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The keywords are "history"; lets try stepping into the 21st century.
Open a book about this country. Oh wait, Texas is rewriting history.
The city of Boston is a financial and commercial center due to it's port-that's the point. That Boston has ALWAYS been a financial and commercial center due to it for 400 years.
The keywords are "history"; lets try stepping into the 21st century.
Boston is very much a modern city that's in-tune with the 21st Century as well as thriving in it's historical legacy. Both can be done. Cities such as Atlanta or Houston are more well known for tearing down their history. And that is a shame.
Given that you said before that you don't care much for historical sites or the importance of history, I'm not surprised that this was your response.
Boston is very much a modern city that's in-tune with the 21st Century as well as thriving in it's historical legacy. Both can be done. Cities such as Atlanta or Houston are more well known for tearing down their history. And that is a shame.
Given that you said before that you don't care much for historical sites or the importance of history, I'm not surprised that this was your response.
We're talking about the importance of the ports today;why do we need to bring up the Boston Tea Party and that other stuff that happened many years ago???
It's certainly older than Houston's. I know, I know, it's yet another plus about Boston that upsets you.
But Houston still has a busier/more prominent port, without question. For example, in 2006, Boston's port handled 201,000 TEU containers. In that same year, the Port of Houston handled 1.6 million TEU containers. Boston's current port doesn't compare. So what if petroleum helps in that? Petroleum is used to make a lot of things. The Port of Houston probably gets more traffic from Europe than Boston's port.
We all should embrace our nation's history, but just because Boston was a major port 200 years ago does not mean its the same way today...in 2010. Things change.
But Houston still has a busier/more prominent port, without question. For example, in 2006, Boston's port handled 201,000 TEU containers. In that same year, the Port of Houston handled 1.6 million TEU containers. Boston's current port doesn't compare. So what if petroleum helps in that? Petroleum is used to make a lot of things. The Port of Houston probably gets more traffic from Europe than Boston's port.
We all should embrace our nation's history, but just because Boston was a major port 200 years ago does not mean its the same way today...in 2010. Things change.
This. I wasn't saying ignore the history of America, but we're speaking on about what's important and significant as of today.
We're talking about the importance of the ports today;why do we need to bring up the Boston Tea Act and that other stuff???
"That other stuff" is of historical significance and is important in its own way. However, I do agree that Houston has a larger and busier port. That pretty much goes without saying. But it's not as if Boston is some backwater port.
Boston's proximity to Europe is important to me, just as how Seattle's proximity to Asia compared to other West Coast cities is important.
We're talking about the importance of the ports today;why do we need to bring up the Boston Tea Act and that other stuff???
Oh please, if it happened in Houston, you wouldn't let us forget it, and you, I, and everyone knows that.
Why deny what happened if it's relevant?
Would you deny the history of London to the Thames, or the Seine in Paris, or the Tiber in Rome? What about New York's Harbor?
Again, the Port of Boston-which in the 21st century is one of the largest ports on the eastern seaboard. But given the fact the city is 400 years old, and that the fact you are American is directly tied to the Port of Boston. That's the fact. That's pretty damn important.
Oh please, if it happened in Houston, you wouldn't let us forget it, and you, I, and everyone knows that.
Why deny what happened if it's relevant?
Would you deny the history of London to the Thames, or the Seine in Paris, or the Tiber in Rome? What about New York's Harbor?
Again, the Port of Boston-which in the 21st century is one of the largest ports on the eastern seaboard. But given the fact the city is 400 years old, and that the fact you are American is directly tied to the Port of Boston. That's the fact. That's pretty damn important.
When did I deny it??? and If I really wanted to bring up stuff from the past; I'd address How Galveston was the busiest port in the gulf coast and second busiest port in the country in the late 1800s (Only after NYC) or how Houston's port was home to the First Container Cargo ship, the first Double Stack container train, or TMC was where the world's first and largest air ambulance service was created. But...... I won't.
"That other stuff" is of historical significance and is important in its own way. However, I do agree that Houston has a larger and busier port. That pretty much goes without saying. But it's not as if Boston is some backwater port.
Boston's proximity to Europe is important to me, just as how Seattle's proximity to Asia compared to other West Coast cities is important.
Hardly. But I wouldn't say it's a major port in today's terms. Maybe a "significant" port.
When did I deny it??? and If I really wanted to bring up stuff from the past; I'd address How Galveston was the busiest port in the gulf coast and second busiest port in the country in the late 1800s (Only after NYC) or how Houston's port was home to the First Container Cargo ship, the first Double Stack container train, or TMC was where the world's first and largest air ambulance service was created. But...... I won't.
Well I wouldn't care if you did...seeing as how you just did. Boast away.
But those things are hardly on the same "level" as the Tea Party.
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