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Old 03-18-2009, 11:20 PM
 
Location: Mobile,Al(the city by the bay)
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HUH? Who said that besides you?

What would the purpose be to move Huntsville downtown so it could have tall buildings? If the city actually wanted to expand they will find a way without moving the entire downtown. They go out and buy up property or condemn it if you don't sell to get more land.

Who in Huntsville would ever want the city to be like Atlanta or Houston?


I think you miss understood my post, my friend. I didn`t say Huntsville wants to be like Houston or Atlanta .I have met some Huntsvillians who would like for to be that way but that wasn`t what I said. The part that you miss understood was that Huntsville would have to have Atlanta or Houston type of growth to have there downtown rebuilt from the ground up just for it to be near a river that is what I posted. It took Huntsville 200 + years to have what it has now and to have a downtown built to the standards of KE would take Atlanta growth, KE is a big thinker !!!
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Old 03-18-2009, 11:25 PM
 
Location: Mobile,Al(the city by the bay)
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You are trying to be funny! If you are not, at least somebody see my potential besides Charles. If I was mayor, Huntsville would be planning to relocate a larger, better, taller, more productive, more urban, and more lively downtown on the river.

I believe you to KE but if you were mayor of Huntsville do you think the city of Huntsville could be able to afford to relocate a downtown ? If the economy wasn`t bad and Huntsville could get BRAC growth 5 X of what it will soon get it would still be impossible to see in your life time.
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Old 03-18-2009, 11:31 PM
 
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True! Will Huntsville big as successful as the DC-Bmore area to receive multiple BRAC opportunities?
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Old 03-18-2009, 11:35 PM
 
Location: Mobile,Al(the city by the bay)
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I don`t think so Huntsville is attractive enough with out being D.C /Baltimore size to see that but theres no need for mutilple BRAC atleast I don`t think so.
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Old 03-18-2009, 11:39 PM
 
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Oops! I meant will Huntsville be as successful to receive many BRAC opportunitie like the DC/Bmore area?
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Old 03-18-2009, 11:48 PM
 
Location: Mobile,Al(the city by the bay)
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In the future I can see that but as of in this decade I don`t think so.
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Old 03-19-2009, 06:54 AM
 
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I am sure if you ask ppl affected by BRAC in DC area they never thought that their jobs would be moved anywhere. Sorry to be a cynic here but I have seen it happen in Mobile when they closed Brookley AFB which was devastating to Mobile for many many years. I saw it happen in H'ville in the 70s. When they cut jobs at any military facility it affects the economy of that city. I saw the effort to keep MacDill AFB in Tampa from being closed down in the 80s. They moved many jobs out of MacDill and there were foreclosures everywhere. It took a lot of lobbying to just keep the base open.

If you are going to have the skyscrapers KE wants for H'ville then you are going to need a lot more than just BRAC here
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Old 03-19-2009, 08:47 AM
 
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Instead of moving downtown, why not move the river? Probably just as easy as turning Ditto Landing into skyscrapers. Plus, you wouldn't have the rowing club complaining that their boathouses got razed again...

Seriously, why not let Huntsville be Huntsville? It isn't a river town, so why try to force it to be one?

DJM
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Old 03-19-2009, 09:10 AM
 
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Seriously, why not let Huntsville be Huntsville? It isn't a river town, so why try to force it to be one?

DJM[/quote]

Exactly!!
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Old 03-19-2009, 09:29 AM
 
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Get off the rock dude
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