as well as paralleling Westpark Tollway (which METRO took half of the ROW of for that very purpose).
As for commuter rail, the Northern Virginia Commuter Rail that connects the suburbs to Washington DC's Union Station is 90 miles long. Guess what's also 90 miles? Downtown to College Station. Connecting CS to Houston makes a lot of sense in a lot of ways, but there's not enough dense stuff between that to make it worthwhile. I imagine even you hardcore railfans will find the prospect of linking College Station to commuter rail dubious, but for what it's worth, I think it's a nice thought, just not an economical one.
Are you talking about the VRE? Because I don't think it goes that long. The longest is about 55 miles from Fredericksburg to Union Station. If it was 90 miles, it would reach Richmond. Still I agree with you. I don't ever see any type of commuter rail between College Station and Houston. Well not in our lifetime.
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I worked for an apartment developer at one point that involved itself in the D.C. area. I examined these areas for acquisitions and development. And yeah...I read into your comments in precisely the same way that KinkaidAlum did. And frankly, your revised examples still kind of suck or are insignificant in the grander scheme of things.
That's fine. Both of you misunderstood my comments and I didn't revise anything. I lived in one of the developments on Morgan Blvd. Look into it. Look what's around it. Same with Largo. Same thing with Addison Road-Seat Pleasant. Same thing With Cheverly. Same thing with Shady Grove. I'm not comparing HRT to LRT. I'm saying that both are basically commuter systems.
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There's a BIG difference between heavy rail and light rail though and that difference is SPEED. Light rail to the far-flung suburbs isn't going to cut it if the top speed is lower than the average driving speed and there are multiple stops along the way. That simply wont entice people to give up their cars. Additionally, the TOD's in Maryland and NoVa are also surrounded by dense and largely pre-WWII communities. Heck, Bethesda makes the densest parts of DFW look barren.
That wasn't my point though. I know the differences between light rail and heavy rail. But my point is that both Metro in DC and DART are both commuter based systems. They are also hub and spoke systems and not every station that is currently there was surrounded by dense communities. Such as Franconia, All the Orange Line stations of Virginia outside of Arlington. You have Rockville on the Red Line and Largo on the Blue Line in PG County. But Ballston, Rosslyn, Crystal City, heck even the Hoffman Town Center in Alexandria, are what they are today because they surround a metro station.
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I like the right of way that DART has and some of the stations look nice, but it's easy to see from these pictures why METRO has much higher ridership numbers per mile of track. The majority of these stations look like they are built in the middle of friggin' nowhere, even in the so-called "downtown" stations. I guess that is why every station is surrounded by concrete parking slabs? Now, I know these are suburban locations, but still, wouldn't these places be better served by commuter rail than light rail?
It's a pretty system and all, but damn, that thing is going to drain money for decades.
The DART system reminds me very much like the DC system outside of downtown of course. In fact, it would be the very same if DART built heavy rail instead of light rail. DC plopped many of it's stations in the middle of nowhere and now many of those stations are home to some of the best TOD's in the nation (Rosslyn, Ballston, Friendship Heights, Bethesda, Silver Springs, etc.). Now, DC has the 2nd highest ridership in the nation and it will probably remain so when the Silver Line opens. DART, Dallas, and the surrounding suburbs are counting on the same thing to happen. In fact, dfwcre8tive just affirmed that. This is why I believe neither Metro or DART are better than the other. They are just building their systems differently. Now I will point out that the Metro is having financial problems and that's probably for the very reason you stated.
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Has 97.9 ever been anything but top 40 hip-hop? Why lament the demise of a DJ who on rare occasion would play something that wasn't pop on a strictly pop station? People tune into a pop station to hear pop, not underground local stuff.
Hip-hop is dead anyhow. It stopped being relevant back in the late 90s. I'm not saying it can't be relevant again. Hell, rock and roll survived the 80s, anything can happen. I just don't see where else hip-hop can go though. It's a one-trick pony, and it's played that trick out.
It's not dead. It's just dead on the radio. But there is still great hip hop out there. Hip Hop will survive as long as there is an audience and believe me, there is an audience.
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Citykid, Je'Caryous Johnson is slowly but surely building a base and gaining momentum. He has a buzz here in DC they even mentioned it in this weeks Jet Magazine.
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SIAP. I see that on the Kimpton Hotels site, they note Houston as a target market.
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There is a huge difference in being PC and just being offensive. Your post is not just wrong, its both offensive and inflammatory.
The thug appearance is not limited to any single demographic, and it is NOT as a previous poster stated part of any culture. The baggy clothes and sloppy look originated with the rap culture. It was cool to be "street", and it was a way for those who were "street" to conceal a weapon. Whether or not people of various classes (lower, middle, upper) wear this attire, it is not a part of any culture. It is a fad popularized by hip-hop music.
