Texas Medical Center in HOU poised to overtake Downtown Dallas in 5-6 years (Houston: restaurants, title)

[dv1033]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Here are more recent pics.



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The problem with gauging height of the TMC is that the floor plans of the TMC are huge. The building with the purple lights at night is less than 500 ft tall but has 1.5 million sq.ft. of medical office space. While, to take a comparision, the Williams Tower in Houston is over 900 ft. tall and has about 2 million sq.ft. of office space.

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[Trae713]

Originally Posted by mm4

Matt, your credibility will be rehabilitated when you put the original daytime photo back up (with the view from highway level and the Enterprise Rent-A-Car signage at the left and the white peeling paint of the foreground building with the few palm trees behind it).

You're trying too hard. Not sure what this proves.

[justme02]

So all it takes for cities to be similar is...being international and having tall buildings. Wow, then I guess pretty much every major city in the US is just like every other city.

Lots of cities are international and have tall buildings (including Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles). If this is the basis to which you guys are saying Houston and LA are just a like, thats pretty shallow. Point me to some cultural artifacts or something geographical.

[jabbit]

why is there 22 pages of this? what egos. lol

[SweethomeSanAntonio]

Nice looking pics, but, really shows how much smaller it is, compared to San Antonio or Ft Worth. El Paso I would say w/o a doubt.

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Those photos are obsolete. The Texas Medical Center has buildings being constructed almost like its Dubai.

Here are more recent pics.



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[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

So all it takes for cities to be similar is...being international and having tall buildings. Wow, then I guess pretty much every major city in the US is just like every other city.

Lots of cities are international and have tall buildings (including Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles). If this is the basis to which you guys are saying Houston and LA are just a like, thats pretty shallow. Point me to some cultural artifacts or something geographical.

Large Asian and Hispanic community, intergrated, international, ports, palm trees, multiple skylines, lots of people from LA, hot weather, located close to beach,etc

I'm sure you'll ignore all this though and say it doesn't mean anything.

[Urbannizer]

Originally Posted by SweethomeSanAntonio

Nice looking pics, but, really shows how much smaller it is, compared to San Antonio or Ft Worth. El Paso I would say w/o a doubt.

No. I would say S.A. Its much larger than El Paso and there's a part of the TMC that is not in those pics.

[justme02]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

Large Asian and Hispanic community, intergrated, international, ports, palm trees, multiple skylines, lots of people from LA, hot weather, located close to beach,etc

I'm sure you'll ignore all this though and say it doesn't mean anything.

The hispanic community in both places is large yes. It depends on how you define large for Asian though. Houston has a large Asian community for this part of the country. However, its not comparable to LA.

LA's climate isnt anything like Houston. Its never really gets hot. Its mild year round. Ive spent alot of time in Houston and the weather is only really mild in the late full through early spring. Its very hot and humid the other times of the year. The climates arent alike.

Yes they are both large and international with ports. So is NYC, Miami, San Francisco, etc. That doesnt mean they are alike.

When I think of cities that are alike, Im thinking more culturally. I think of cities like Portland and Seattle. LA and Houston have similarites. That doesnt make them culturally similar. The Los Angeles are is alot more laid back, alot more outdoorsy, and alot more ethnic. Houston is alot friendlier, alot more business oriented, and alot more family oriented.

You can point to alot of cities and say they have alot of tall buildings, have ports, are international, etc. It takes more than that to say two cities are alike.

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

The hispanic community in both places is large yes. It depends on how you define large for Asian though. Houston has a large Asian community for this part of the country. However, its not comparable to LA.

Percentage wise, yes it is.

LA's climate isnt anything like Houston. Its never really gets hot. Its mild year round. Ive spent alot of time in Houston and the weather is only really mild in the late full through early spring. Its very hot and humid the other times of the year. The climates arent alike.

They only aren't alike if you're in the LA Basin. The SF Valley and Inland Empire are hot! Only difference is, Houston is humid.

Yes they are both large and international with ports. So is NYC, Miami, San Francisco, etc. That doesnt mean they are alike.

Okay...

When I think of cities that are alike, Im thinking more culturally. I think of cities like Portland and Seattle. LA and Houston have similarites. That doesnt make them culturally similar. The Los Angeles are is alot more laid back, alot more outdoorsy, and alot more ethnic. Houston is alot friendlier, alot more business oriented, and alot more family oriented.

Laid back and friendly kind of go hand in hand to me. I would say LA is more ethnic, but only because it overall has more people. Houston has the percentages, just not the overall numbers.

You can point to alot of cities and say they have alot of tall buildings, have ports, are international, etc. It takes more than that to say two cities are alike.

But you know he said more than that. You just overlooked it (again).

[justme02]

Originally Posted by Angel713

Percentage wise, yes it is.

They only aren't alike if you're in the LA Basin. The SF Valley and Inland Empire are hot! Only difference is, Houston is humid.

Laid back and friendly kind of go hand in hand to me. I would say LA is more ethnic, but only because it overall has more people. Houston has the percentages, just not the overall numbers.

But you know he said more than that. You just overlooked it (again).

LA is more ethnic on percentages and numerically.

LA is 10% Asian, Houston is 5%.

LA is 34% foreign born, Houston is 20%.

LA is 48% non white hispanic, Houston is 36%

Spanish is the native tounge of 42% of Angelenos. Dont have the stats for Houston, but Id bet money it isnt that high.

LA is more ethinic than Houston any way you slice it (percentages or numbers).

Houston does have alot more African Americans on a percetage than LA.

If you want to compare the reigions (since you brought it up on the point about climate), the differences become underlined. Outside Houston is some of the most conservative, southern, and country areas of the US. Whereas in LA, its mountainous and deserty.

The points I adressed in my last post were the ones worth adressing. Im not going to adress the one about palm trees. There are palm trees lots of places and that has nothing to do with anything. Lots of places are also close to the beach. I might add that the beach in California is culturally and geographic nothing like the Gulf Coast except for the fact that it is a beach.