Houston vs. Dallas (Austin, El Paso, Fort Worth: playgrounds, 2013, apartment complexes)

[BCB]

Was that a let it go reference?

[TexasTallest]

Originally Posted by RowlettEagles

1. Stop checking posts on city data and waiting for reactions. Stay away from the Internet for a while. Enjoy your humidity.

2. Why do people all over TX care about downtown houston's new building? Nobody really cares about cities they don't live in.

3. Dallas also have residential buildings in downtown. We are converting abandoned building and vacant spaces into apartments instead of spending a lot of money on some new skyscrapers.

4. "We were talking about earlier".
"The past is in the past; let it go." Qoute from Elsa the snowqueen.

Heh.. You should consider that first suggestion yourself..

2. Again , this is a vs thread. Downtown Houston is quickly shooting past downtown Dallas, and the new development was worth mentioning.

3. Yes y'all do. That's because your CBD has one of the highest vacancy rates in the country.. Almost 30%...

4. Sorry you don't think quality of life is important and only care about bashing other cities on an Internet forum..

[xsatyr]

Originally Posted by dallasboi

uhhh...soccer thread????....thats very different....The soccer teams have a rivalry...not the city residents like the thread I posted...go read the posts....very different. Houstonians just hate Dallas for nothing.

lol quit reaching. Mavericks and Rockets fans go at it quite a bit. It gets ugly at spurstalk.

[JKAddict]

Originally Posted by dallasboi

uhhh...soccer thread????....thats very different....The soccer teams have a rivalry...not the city residents like the thread I posted...go read the posts....very different. Houstonians just hate Dallas for nothing.

Please stop being a hypocrite.

Originally Posted by RowlettEagles

"OOH! A new building a houston. I am jealous because dallas doesn't have buildings like that"

"I am posting about some new buildings that nobody cares about and I want to see dallasites cry about it"

Please stop embarrassing people from Dallas.

[Dallaz]

Originally Posted by TexasTallest

well.. considering this is a city vs city thread, and a group dropping 100+ million dollars on a park renovation will improve the QOL for the citizens of Houston, i think its note worthy. last i checked the number of times a city mentioned a "rival city" had no reflection on the QOL in said city.

i dont see Dallas dropping 150 million dollars on park renovations..

150 million dollars was invested in Downtown Dallas Parks...

[TexasTallest]

thats awesome for downtown Dallas.. but Klyde Warren alone sucked up over 100 million, and a lot of that was spent on engineering/structural supports. Houston dropped 180 mil on Discovery Green (granted some of that was spent on engineering/structural work for the underground parking garage), recently completed a multi million dollar renovation to Market Square Park, and is spending millions on renovations to historic structures at Allens Landing and redeveloping park land along the bayou to turn those areas into a more engaging pedestrian location to hang out and exercise. both cities are making huge progress towards bettering their downtown and creating a more livable urban district/"neighborhood". Houston just seems to be progressing faster.

[RowlettEagles]

Originally Posted by TexasTallest

thats awesome for downtown Dallas.. but Klyde Warren alone sucked up over 100 million, and a lot of that was spent on engineering/structural supports. Houston dropped 180 mil on Discovery Green (granted some of that was spent on engineering/structural work for the underground parking garage), recently completed a multi million dollar renovation to Market Square Park, and is spending millions on renovations to historic structures at Allens Landing and redeveloping park land along the bayou to turn those areas into a more engaging pedestrian location to hang out and exercise. both cities are making huge progress towards bettering their downtown and creating a more livable urban district/"neighborhood". Houston just seems to be progressing faster.

To summarize what he said

"Warren park is cheap. The city spend tax payer's money on discovery green. We turned our "historic" buildings into something we like to brag about. We are going to turn a refinery town into a pedestrian friendly place. It's gonna be awesome, exercising and oil pollution will help our medical city grow!

[RowlettEagles]

Originally Posted by TexasTallest

Heh.. You should consider that first suggestion yourself..

2. Again , this is a vs thread. Downtown Houston is quickly shooting past downtown Dallas, and the new development was worth mentioning.

3. Yes y'all do. That's because your CBD has one of the highest vacancy rates in the country.. Almost 30%...

4. Sorry you don't think quality of life is important and only care about bashing other cities on an Internet forum..

Who said it was 30% vacancy? Look, if you want to "learn" the statistics and geography of Dallas, please do not rely on houston media like KHOU or sunny 99.1

[dallasboi]

Originally Posted by TexasTallest

thats awesome for downtown Dallas.. but Klyde Warren alone sucked up over 100 million, and a lot of that was spent on engineering/structural supports. Houston dropped 180 mil on Discovery Green (granted some of that was spent on engineering/structural work for the underground parking garage), recently completed a multi million dollar renovation to Market Square Park, and is spending millions on renovations to historic structures at Allens Landing and redeveloping park land along the bayou to turn those areas into a more engaging pedestrian location to hang out and exercise. both cities are making huge progress towards bettering their downtown and creating a more livable urban district/"neighborhood". Houston just seems to be progressing faster.

You keep forgetting that Dallas has BEEN doing this downtown ....It's fabulous that Houston is JUST STARTING to think about its residents and what's important for a desirable urban environment DOWNTOWN. But you already knew this....Thats why you are so excited because you see a change that you've been praying for.......Is Houston on the right path??...YES! ......Is Houston Shooting past Dallas in urban planning and development???.....Hell NO!!...the urban environment in Dallas is better. ......and pedestrian friendly

Houston is starting to prove that it wants a better urban environment. But you shouldn't forget that Dallas is on fire too...and its just starting.

[TexasTallest]

Originally Posted by RowlettEagles

Who said it was 30% vacancy? Look, if you want to "learn" the statistics and geography of Dallas, please do not rely on houston media like KHOU or sunny 99.1

Originally Posted by Dallas12

"With 26.9 percent of the space empty, downtown Dallas had the highest central business district vacancy among the more than one dozen cities CBRE surveyed."

See the link, last paragraph.

Originally Posted by TexasTallest

woah.. whats with the attacks? im not hating on Dallas at all.. ive been to Dallas plenty. i love it. my buddy lived in Uptown up until recently and we could walk to KWP and numerous other places whenever we wanted.
its pretty common knowledge that the class A office vacancy in downtown Houston is/was recently around 6%.. its also pretty common knowledge that the office vacancy rate in downtown Dallas was over 30% not too long ago.



ok, so according to this article downtown Houstons class A vacancy rate is now around 8%. makes sense because a few leases expired last year.



Five Houston submarkets lead the office market with low vacancies and high rents - Houston Business Journal



Dallas office vacancy dips below 18 percent | Dallas Morning News

With 26.9 percent of the space empty, downtown Dallas had the highest central business district vacancy among the more than one dozen cities CBRE surveyed.

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