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View Poll Results: Are parks being overdone in Houston?
yes 5 7.04%
no 64 90.14%
undecided 2 2.82%
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Old 02-24-2014, 02:27 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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Well, we're not in South Texas.
Pimp C disagrees.

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I have a better question: "Is Houston starting to overdo the shopping plaza thing?"
If you mean shopping plaza by strip mall, then....yep.
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Old 02-24-2014, 03:34 PM
 
Location: The Magnolia City
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Pimp C disagrees.
He also said Georgia wasn't the South.

Houston is in southern Texas, but South Texas is the region below San Antonio. I thought everyone knew that.
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Old 02-24-2014, 05:56 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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He also said Georgia wasn't the South.

Houston is in southern Texas, but South Texas is the region below San Antonio. I thought everyone knew that.
I was joking.
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Old 02-24-2014, 11:26 PM
 
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If you are gonna be all technical ...
Brownsville is not in the South Texas Plains


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Old 02-25-2014, 07:07 AM
 
Location: The Magnolia City
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If you are gonna be all technical ...
Brownsville is not in the South Texas Plains
"South Texas" is more of cultural classification than a geographic one. If we went by that map, North Texas and much of Lower Central Texas would be in the same region, which we know is not the case. So, while Brownsville may not be in the STP, it is in South Texas.

It's similar to the way that "North Texas" only includes the region surrounding DFW, but northern Texas would also include the Panhandle and the Texas counties of the Arklatex.

I also never understood why the Texas Gulf Coast or "Coastal Bend" was all considered to be one region. The northern part is more lush, has cooler winters, and is much more southern, while the lower half has less trees, is warmer, and more influenced by Mexico. But I suppose the Texas attitude was "well, they're all by the water, so let's just say they're the same place." Same way people still think East Texas is this monolithic place.

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Old 02-25-2014, 02:15 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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Geographically or topographically, that map is correct IMO. Culturally, it's incorrect.
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Old 02-25-2014, 04:54 PM
 
Location: The Magnolia City
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Geographically or topographically, that map is correct IMO. Culturally, it's incorrect.
I'm not saying it's flat out incorrect, but it could be way more elaborate. If someone wanted a true and concise understanding of Texas' geographic regions, I wouldn't show them that map.

This one isn't perfect, but it is better:

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Old 02-25-2014, 05:24 PM
 
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I have decided that if I ever win the lottery, I will use part of it to build a park on every vacant lot in my neighborhood. Parks add tremendously to urban quality of life. This city needs more beautification, more projects devoted to improving quality of life for residents, and more parks! God knows it can afford it.
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Old 02-25-2014, 07:21 PM
 
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As opposed to overdoing surface parking lots and strip malls?
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Old 02-25-2014, 11:29 PM
 
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This one isn't perfect, but it is better:
Austin and Corpus Christi in the same region? Ok
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