Houston vs. Dallas (Fort Worth, Galveston, Trinity: snake, homes, neighborhoods)

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Scout_972

Heck, the patch of ground where Houston sets now would probably be a flat, boring satelitte city of Galveston if not for the Hurricane of 1900.

Galveston would have been so much more interesting than Houston, if only it'd had a chance to blossem into a major city.

So hows the "Port of Dallas" doing these days?

Did those census tracts I just posted shake you up a bit?

[Scout_972]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

So hows the "Port of Dallas" doing these days?

Did those census tracts I just posted shake you up a bit?

I dunno Matt, do you think not having a seaport will prevent Dallas from becoming a major city?

Edit: Dallas' density tracts do not appear symmetrical around the core because there is a large flood plain running through the city.

[Scout_972]

Originally Posted by blkgiraffe

The same could be said for Houston. North Houston [Rolling hills and tons of pine trees] and South Houston [Coastal, prairies, swamps, and more] feel and look nothing like Central Houston [Fast paced, vibrant, more urban, cosmopolitan and more].

You've been in Houston too long. There are no rolling hills in North Houston, maybe north of Houston.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Scout_972

I dunno Matt, do you think not having a seaport will prevent Dallas from becoming a major city?

Edit: Dallas' density tracts do not appear symmetrical around the core because there is a large flood plain running through the city.

Houston is one gigantic flood plain. Houston has hundreds of bayous all over the city that are prone to flooding. Hell the Buffalo Bayou which snakes though Downtown Houston appears to carry more water than the Trinity, which is several miles away from DT Dallas.


http://texashurricane.wordpress.com/

Next please.

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by Scout_972

You've been in Houston too long. There are no rolling hills in North Houston, maybe north of Houston.

There are actually a couple of areas in Houston that have rolling terrain, but it's not much.

[feufoma]

Originally Posted by Scout_972

You've been in Houston too long. There are no rolling hills in North Houston, maybe north of Houston.

I think he's taking a regional view (similar to most DFW posters).

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by feufoma

I think he's taking a regional view (similar to most DFW posters).

He know exactly what I'm talking about; I wouldn't compare the city of Houston to DFW. I'm talking metropolitan areas; nice try Scout.

[feufoma]

Originally Posted by blkgiraffe

He know exactly what I'm talking about; I wouldn't compare the city of Houston to DFW. I'm talking metropolitan areas; nice try Scout.

Right. And in the Houston region there is some rolling terrain, cub.

[Metro Matt]

The rolling terrain in the Houston region doesn't begin till Conroe.

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by Scout_972

Heck, the patch of ground where Houston sets now would probably be a flat, boring satelitte city of Galveston if not for the Hurricane of 1900.

Galveston would have been so much more interesting than Houston, if only it'd had a chance to blossom into a major city.

the area around Houston already had more than 5 times the population of Galveston buy 1900. The thing was they were not officially in Houston City limits. They were just suburbs of Houston


The population of Houston Doubled and quadrupled as time went buy as Houston took in these areas, not because of Galveston.

You need to learn more about your state man, and not believe everything you hear.

You really believe that Houston was a 40,000 person-ed city in the middle of harris county with nothing else around it?? Dream on.

while Galveston had maximised its limits on the island. Houston had room to grow and did.

Kinda like what is happening now with Dallas and FW. FW has lots of room to grow while Dallas is maxed out