You don't know what you're talking about. Hip-Hop IS a culture in our community. Please speak on what you know. Many of those people that you see lined up to enter clubs are indeed young educated people from various universities throughout the region. People from even as far as Mississippi and Louisiana to party in Houston for a weekend. I wear baggy clothes and big shirts and a fitted hat and I am FAR from a thug. Like it or not, anyone that has seen your posts in this thread will look at that as racial. You know nothing about these people but you judge them. Also,we don't wear our clothes big to conceal a weapon. That's rediculous to even think that and shows again you do not know what you are talking about. Can't speak for the few bad apples. But I know me and the people I know do not own a weapon and ever carried a weapon. We also never think about carrying a weapon. Big clothes, loud music, pop bottles, having a good time, loud djs and more are part of our culture whether you like it or not.
Also, there is NOTHING ghetto about it. I assure you have barely been to a ghetto if you make comments like that. If anyone's comments have been offensive and wrong, it has been your judgement on a community you know nothing about.
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Looks good except for the parking lot.
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I think a solid tram system (light rail) is the right solution, I think a subway is too costly in both safety and money, and an elevated, while intriguing would be costly as well.
If Metro in Houston wants the light rail which basically is another way of saying tram to perform like a typical light rail system in that it will never have a high number of passengers like the older cities have than that is fine. If Metro wants Houston to ever perform like a heavy rail system and that it carries 600,000-900,000 people per day, than they are simply wasting their time. I currently live in the Washington D.C. area and crime on the subway is barely ever an issue. The biggest issue on metro is keeping the system clean and DC does a good job of doing that. This (DC metro rail) would IMO be a huge success in Houston and including Dallas for that matter even though DC Metro is facing budget issues nowadays so that's another issue. But safety on most rail systems in the country are not really a large issue and I would go out as far to say that it's a huge myth and a copout as a reason to not build the system.
I read an article that if in the long run you will spend just about the same on a light rail system that you will on a heavy rail system. I will find the article later and post it. Light rail however does it's job and it should be commended. I understand citykid's and other posters sentiments. But to move around the city from neighborhood to neighborhood and make it run in already established and dense areas, why not consider it? Washington D.C. is doing the exact same thing and they are trying to build a streetcar system in Southeast DC. I think light rail inside the loop and a few areas outside the loop are not as bad. But I still wish Metro's plan in Houston was a bit bolder and bigger and that means considering heavy rail. I think Houston is currently at the right population and density to build it.
That's my opinion. If I'm wrong on anything, I will be always be opened to have them corrected.
BTW, here is the link to the article I was referencing.
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PV lost a game? I thought they were undefeated. I know they blew out Grambling the earlier this month.
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And the interception that wasn't!
That's because by NCAA rules and NFL rules, it wasn't. The ball came out when he hit the ground. The ground can't cause a fumble but it can cause an incompletion. Very similar play to the Drew Kelson interception that wasn't in the national championship game in 2006. Once he hit the ground, the ball came out and USC retained possession and thus went down the field and kicked a field goal before the half. So in retrospect for Texas/OU, it was the correct call. Crazy rule. But that's the rules stated by NCAA.
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I know it is a pipe dream but Trader Joes would be ahuge win!!!!
I don't think it's that much of a pipe dream. Aldi's I believe is the parent company for Trader Joe's and they are about to explode into the Texas market by building a warehouse in North Texas that will serve the state of Texas and southern Oklahoma by fall 2009. History shows that wherever Aldi's goes, Trader Joe's quickly follows.
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Reminds me of Boston. Very cool.
And I'm impressed that they really didn't scale back the scope. This could be fantastic.
It looking like Boston does not seem to impress the bloggers on this link.
http://swamplot.com/the-new-regent-square-...5-27/#more-2097
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From the looks of that picture of Charlotte, it looks like their rail is like St. Louis light rail. Meaning, they have their own ROW and run like a heavy-rail system. I honestly do not see a problem running down the street in non-congested neighborhoods or areas that have no chance to become very dense. But in areas like downtown, a subway is the best option. I do know that's expensive though and I don't think Charlotte's light rail system reaches downtown yet. Let's see what decision they make when it actually does run downtown.
About the lights. I have to admit. That's stupid. Just another bus IMO. So it affects traffic. Boohoo. Hope that helps you out the car sometimes. I say let metro continue to control the lights. Trains do not take long to cross anyway. They can wait a minute.
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Why can't Houston get a 1,000 footer or a 1,500 footer like Philly (the 1500 footer was recently announced). Instead, our Downtown gets thirty-story towers. Up the ante a bit and put in some fifty-story towers.
It took Philly forever to build structures this tall. Philly's skyline has been short for some time now until recently. It's honestly about time Philly started to build structuers this tall. Philly was patient and Houston will have to be as well and it looks like they are. You don't need to build supertalls for nothing.
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As does Seattle. The University of Washington is located there. Great city that also has tons of big city amenities. I think you're selling Seattle short here.