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Old 09-03-2013, 11:14 AM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Man, Fort Worth has the Woodlands and Houston's street-level beat.
Show us some Las Colinas. At least make it fair. TW stomps all over LC that's why you won't show it.

Did Exxon move out yet?

 
Old 09-03-2013, 11:25 AM
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Did Exxon move out yet?
Exxon isn't going anywhere.
 
Old 09-03-2013, 03:43 PM
 
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Just another generic suburban office park...right.

The Woodlands makes Las Colinas look like an afterthought.

Faux Riverwalk, office parks, wealthy homes......


Yeah, none of those things in Las Colinas.


And four Fortune 500 companies (including #1) call LC home compared to one in The Woodlands. Yeah, sounds like an afterthought. Good try, though.

Nothing wrong with the Woodlands either. It's attractive, well planned, and a nice community feel. I'd personally live there before I'd live in Houston. But bringing it into a skyline thread? Lame.
 
Old 09-03-2013, 03:45 PM
 
Location: Mishawaka, Indiana
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Houston's skyline tops this on so many levels. After NYC, Chicago, Seattle, and maybe one or two others Houston has the next best skyline. It may be all oil corporations building these, but they sure are nice looking. Speaking of a city based almost solely on one industry, does Houston see similar to Detroit in that regard? What will happen when we find an alternative energy source to power our cars? Hmm, food for thought. Anyways, here are some beautiful pictures of the Houston skyline:





IMPRESSIVE!
 
Old 09-03-2013, 03:48 PM
 
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IMPRESSIVE!

Your second picture is of Dallas.
 
Old 09-03-2013, 03:49 PM
 
Location: Mishawaka, Indiana
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Your second picture is of Dallas.


Thanks! I thought it looked small for Houston.
 
Old 09-03-2013, 03:50 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Houston's skyline tops this on so many levels. After NYC, Chicago, Seattle, and maybe one or two others Houston has the next best skyline. It may be all oil corporations building these, but they sure are nice looking. Speaking of a city based almost solely on one industry, does Houston see similar to Detroit in that regard? What will happen when we find an alternative energy source to power our cars? Hmm, food for thought. Anyways, here are some beautiful pictures of the Houston skyline:





IMPRESSIVE!
Houston isn't just a one industry town like Detroit. It learned a valuable lesson from the 1980's oil bust.

Trade is a huge part of Houston's economy as is medical care & research. With the widening of the Panama Canal about to be complete Houston's economy is going to grow even more.
 
Old 09-03-2013, 03:53 PM
 
Location: Mishawaka, Indiana
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Houston isn't just a one industry town like Detroit. It learned a valuable lesson from the 1980's oil bust.

Trade is a huge part of Houston's economy as is medical research. With the widening of the Panama Canal about to be complete Houston's economy is going to grow even more.
I know people like to bash Chicago, saying it will also follow in Detroit's footsteps, due to the amount of crime and corruption there, but Rahm Emanuel countered those claims saying Chicago's economy is far more diverse, he added that no one industry or sector controls more than 13% of the local jobs/economy.

I wonder how varied Houston is? I have also heard that one of the hospitals in Houston is nationally renowned, they do operations there that aren't really done anywhere else. I also know Houston is on the coast, it's also the largest city on the gulf, by far.
 
Old 09-03-2013, 04:03 PM
 
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IMPRESSIVE!
I've never seen those buildings in Houston from the first pic.
 
Old 09-03-2013, 04:09 PM
 
Location: Mishawaka, Indiana
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No? I think you can see the coast and a port in the background.
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