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Sigh. That will add another 10 minutes to my commute before I even get on the loop. Hopefully, the Westheimer u-turn lane will be opened up by then. BTW, does anyone know of a rendering of what the west loop area will look like after all this mess is done?

When I lived in Pennington, TX, we had a similar thing. To call anywhere in Pennington, you just dialed the last 4 digits. To call to another town nearby, you just dialed a prefix digit + the last 4 numbers. Crockett, for example was like 5+1234.

Yes, we are all slack-jawed yokels that don't understand the ways of you city folk.

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I wonder though, because the vast majority of those GHBA members aren't allowed to build in The Woodlands. I would think that if anything, there would be some animosity towards The Woodlands by those left out of the process. I think there are only 5 or 6 companies that build (Emerald, D. Weekly, Village, and Life Forms are the main ones). Even custom homes are limited.

Well, my comment wasn't so much geared to any poor soul on top of that building. It was more of me being amazed that a building of that shape could be engineered to made sound during Hurricane force winds. That being said, you wouldn't catch me up there if it got gusty. That's all I meant. It reminds me of this mid-rise on Richmond west of the loop whose height:depth ratio is quite large. The one from this post looks a million times better visually though.

Does the fountain on Allen Parkway count? I've seen that just about as crowded as Splashtown on an average day in August.

When we bought a house in Braes Heights, just east of Stella Link and south of Bellaire, I didn't even realize the tracks would have an impact. The first night at 1am, I woke up to the sound of the train rumbling along, and thought "Oh no, what have we got ourselves into!". But after about a week, my body must have adjusted, because it never bothered me again a single time.

I'm sure it's designed well, but I would not want to be on the top floor of that if a hurricane hits.

And here's why I'll probably never go back: FRONT GATE PRICES General Admission $41.99 Children Under 48" $24.99 Holy Cow, have times changed.

Ok, here is another site for all you people who, like me, are feeling nostalgic. Astroworld Tribute Scroll down to "Past Rides". I just read they closed down the old Dexter/Excalibur. I guess that shows how often I go there. I rode that about 20 times last time I went because the line was so short. It was one of those classic herky jerky metal coasters that was always second class after the Cyclone showed up, but was really fun. Some good photos there too.

My favorite part of it was that they had really cold air blowing on you when you entered the mountain. Then they had all the mechanical gnomes or elves or dwarves, or whatever they were. Then, just as soon as you got comfortable, it snapped you down the mountain at breakneck speed and continued the ride. Even though that was over 20 years ago for me, it's like yesterday.

OK, I get it. But the ideal would be for everyone to come to a Texas casino, out-of-staters and Texans who would voluntarily give up their money to Louisiana anyway. But if they won't come, don't build it. ;-)

I was just looking at it as "keeping those 80% Texans here is better than having them leave the state". For the few hours/days/weeks that they gamble outside the state, they are not spending any money here at all.

Can someone explain to me how it's better for Texans who are going to gamble anyway to do it out of the state? I'm not disagreeing, but I just don't understand the reasoning behind it. It seems that when they are in other states, they are buying gas, food, hotel rooms, etc from elsewhere instead of contributing to the local economy. What am I missing? But I guess if you mean that having casinos here would encourage those locals to gamble that otherwise would not, I see the point. Can someone clear up the counter argument for me?

When we lived in Braes Heights, we used to have a few of the little pet store variety parakeets (green and blue budgies) that hung out with the sparrows in our backyard. These have the flat little downturned beaks, so they always had a hard time rummaging for seed on the ground, but they seemed to make do.

I'm still mad at Astroworld for getting rid of the Alpine Sleigh Ride. It was the perfect combination of coaster, cold air, and gnomes. Old Astroworld

There was a lot of talk last year of the Colts owner wanting to move to LA. Maybe if that happens, SA will have a better shot at getting the Saints.

It's all about concentration of population. Houston may be #4 in population, but it's like the 11th media market. Dallas is like #7 because of Ft. Worth, Arlington, Grand Prarie, etc, etc. Even though San Antonio is a larger city than Dallas, it ranks 37th in market size. Granted, that's larger than New Orleans (43), but jumping up to LA (#2) is probably more appealing. link

But it's not too far from itself. Some people both live and work in the burbs. Don't always assume that everyone who lives out must then fight their way back to the inner loop if they want to do anything at all. There are lots of things going on down there that can occupy people's time. That being said, if someone did commute in, I wouldn't pay 270-700K for a condo out there. For 300K, you can get a very nice small home in a place like Braes Heights. You could have a yard and a short commute.

I hate when teams move, but having the Cowboys as the third best team in their own state would be fun to see. Go Texans

Megapixels directly relates to resolution, but not neccessarily to quality. The 8mp camera will always have higher resultion, but the quality may be less due to the lens, etc. Resolution is just the number of pixels.

Do you mean I-45?

Even if you don't enlarge beyone 4x6, you might crop a photo and then want to print at 4x6. The extra resolution will help with this. For me, that's a bigger advantage than printing poster size photos.

Right. I like the idea of taking transit, but it would certainly limit my lunchtime options. I think the deli in the building would get old after about 2 days. That may sound silly, but losing freedom to roam the city in search of good restaurants during lunch would suck. We are probably moving downtown soon, so maybe there is more there within walking distance.