City Council to vote on Urban living outside the loop. (tax, land)

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by Dopo

My ideal city (model) is St. Louis, which is made up of about 100 small cities.
The largest one of which is St. Louis (300,000 people)

How is that working out for STL???


They got all the crime and riff raff in the city limits while the tax base is sitting smugly in the burbs. Nice

need more examples. See Detroit

[SouthernBoy205]

HtownLove, you need to run for mayor.

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by SouthernBoy205

HtownLove, you need to run for mayor.

If I did I would release Alief from the city so Tim couldn't say he lived in Houston

[Vicman]

In textbooks they often talk about suburbs forming a "noose" around the central city, with the central city unable to capture the tax revenue. Chicago was used as an example. Detroit would be a more pertinent one.

The City of Houston has checked its own expansion by now only pursuing annexation of businesses, rather than residents.

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by Vicman

In textbooks they often talk about suburbs forming a "noose" around the central city, with the central city unable to capture the tax revenue. Chicago was used as an example. Detroit would be a more pertinent one.

The City of Houston has checked its own expansion by now only pursuing annexation of businesses, rather than residents.

that is exactly what they do strangle the central city

[Spade]

Originally Posted by Vicman

In textbooks they often talk about suburbs forming a "noose" around the central city, with the central city unable to capture the tax revenue. Chicago was used as an example. Detroit would be a more pertinent one.

The City of Houston has checked its own expansion by now only pursuing annexation of businesses, rather than residents.

Sadly, its happening to your neighbor 200 miles away.


What Houston did was smart. But it does have its disadvantages. Suburbanites, please don't take it as I hate all suburbs. Just the post world war 2 suburbs that revolve around a 30,000 dollar piece of machine on four wheels.

[Vicman]

In Houston most of the neighborhoods revolve around automobiles. They may have been considered suburbs in the past, but are now thought of as "inner city"

In the Northeast there is a clear distinction between older and newer suburbs

Originally Posted by Spade

What Houston did was smart. But it does have its disadvantages. Suburbanites, please don't take it as I hate all suburbs. Just the post world war 2 suburbs that revolve around a 30,000 dollar piece of machine on four wheels.

[cheryjohns]

Originally Posted by SouthernBoy205

HtownLove, you need to run for mayor.

I would vote that way

[SouthernBoy205]

Originally Posted by cheryjohns

I would vote that way

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by TimBomb

ha ha republican

Well if that is what it takes I will gladly run on the republican ticket.