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Old 09-17-2013, 10:00 PM
 
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Smack dab in the middle of the three Major Metropolitan areas of Austin, San Antonio and Houston with a combined metro area population of over 10 Million people about 1.5 hours from each. Located on I10 - super easy to get to from Houston or SA and not hard from Austin either. Seems like a perfect location to put up something ginormous - a Disneyworld Texas or something similar.

I'm not advocating for this. . .just surprised something like this hasn't happened yet.
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Old 09-17-2013, 10:11 PM
 
Location: Louisiana to Houston to Denver to NOVA
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And who would work there or pay for the needed infrastructure?
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Old 09-18-2013, 04:11 AM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Duh!!! A huge city would pop up along with all of the development. Lol.
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Old 09-18-2013, 06:49 AM
 
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You people never heard of Vegas?
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Old 09-18-2013, 02:47 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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Smack dab in the middle of the three Major Metropolitan areas of Austin, San Antonio and Houston with a combined metro area population of over 10 Million people about 1.5 hours from each. Located on I10 - super easy to get to from Houston or SA and not hard from Austin either. Seems like a perfect location to put up something ginormous - a Disneyworld Texas or something similar.

I'm not advocating for this. . .just surprised something like this hasn't happened yet.
Maybe they can't decide between Flatonia or Schulenburg ? Schulenburg is a little closer to Houston you know...
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Old 09-18-2013, 03:04 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Shiner! It has the best beer in the area....
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Old 09-18-2013, 06:13 PM
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This gave me a good laugh! Then it made me think...are you serious?
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Old 09-21-2013, 10:33 AM
 
Location: Maui County, HI
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On Flatonia is the name of an actual place? I thought the OP was making fun of the area being flat
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Old 09-21-2013, 11:42 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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The Chicken Ranch in La Grange, near by, was pretty popular at one time.

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In November 1972, the Texas Department of Public Safety surveilled the Chicken Ranch for two days, documenting 484 people entering the Chicken Ranch. At the request of a member of the Texas DPS intelligence team, local law enforcement closed the Chicken Ranch down for a short time. It reopened, and in July 1973 Houston television reporter Marvin Zindler began an investigation of the Chicken Ranch. Zindler claimed for many years that he began the investigation because of an anonymous tip. Later in his autobiography, Zindler admitted that he did his expose after two college students—Peggy Meek (Venable) and Bill Boe—wrote an article on the Chicken Ranch which landed them an Intercollegiate Press Award. Governor Dolph Briscoe closed the operation, only to have it open again after a few months. Then Zindler stepped in to shed more light on the operation, which led to its being closed for good.[5]
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Old 09-21-2013, 11:43 AM
 
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On Flatonia is the name of an actual place? I thought the OP was making fun of the area being flat
Flatonia is the actual name.....ive been there
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