Peeping Tom

How much money is that bone-head Culberson ultimately going to cost the people in his district by trying to slow down this project with all his delay tactics. They are not going to stop the University Line any more than they could stop the red line. But I guess that won't stop Culberson from wasting tax payer dollars in his futile efforts. I wish I could redesign the university line so that it could run right through the houses and businesses of the people who are trying with all their might to keep Houston from progressing. It's disgusting to see people like Culberson thwarting the will of the voters so that they can put their own personal interest above the good of the many.

I've driven by Main Street Gardens several times. You can barely notice it. It is very small. I can't speak to the swankiness because I have never walked around. But I can tell you the part of DT Dallas that it is located feels dead to me. There is some large abandoned Mid Century hotel (with a lot of potential) that is right next to it. And lots of homeless people in the area. I'm sure the Woodall Rodgers Freeway Park will be better situated given it's proximity to the Arts District. But that is also several times smaller than DiscoGreen.

There is no way the Main Street Gardens has made as big of an impact to Dallas as Discovery Green did for Houston. Discovery Green helped to spawn 3 high rise towers and is at least 3 times as big as MSG. The Dallas Hype Machine isn't working.

I see the mod chose to allow Dallasboi's Houston bashing thread to remain while deleting all other responses to it. Post 154 is an opinion which is as non Dallas specific as the one's you chose to delete (not to mention flaming, inaccurate and barely readable) . Yet it survives another round of censorship. So I guess it is o.k. to post whatever negative remark about Houston you want to on this thread, but not o.k. for anyone to respond. Maybe we should start calling this site DAIF or DAF for short.

Well done. Thanks for the report. Did you take any photos of the models? Can you post them? Did anyone in the know talk about a timeline or financial backing? This is such a huge project. It would be so good for Houston but I'm getting a little nervous because I think they were supposed to break ground this year and they haven't (or have they?) Any more info you can share would be most appreciated.

So are you.

Why would you want to dump on cheerleaders? Maybe you can't accept it, but some people REALLY do like living in Houston. And CHOOSE to stay here because they like it. No need to dump on me because that is my honest opinion.

I think you are jumping to some wild conclusions. Forbes sends reporters to Houston all the time. Why would you think differently? I don't care how much money matters to Tillman. The boardwalk is an asset to Houston. And if it wasn't for Tillman, there would be NO roller coasters or anything close to an amusement park in Houston. Why should Kemah not make a list of best boardwalks in the country just because the owner wants to make a profit. There are other forces at work here besides just a simple Forbes list. Some people have spent a LOT of energy berating the Boardwalk. What could possibly be the point of this?

Not if they don't know what the hell they are talking about. And if they decide to post something they better be prepared to deal with the consequences of having their misguided opinions challenged.

It IS according to Forbes. What are your credentials for judging boardwalks or any thing else for that matter? And why should anyone choose to listen to you over a respected publication like Forbes. Lighten up a bit and get a life, loser.

Yeah Spider, listen to Gary. Give it a rest and shut up already. If you can't offer anything constructive to the conversation or to the promotion of Houston you should just tune in and drop out. We don't need your stinking negativity! You aren't part of the solution. You're part of the problem.

I take it back. Go find yourself some maryjane quick! It sounds like you need it, bro.

I think you ought to give the maryjane a rest. Despite the obstacles, at least the hotel and movie studio ideas could really be beneficial to Houston at some point. And if not, at least we could say we gave it a shot. The Astrodome deserves better than to have its destruction come about because some pot head wants to take the easy way out (typical behavior).

I predict you will live an extremely empty, dull life with that attitude. I say we should only melt it down and blow it up if we can round up all the nay sayers, people with no imagination or vision, Houston haters and all the rest of the losers who would try to stop progress from coming to Houston because they are incapable of 'thinking big' or don't have the balls to take a chance on something that really could turn out to be huge for the local economy.

Like you can predict the future. You don't know what you are talking about. On the other hand, it wouldn't take a lot of modifications to the Astrodome to make it look like a giant boob. The Astrodome would be a great capitol for the porn industry. They could rename it the Assholedome.

The weather in Houston is perfect -inside the dome. Anyway if Houston is good enough for the rest of the nation to seek their fortunes, it should be good enough for ugly lipped weirdos like Angelina Jolie.

I think we should do both. Work with them at first. And then stab them in the back, gloat and ridicule them when Houston becomes the Hollywood of Texas. It's the Texas way! There's no room for #2 in this land.