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  1. gmac
    Nope. I get much more upset by automobile drivers who flout the laws. I've never seen a cyclist kill someone else by breaking the law.
  2. gmac
    Cyclists are fine as long as they follow all the traffic laws. Blowing through stop signs is a sure recipe to end up as an asphalt pizza with human topping.
  3. gmac
    Especially if there are Germans marching down the boulevard under said trees.
  4. gmac
    I was impressed with some of the ideas, not so much with others. The idea of moving Greenspoint apartment dwellers into high-rises is NOT a good idea at all, as it brings back bad memories of Chicago and London tower blocks that went straight in the dumper. The storm-resilient homes looked very good.
  5. gmac
    Dawn Burrell was also an Olympian in track and field (2000) and the world indoor champion in the long jump in 2001. Her older brother, Leroy, is the former world record holder in the 100 meters and is currently head coach at UH. Quite a family!
  6. gmac
    On the smaller floorplans, there is this note: ***Essential Employee Program - Maximum income limits on this floor plan. Call for details!
  7. gmac
    "The 300-unit complex, called the Exchange, will have 50 percent of its units reserved for renters making between 60 and 80 percent of the area median income (or as much as $42,750)" This is the part that threw me. If 50% of the units are for lower-income renters, are those folks supposed to have some kind of secret signal that lets the complex know? I get what you're saying about not upsetting the other renters, but this is a bit secretive to me.
  8. gmac
    Cheapest place at The Exchange is $1260 for a 530 sf studio. Yikes. I thought there were supposed to be some affordable units in this complex, according to some info previously posted in this thread.
  9. gmac
    Wow! I remember flying Some Country (is where your baggage ends up) in the early 90s to MSP. Like a Greyhound with wings.
  10. gmac
    You threw out a sweeping generalization about "suburbia", when there are actually very walkable neighborhoods in many of the outlying areas. People in Katy/Cypress/Spring can actually safely walk to stores, restaurants, churches, bars... you name it. The walk may be a half mile, or maybe a couple blocks, but it's eminently doable. What many people DON'T want is a bar right next door with the concomitant issues of noise and traffic. That's no more unreasonable than not wanting a bunch of storage units plopped next door. OTOH, if the bars/entertainment were already there when you purchased your home... tough luck.
  11. gmac
    Sounds like you yearn for the days of cholera and raging fires. Those were the hallmarks of a REAL old-fashioned neighborhood. How many people in Houston have ever actually lived in an "old-fashioned neighborhood" like you describe?
  12. gmac
    $12 what now?
  13. gmac
    That parcel would apparently be better used for a parking garage with storage units on top to meet the neighborhood's needs.
  14. gmac
    Love that forecourt. Much more useful than having a building jammed up against a street.
  15. gmac
    Would you feel any different if this was replaced with a dozen (or more) condos to increase density?
  16. gmac
    I am way late to this one, but an interesting 2014 piece in the Chronicle about the church: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/God-s-own-marquee-5814731.php
  17. gmac
    Be more precise in your writing, then. Businesses engaged with the community by providing jobs, many of them paying pretty well.
  18. gmac
    I imagine the corporations that built in Greenspoint and other non-downtown areas had a very different vision from yours. They likely wanted an accessible office complex with somewhat affordable housing potential in the general vicinity. I wouldn't have built anything corporate in a downtown area had I been in a position to do so.
  19. gmac
    "middle of nowhere"???
  20. gmac
    Duly noted.
  21. gmac
    Disagree. I have no problem with necessary projects like early NASA and other infrastructure that served a large segment of society. You're comparing those with a vanity high-speed rail connection between two cities that are already pretty effectively connected.
  22. gmac
    My question was one of curiosity about how you pay directly for the roads. As far as the rail project, if they will commit in writing under penalty of public hara kiri to never accept a penny of tax money and never use eminent domain to secure land, I would be fine with it.
  23. gmac
    This is a helpful explanation: https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot-info/sla/education_series/funding.pdf
  24. gmac
    Sure they would. Those were necessary projects.
  25. gmac
    Which ones? Gas taxes?
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