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  1. MidtownCoog
    We have "Tree Doctors", and they are all up in mrfootball neck of the woods. The guys at the nursery from HP/Comapq refered me to one, but he was so busy he could never make it out.
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    What people like Kinkaid forget is that people have been living urban in Houston (even if it is New Frontier sytle) longer than any city in Texas. And Houston is making progress. Houston is not Boston for obvious reasons. I have lived in the burbs, the central core and a walkable city. They all have good and bad. I will say there's a lot more to life than being able to walk to the grocery. Is that really what defines a person? Popular walkability?
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    And not everybody there walks, either. Case in point, San Francisco is running out of parking spaces. So if everybody walks everywhere, why do they even need cars?
  4. MidtownCoog
    A larger music venue would be nice. If people drive all the way to The Woodlands for a concert, why not Galveston?
  5. MidtownCoog
    So this would be like a faux-version of The Strand?
  6. MidtownCoog
    Which cities are "popular and walkable"?
  7. MidtownCoog
    They both have their perks.
  8. MidtownCoog
    Agree, especially compared to fighting 7.5 million people for the train, subway and bus or paying a congestion charge fee for the pleasure of sitting in traffic.
  9. MidtownCoog
    But have you actually lived like this before? Or is this your plan? I've lived like that in a large city and it's not for everybody. I grew tired of it. Too bad you don't want kids, since the utopia you describe sounds a lot like Seasame Street. Sunny day and all.
  10. MidtownCoog
    I think the perception, as I have said before, is a lack of understanding by Houstonians as to what makes a
  11. MidtownCoog
    Niche will be the first to tell you I can't type. But if you can't figure that typo out, then I see a tent and a van down by the San Jacinto river in your future.
  12. MidtownCoog
    Lockmart, aim high, young man! Don't settle for being "middle income" and you won't have to worry about it. You can do it!
  13. MidtownCoog
    Oy vey. And "you were the youngest one in the room." I know, I know this. The Chicago Firm could just as well be Randall Davis or anyone else looking to make a quick buck developing 3,000 + homesites.
  14. MidtownCoog
    DT Hyatt has inside/outside elevators. They are behind glass on Smith St.
  15. MidtownCoog
    If the best you can do is correct typos, you might as well log-off now and stop reading. The proposed development will not take 51 years. You've never heard of figuratively speaking? Right now Galveston can barely get drinking water to the West End with the current infrastructure. Just last two weeks ago it was not even safe for drinking. These are some of the issues people like you don't understand. You get all your news from sloppy Chron.com articles when the real world is out there. I don't even think the Galveston "planners" are thinking about it. You may get all ga-ga over a Chicago firm putting their mark on Texas. This project needs a little more research before we give them the greenlight.
  16. MidtownCoog
    Lying about what? I am not opposed to "The Preserve" other than it's a bit over the top as proposed. The two 16 story hotels take the cheese factor through the roof. This is nothing more than another case of a bunch of crazy Yankess coming to Texas with plans for everyone. Too bad the Galveston planners can't see past the money.
  17. MidtownCoog
    It took Jamaica Beach 51 years to reach it's current size.
  18. MidtownCoog
    I guess this is where we agree. I don't see much affordable housing "inside the loop" for "middle income famalies". And where there is, you'll be missing something else, no doubt. It's like Kool-aid, no sugar. Peanut butter, no jelly. Ham, no burger.
  19. MidtownCoog
    Well if inside the loop is where you want to focus your attention then you are ignoring one of the points the author of the editorial was trying to make.
  20. MidtownCoog
    And that's part of your problem. You are too focused "inside the loop". Not to mention the city center lacks what most "suburban type families" desire even if price is not object, house wise.
  21. MidtownCoog
    What a meaningless resolution! Leave it to the Dems. They love their non-binding resolutions. Why even bother?
  22. MidtownCoog
    Thanks for posting. I plan to protest. But every sales-data sample I see shows that I may acutally be undervalued. Not sure what my protest grounds will be now. I need to rethink my approach.
  23. MidtownCoog
    I like the Hoff. Not so much on the suites, though. Rip-em-out! As far as that end zone facility, it looks like they took part of the wellness center and attached it to Robertson. How uninspiring.
  24. MidtownCoog
    The Chron weighs in: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/4875021.html
  25. MidtownCoog
    What does it matter? Washington does not sell New York. Boston does not sell New York. New York sells New York. And only Houston can sell Houston.
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