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Houston Rising—Why the Next Great American Cities Aren’t What You Think
New Geography ^ | April 8, 2013 | Joel Kotkin

Posted on 04/13/2013 7:28:43 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Always remember that the number one issue/fear of the liberals is population. The number one display of wealth is exclusivity. If they can crowd all the serfs into high rise apartments, then they can control 99% of the land in the US.


21 posted on 04/13/2013 9:43:19 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I will say that living in the Bay Area is great for recreation. I wish it wasn’t so liberal. I can handle some of the expense, but the liberal agenda is awful: plastc bag bans, fireplace bans, etc.

I can’t handle the liberal lifestyle. I want to move back to Texas. My husband and 1 of my daughters don’t want to move. My son is in college in Texas. He won’t comeback to Cali.


22 posted on 04/13/2013 9:46:11 AM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A disproportionate amount of the crime seems to occur in densely packed urban areas. No place is crime-free, but I try to stay out of areas that are full of multi-story apartment buildings.


23 posted on 04/13/2013 9:54:40 AM PDT by Rocky (Obama is pure evil.)
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To: blueunicorn6

. If they can crowd all the serfs into high rise apartments, then they can control 99% of the land in the US.

Just like Soviet Union, comrade! The proletariat would be crowded into apartment blocks where everyone is the same, while the nomenklatura have their dachas.


24 posted on 04/13/2013 10:10:05 AM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: StolarStorm

People in Houston will tell you, there is nothing holding you there, you can leave at will. If you’re living in Harris County, you are a dumbass


25 posted on 04/13/2013 10:16:30 AM PDT by Figment
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To: pepsionice

There is implicit in your thinking that there will not be serious disruption and burning and rioting in the northern cities in the next 7 years


26 posted on 04/13/2013 10:19:29 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....History is a process, not an event)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Not really. I dream of a nice lake somewhere with a mountain range that I can hike on.. My idea of heaven.


27 posted on 04/13/2013 10:59:04 AM PDT by StolarStorm
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To: Figment

Apparently I’m a dumbass. But to be fair, I’m on the border with Montgomery county and planning a move to Galveston County. The Clear Lake area is nice.


28 posted on 04/13/2013 11:00:52 AM PDT by StolarStorm
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To: GladesGuru

Oh, the horrors of suburban SPRAWL! It won’t happen in WA State, though. The Lefties, here, got a jump start on the Agenda 21 all the way back in 1993 with the Growth Management Act. The lengths that they are willing to go to insure their agenda is followed are downright Machiavellian.

Storm water is the newest control method, managed by unelected storm water boards that are appointed for life and cannot be removed by either elected officials or the tax payers. In my area of Whatcom County, the zealotry of the left has come back to bite them, though.

When the storm water district was created in 2007, it included all of the Cherry Point Industrial zone, which included two refineries, Intalco Aluminum plant and the land where they want to build the coal terminal. I uncovered a state dept of ecology document that identified BP and Intalco as being the two largest property owners, having the greatest impact on the Lake Terrell watershed, so I proceeded to ask the CH2MHill contractor, who had been hired to set up the district, how they could eliminate BP from the fee schedule if they were one of the biggest property owners in the area. The CH2MHILL guy said that they could not exempt BP or any of the commercial properties, that it would be illegal, but they did it anyway. Instead of paying the fee for the storm water on their property, BP offered to fund the secretive stormwater advisory and placed an employee on the board. They then set it up so that the county would have no say in the storm water regulation of the proposed coal terminal at Cherry Point, or the fugitive coal dust that will pollute the lake from the open coal piles. They even appointed a multi-modal transportation specialist (trains to ships) to manage the storm water district, instead of a storm water specialist. Since BP has a vested interest in the coal terminal, everything that they did was illegal.


29 posted on 04/13/2013 11:08:18 AM PDT by Eva
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To: Baynative

By the way, the WA State Republican party is auctioning off an AR15 at their auction and dinner. They still have some tickets available if anyone is interested.


30 posted on 04/13/2013 11:09:43 AM PDT by Eva
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
El Paso, Texas is also growing by leaps and bounds. I am amazed at the growth taking place, we shop there and go to medical appointments there and it seems the construction never stops just moves around. Houses are going in as far as you can see on the East side especially. Once upon a time not long ago if you didn't speak Spanish you could not work in El Paso but that is rapidly changing with new business and new population taking over.

http://www.elpasoredco.org/regional-data/el-paso/overview/population

Between 2000 and 2040, the population of El Paso County is projected to grow by 69.7 percent. This projected growth exceeds the nation’s rate of growth and is parallel with that of Texas. Based on U.S. Census Bureau population estimates and projections, El Paso is ranked the 18th city with the largest population increase from July 2007 to July 2008. These projections do not take into account the significant growth taking place at Fort Bliss.

31 posted on 04/13/2013 11:29:20 AM PDT by Tammy8 (~Secure the border and deport all illegals- do it now! ~ Support our Troops!~)
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To: luckystarmom

The Bay Area is gorgeous. I wish I’d known it before the left took it over completely. It’s a damn shame, what has been ceded to the left over the past fifty years, not that I have a clue how to undo it short of a collapse in government assistance. You just can’t beat Santa Claus when dealing with people who are not just opposed to traditional morality but devoid of any understanding as to just what they have lost, and stand to lose in the future.


32 posted on 04/13/2013 12:04:53 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: pepsionice
Georgia is trying to take 68 square miles of Tennessee, claiming that the border was surveyed wrongly, in order to get access to the water of the Tennessee River. The Wall Street Journal had a story about it on Thursday (beginning on page A1).
33 posted on 04/13/2013 12:17:58 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: pepsionice

Don’t get too excited. How many of those moving to the “Sun Belt” will bring their politics with them? I.e., will the dozen new TX Congressional Districts be liberal Dem? I won’t be around to find out. Good luck to those who will be here.


34 posted on 04/13/2013 12:23:57 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: StolarStorm
Houston is dog ugly. It’s hot, humid, has zero natural beauty and has very poor recreational areas.

Not if you spend time in local Houston restaurants and take a look at the waitresses. Nothing ugly about them at all. And they are from all over the world.

35 posted on 04/13/2013 2:15:21 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: Eva

WA State has a Republican Party?


36 posted on 04/13/2013 5:06:22 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: StolarStorm
I've lived in both Houston and New York City and can concur with your thoughts on Houston. It's hot and flat as a pancake. Galveston is okay but the water is dirt brown.

What I like about the area, though, is the subtropical foliage and mild winters. There's southern charm in the architecture - I love Bay Area Park. The people are very friendly and for the most part conservative and traditional, and they do not like illegal invaders. So Houston has its plusses.

37 posted on 04/14/2013 10:46:37 AM PDT by Lexinom
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To: fortheDeclaration

Well, not so that you would notice, but yes, we do have a Republican party. Unfortunately, they lack any real core ideology.


38 posted on 04/14/2013 12:13:39 PM PDT by Eva
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