Welcome To Case's Column
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.
In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
True Grid? Texas' Street Patterns Mostly Don't Fool With It
It's interesting how, in some states, you have cities and towns that like to stick with a grid concept in their street and highway planning. If you go to, say, Oklahoma, you will find that many of that state's metropolises, large or small, tend to incorporate such a concept.
But in a place like Dallas, Texas, well, forget it. Grids just don't cut the mustard here. Heck, there aren't even any convergence points for block numbers (transitions from east/west and north/south) on most city thoroughfares. Houston? They don't do zoning, so they really don't do grids. Fort Worth? No, they don't. San Antonio? Nada. Austin? Heck, they choose to be weird, so why do grids there?
Now, if you look at a place like Lubbock, then you'll get what mostly is a true grid concept on their city's streets. Surrounded by a spider-web highway convergence outside of State Loop 289, Lubbock pretty much keeps a rigid grid square concept for most of the way, particularly in the west and south sectors of town. You could say the same for Amarillo, which is, really, the only other city in Texas that uses a grid concept. It is more neatly used there than it is in Lubbock, and that's despite straddling two different counties.
If Lubbock's suburbs ever do get going with growth, it will be interesting if they decide to keep the county-wide grid plan or go with something else. Time will tell.
But in a place like Dallas, Texas, well, forget it.
Grids just don't cut the mustard here. Heck, there aren't even any convergence points for block numbers (transitions from east/west and north/south) on most city thoroughfares. Houston? They don't do zoning, so they really don't do grids. Fort Worth? No, they don't. San Antonio? Nada. Austin? Heck, they choose to be weird, so why do grids there? Now, if you look at a place like Lubbock, then you'll get what mostly is a true grid concept on their city's streets. Surrounded by a spider-web highway convergence outside of State Loop 289, Lubbock pretty much keeps a rigid grid square concept for most of the way, particularly in the west and south sectors of town. You could say the same for Amarillo, which is, really, the only other city in Texas that uses a grid concept. It is more neatly used there than it is in Lubbock, and that's despite straddling two different counties.
If Lubbock's suburbs ever do get going with growth, it will be interesting if they decide to keep the county-wide grid plan or go with something else. Time will tell.
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