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  1. Howard Huge
    Luigis.
  2. Howard Huge
    Was this filmed with a toaster?
  3. Howard Huge
    Yep.I would never let them do that with MY crane.
  4. Howard Huge
    I think I should clear this up, since it sparked so much friction and responses. My comment about changing third wards name and moving the boundaries back again, was completely sarcastic and tongue in cheek. It was a reference to how Third ward used to stretch all the way to where the current "Midtown" sits, and until all the redevelopment started in the 90's, it was still called third ward, as I had close family and friends who lived there (and still do). I do not in any way think the third wards boundaries should be moved back at all or that its name should be changed to make it sound less "ghetto". In a way, I was comedically predicting the future of the area, since it happened before, it seems likely with all this new development encroaching the "old 3rd ward", it could happen again.
  5. Howard Huge
    Whoa, theyre gonna have to move the 3rd Wards boundaries back, again, probably all the way to Dowling this time, and give it a new fancy name like they did with "Midtown" (still 3rd Ward to me lol) I wonder what the new name for this up and coming area will be? So-Ea-do? Ex-Noir? Nouveau-Blanco? Lower Midtown?
  6. Howard Huge

    The rookie drains a clutch three for the win!

  7. Howard Huge
    Urbannizer......you ARE Haif.......Wayne should pay you for all the content you bring to the site. I salute you.
  8. Howard Huge
    He said one of the other tower cranes at BLVD place got struck that day, knocked out the electrical sytem in the crane for a while
  9. Howard Huge
    ^ Taken by the tower crane operator.
  10. Howard Huge
    Good.
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  12. Howard Huge
    Soil testing? ^
  13. Howard Huge
    I know, I love swtsig, my post was a testament to the validity of his insider information, when he says a project is a go, its a go, when he says its not its not.Thus the disappointment when I read his post.
  14. Howard Huge
    Haif after Urbannizers post: Haif after Swtsigs post:
  15. Howard Huge
    Party pooper.
  16. Howard Huge
    ^ Ive lived in downtown and midtown for about 14 years, have 2 cars and hardly ever use them, wish I never had to, driving in Houston sucks!
  17. Howard Huge
    Im dazzled.
  18. Howard Huge
    Too long didn't read? Stop being selfish and thinking that, just because the train isnt for you and doesnt suit your needs, that it might not be a god-send for some, and may suit many other Houstonians needs perfectly.
  19. Howard Huge
    The same anti-rail arguments keep being regurgitated ad nauseum. "Rail or subways will not ease congestion or get people off the freeways" "Rail is inefficient and I will not stop driving my car to use rail" "I wont ever use the trains; therefore no one else will" I dont think you understand how this works. As hard as it may be to believe, there are a few people out of Houstons 2.2 million that, get this, dont have cars or cant afford them. People that have NO CHOICE but to rely on public transportation to get to and from work, go shopping, kids and students that have to get to schools etc etc. THOSE are the people that the additions to Houston mass transit system are being built for. As "inefficient" as you think it may be to hop on a train and get to your destination, it is WAY more efficient for these people to walk to a rail stop and catch a train that runs every ten minutes, than to walk to a bus stop and sit there waiting for a bus that possibly comes by every hour or so, which is the case for many bus line, I know, I used to ride them. Missed a train? No problem, next one will be here shortly. Missed a bus?? Lol, youre ******. Train broke down? No problem, tow it to a parallel track, next train is a few minutes behind. Bus broke down? Well, you get the picture. As far as easing congestion, its not entirely true to say trains dont do that. As hard as it may be for you to believe, again, there ARE actually people on the trains who own cars! Mind blowing isnt it? Hop on the Red Line on Texans game day, or during Rodeo season. Ride the train thru the med center on ANY day and tell me how many scrub wearing medical professionals (who arent strapped for cash, a few who might even own a vehicle!) riding the train. And this is just our one and only train, imagine what a connected system going thru the west side/university corridor/uptown galleria would look like! Oh thats right, no one would ever ride any of those trains and they'd be a waste of money because...........you said so.
  20. Howard Huge
    I knew it!
  21. Howard Huge
    Edit:
  22. Howard Huge
    Gets it. ^
  23. Howard Huge
    So youre suggesting it could cost $40 billion to build 2 miles of subway in Houston, gotcha.
  24. Howard Huge
    http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/11/30/in-los-angeles-a-subway-system-grows/ Heres an article about L.A. spending $40 BILLION in 2010 just to expand their subway system, and explaining how Mayor Villaragosa did it. So again I ask, to the posters who keep bringing up "cost", whats your point? You say it as though no other cities are spending that much on rail. Is your point that Houston is just somehow inept and incapable of doing it? Or is repeatedly bringing up "cost" just a red herring to get people to think "oh thats right, $16 billion is way too much money, that means its impossible to ever have rail in Houston"
  25. Howard Huge
    Also, you keep saying "$16 Billion", when you and I both know that would never happen (Tunneling all the way to hwy 6), id be happy with a subway down westheimer that just made it to the galleria.
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