What is the most "country town like" city over 100,000? (Houston: credit, neighborhood)

[jluke65780]

Originally Posted by TXTwizter

I just read that in the Sunday Trib!!! I think that would be really neat if we had something like that here. And the Hotel Indigo article......the developers ears must have been burning as we were spouting back and forth about it, cause theres an article in the paper today. I honestly hope Waco can support a high end hotel in this economy. Maybe after they build it the old saying, "if you build it, they will come", and all of Rick Sheldons visions can be built, plus more.

To get back on topic, I still think Waco does have a "country town" mentality, Hopefully after all this development our 125,000 citizens and 50,000 suburban citizens will wake up and realize this and attitudes will change.

Well you got the H.O.T,Conventions, Baylor games, and concerts. I think it could support it. Conventions bring in I believe more than 400,000 people a year.

[txstate]

I am just came back from there last week

Originally Posted by Calle13

You defending Waco brah?

[txstate]

Dont forget high school playoff games( WISD, Floyd Casey) and Little Baseball Headquarters and the Texas sports HOF. The Centralized part of Texas

Originally Posted by jluke65780

Well you got the H.O.T,Conventions, Baylor games, and concerts. I think it could support it. Conventions bring in I believe more than 400,000 people a year.

[TXTwizter]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

Well you got the H.O.T,Conventions, Baylor games, and concerts. I think it could support it. Conventions bring in I believe more than 400,000 people a year.

Have you seen any design plans for the Indigo? I wonder if it'll be a multi-story building? It would be nice if it was 10 or more floors!

[jluke65780]

Originally Posted by TXTwizter

Have you seen any design plans for the Indigo? I wonder if it'll be a multi-story building? It would be nice if it was 10 or more floors!

Did you see the video of the future downtown Waco? I think it shows the design, but I'm not sure.

[TXTwizter]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

Did you see the video of the future downtown Waco? I think it shows the design, but I'm not sure.

The only multi-story building that caught my attention is one that would be where the TXU substation is at MLK @ I-35 (behind Buzzard Billys), and they just mentioned a resort, no names. Besides that location doesnt match where Indigo is supposed to be....(Webster @ 2nd).

[karnival96]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

If Waco is country, than Houston and Dallas is country. The people in Waco have a strong bind with people in Dallas and Houston and vice versa. Waco's downtown is going through a billion dollar rennovation including a domed stadium, marina, hotels, condos, resturantes, theatre, stores,etc. Also with 17,000 people commuting to downtown Waco everyday....were far from country.

Outside of the fact that Waco doesn't have public transportation, 5-star restaurants, highly regarded museums, Fortune 500 corporate headquarters, skyscrapers built within the last 50 years, light rail, major league sports teams, world-class shopping, vibrant nightlife, and high-end neighborhoods, it's exactly like Dallas and Houston.

[jluke65780]

Originally Posted by karnival96

Outside of the fact that Waco doesn't have public transportation, 5-star restaurants, highly regarded museums, Fortune 500 corporate headquarters, skyscrapers built within the last 50 years, light rail, major league sports teams, world-class shopping, vibrant nightlife, and high-end neighborhoods, it's exactly like Dallas and Houston.

You made yourself sound pretty stupid considering the facts that Waco has a population of only 122k. I was talking about the fact that for its size, Waco is not country. Houston and Dallas are considered country in the north, but to us they aren't country. Also Waco has BRT, it sucks but it is still some type of public transit. Lets not even get started on the millionaires who seem to be drawn to Waco. The nightlife is also good considering the fact that Waco is a small city compared to Houston and Dallas [I guess "Girls Gone Wild" only come to lame boring country towns]. Nice try, but your argument is weak.

Some things this country town has:

http://www.shopsofriversquarecenter.com/

http://www.cameronparkzoo.com/

http://www.wildwestwaco.com/

http://www.baylor.edu/

http://www.cottoncrossing.net/

[txstate]

Good Point dont forget there is a Waco Transit Bus service, Amtrak and 2 Airports

Originally Posted by jluke65780

You made yourself sound pretty stupid considering the facts that Waco has a population of only 122k. I was talking about the fact that for its size, Waco is not country. Houston and Dallas are considered country in the north, but to us they aren't country. Also Waco has BRT, it sucks but it is still some type of public transit. Lets not even get started on the millionaires who seem to be drawn to Waco. The nightlife is also good considering the fact that Waco is a small city compared to Houston and Dallas [I guess "Girls Gone Wild" only come to lame boring country towns]. Nice try, but your argument is weak.

Some things this country town has:

Home Furnishings, Home Decor, Outdoor Furniture & Modern Furniture | The Shops of River Square Center : Waco, Texas : Furniture, Decor, Candles, Antiques

Cameron Park Zoo - Waco, Texas

Wild West Waco

Baylor University

Cotton Crossing, Waco's first traditional neighborhood development, new housing, lots available

[1deep]

Originally Posted by ocean2026

Amarillo - you have to count the cows as population though- redneck isolated and everyone thinks the same - remember the case of the kid murdered at school who had the mohawk jury didn't think it was so bad - cause punk kids don't belong there.

actually he wasn't murdered at school he was ran over in a parking lot of a shopping center and was killed.