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You have no idea what you are talking about. The lakes in central FL are used for recreation all the time. Ever heard of Cypress Gardens?
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Apparently I do, as I did not write that article and several others about people dying from bacteria in central florida lakes. Do those articles not know what they are talking about either???
Don't pay him no mind... Let him make a fool out of himself. Facts are facts.
Seems like some are trying to disqualify places because their waterfronts don't contain AS MUCH water as some other place. A waterfront is a waterfront, even if it is sometimes filled and sometimes dry, like Dallas' Trinity river, or even if it's called bayou instead of river, like Houston's Buffalo Bayou, which has trails along it and a downtown Aquarium that is right next to it. It totally defies logic to say that because one place's waterfront doesn't have as much water as another place then it means the first place doesn't have a waterfront at all.
Somebody said Denver doesn't have a waterfront. I have walked through downtown Denver and when I was there, the Platte River came right through downtown, and Cherry Creek emptied into it, and Denver had pedestrian bridges connecting the banks of its waterfront, a Commons Park on one side of its waterfront, REI on the other side of its waterfront, and they even had decorative pumpkins sitting on the rocks in the rapids area of the waterfront right under the Speer Blvd. bridge. The waterfront trails extend well past Elitch Gardens and Invesco Field at Mile High. Whomever said Denver doesn't have a waterfront is mistaken. They may as well have said the Platte River is not a river. LOL
Now, in the spirit of the OP, I'll list Charlotte as a city without a developed riverfront, lakefront, or bayfront.
Seems like some are trying to disqualify places because their waterfronts don't contain AS MUCH water as some other place. A waterfront is a waterfront, even if it is sometimes filled and sometimes dry, like Dallas' Trinity river, or even if it's called bayou instead of river, like Houston's Buffalo Bayou, which has trails along it and a downtown Aquarium that is right next to it. It totally defies logic to say that because one place's waterfront doesn't have as much water as another place then it means the first place doesn't have a waterfront at all.
Somebody said Denver doesn't have a waterfront. I have walked through downtown Denver and when I was there, the Platte River came right through downtown, and Cherry Creek emptied into it, and Denver had pedestrian bridges connecting the banks of its waterfront, a Commons Park on one side of its waterfront, REI on the other side of its waterfront, and they even had decorative pumpkins sitting on the rocks in the rapids area of the waterfront right under the Speer Blvd. bridge. The waterfront trails extend well past Elitch Gardens and Invesco Field at Mile High. Whomever said Denver doesn't have a waterfront is mistaken. They may as well have said the Platte River is not a river. LOL
Now, in the spirit of the OP, I'll list Charlotte as a city without a developed riverfront, lakefront, or bayfront.
Exactly. You can't come out and say "Dallas dosen't have a waterfront", because a river runs right through the city! If it dosen't have waterfront, than what is it?
It does...but Houston isn't positioned ON the water and therefore doesn't have a waterfront in the city, or at least not that I can remember seeing.
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Exactly. You can't come out and say "Dallas dosen't have a waterfront", because a river runs right through the city! If it dosen't have waterfront, than what is it?
When other posters are saying Houston, Dallas and Denver aren't waterfront cities, they're implying the cities themselves aren't centered around the body of water. This is a fine line here, but you really can't compare the bodies of water in those three cities to the bodies of water in Chicago, Seattle, New York or Tampa. They don't compare. Sure, it's a definition with a degree variance, but Dallas is not a waterfront city. There is a body of water that passes through it, but it isn't the lifeblood of the city.
On the other hand, Houston is a much more unique city. It is near a major body of water, but it's not on that body of water. The reason Houston's port is so big (usually ranking one, two or three in the US depending on the measuring criteria) is because it utilizes every inch of a stretch of dredged bayou that connects the outer reaches of the city to the Gulf of Mexico. The waterfront isn't directly in the urbanized portion of the city. The port authority is about ten miles from downtown Houston, Galveston Bay is about twenty miles from downtown and the Gulf is about 45-50 miles. I don't consider it a waterfront city either.
As usual, this is ridiculous. Orlando bashers are a joke...how far will you go bash something that literally everyone else considers pretty? Lake Eola is undeniably a beautiful park in the urban setting that it resides. Anyone that does not think this park is pretty has bad taste, period. Nobody really cares that Lake Eola it is not a real lake. Do you know how many lakes in the US are man made? Are those not 'real'? People walk around Lake Eola and enjoy the setting. I have not noticed any bird crap and I have walked around there many times. And for that matter, all of Thornton Park is clean and well manicured. Unless you go looking for a reason to complain, you will not find one.
As usual, this is ridiculous. Orlando bashers are a joke...how far will you go bash something that literally everyone else considers pretty? Lake Eola is undeniably a beautiful park in the urban setting that it resides. Anyone that does not think this park is pretty has bad taste, period. Nobody really cares that Lake Eola it is not a real lake. Do you know how many lakes in the US are man made? Are those not 'real'? People walk around Lake Eola and enjoy the setting. I have not noticed any bird crap and I have walked around there many times. And for that matter, all of Thornton Park is clean and well manicured. Unless you go looking for a reason to complain, you will not find one.
I tried to rep you for this Pete, but I have to spread it around a little.
I could not agree with you more. The "older & colder" crowd seems to be especially vicious lately.
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. It might be a dirty lake, but it is still a lake.
