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You do understand CHICAGO IS A MATURE CITY? Meaning it has grown in land as large as it will be and virtually all its land WAS ALREADY UTILIZED.
In the 50's Chicago had over 3,698,962 residents, however today is short by about a million residents, on top of that Chicago has been losing population continuously for decades, luckily last year it managed to gain 82 residents. Chicago has been suffering from a massive outflow of its native population that has been replaced by poor third world immigrants, they are hard working by the way.
You say that "Chicago is a mature city and all the land has been utilized" that does not make any sense, the real story is that new houses are not going up and lots of older houses got bulldozed.
Houston is like 50 miles inland... Miami on the other hand...
Has the strongest building codes in the US when it comes to Hurricanes and also has a gargantuan canal Flood control system through out it's metropolitan area and the Everglades.
Houston on the "other hand" still floods 50 miles inland!...Ahem!
Has the strongest building codes in the US when it comes to Hurricanes and also has a gargantuan canal Flood control system through out it's metropolitan area and the Everglades.
Houston on the "other hand" still floods 50 miles inland!...Ahem!
These news reports look almost identical to coverage of similar types of flooding in the Houston area.
Overall the Hurricane risk of the Texas coast pales in comparison to what Florida has. This is not to say Florida is not a great place to live but it seems that people try to make a bigger deal of the tropical risk of the Texas coast and downplay the more significant risk in other areas of the country.
Last edited by Jack Lance; 08-09-2015 at 09:02 AM..
And I do think Chicago will see a resurgence like NY did.
Things will settle and Chicago will start gaining population again. It is a fine city. It had an awesome downtown. The winters take some getting used to, but many don't mind the chill.
I think people are giving up on Chicago too easily
I think the question might be - will oil continue to be the dominant energy source for the foreseeable future? If so, then at some point in the next few or more decades, Houston will surpass. It is the energy technology center of the world and when oil prices are high, nothing can stop it.
If polywell, tri-alpha, or one of the other so-called dark horse fusion candidates successfully surprises us, then Houston may be the next Detroit.
I think the question might be - will oil continue to be the dominant energy source for the foreseeable future? If so, then at some point in the next few or more decades, Houston will surpass. It is the energy technology center of the world and when oil prices are high, nothing can stop it.
If polywell, tri-alpha, or one of the other so-called dark horse fusion candidates successfully surprises us, then Houston may be the next Detroit.
Oil does equal energy. If there are any other fusion candidates that you brought up, best believe Houston will be in forefront. It is the energy capital, not the oil capital. This isn't Tulsa.
And I do think Chicago will see a resurgence like NY did.
Things will settle and Chicago will start gaining population again. It is a fine city. It had an awesome downtown. The winters take some getting used to, but many don't mind the chill.
I think people are giving up on Chicago too easily
Bingo. Chicago is great, and always will be. It was great long before Houston had a second stop light in town. This kind of thread makes me sad as an urbanist.
I actually wish Houston was the 95 sq mile inner loop with a little bit outside of it. The rest of the city outside of the loop will not even have a chance to create a vibrant urban area ever because they have always been suburbs. When I say suburbs, I mean post world war 2 suburbs, not the streetcar suburbs like Houston Heights. The population would drop as well as the artificial status as being the "4th" largest city. But it would be a much better city.
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