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Old 11-25-2019, 05:16 AM
 
Location: "The Dirty Irv" Irving, TX
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You have this mentality that bigger equals better when its really not. Quality trumps quantity any day of the week. Seriously, no one cares about TMC outside of Houston no matter how you try to convince people otherwise.
Yeah. Exactly. Also, the TMC doesnt make houston any more urban.

 
Old 11-25-2019, 05:20 AM
 
Location: "The Dirty Irv" Irving, TX
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I feel like the urbanity in Houston is more like very early 2000s in Dallas. When VP and West Village and Knox were coming online.
Yep, 100%.

Even the heights, which i would place somewhere beteen a N Oak Cliff and a LGV/ Knox/ Henderson is 5-10 years behind its Dallas counterpart in terms of development.
 
Old 11-25-2019, 05:28 AM
 
Location: "The Dirty Irv" Irving, TX
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While I agree that the core of Dallas is more walkable, thats selling Houston short big time. Not just Montrose, but the Museum District, Midtown, East Downtown, the Heights, and Upper Kirby are great neighborhoods.
Yeah, no doubt.
 
Old 11-25-2019, 07:46 AM
 
Location: Unplugged from the matrix
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You have this mentality that bigger equals better when its really not. Quality trumps quantity any day of the week. Seriously, no one cares about TMC outside of Houston no matter how you try to convince people otherwise.
Well it's a good thing the TMC has both quality and quantity (or should I say a large quantity of quality). Plenty of people care about the TMC, as evident by the amount of visitors both domestic and international that it receives.

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Yep, 100%.

Even the heights, which i would place somewhere beteen a N Oak Cliff and a LGV/ Knox/ Henderson is 5-10 years behind its Dallas counterpart in terms of development.
Knox-Henderson is more like Upper Kirby or Rice Village, both of which take up larger geographic areas so there has been more to fill in. Houston just has more neighborhoods in its core because its a bigger city, so the comparisons won't be equal. Dallas has small compact (and a few walkable) neighborhoods in the core. Houston is behind because it didn't have the planning and had to cover more area, but in 2019 there's been noticeable differences because Houston has a few walkable areas itself now. Dallas isn't as ahead anymore.

Houston's core already has more density and people. Now it's about making it easier for the residents to move about the core via walking, biking, or transit.
 
Old 11-25-2019, 08:04 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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You have this mentality that bigger equals better when its really not. Quality trumps quantity any day of the week. Seriously, no one cares about TMC outside of Houston no matter how you try to convince people otherwise.
Look, Im no homer but that last statement is 100% wrong. The amount of people who come to the TMC from around that world for treatment is huge. It has a worldwide reputation for cancer treatment.

Frankly, in terms of quality TMC is one of the best facilities worldwide especially for cancer treatment.
 
Old 11-25-2019, 08:33 AM
 
Location: Houston, Tx
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Yep, you can tell by their reaction that you just hit them in a sore spot. All the sudden they become very defensive. good job!! It's almost as if they just hate the TMC because Dallas has absolutely zero answers that compare to the TMC. All they can do is belittle it and try to find something else to criticize because they can not rebuddle the TMC. Again Dallas has absolutely , positively NOTHING that can compare to the TMC. End of story. The same goes for Rice University,



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Originally Posted by As Above So Below... View Post
Look, Im no homer but that last statement is 100% wrong. The amount of people who come to the TMC from around that world for treatment is huge. It has a worldwide reputation for cancer treatment.

Frankly, in terms of quality TMC is one of the best facilities worldwide especially for cancer treatment.
 
Old 11-25-2019, 08:56 AM
 
Location: "The Dirty Irv" Irving, TX
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Look, Im no homer but that last statement is 100% wrong. The amount of people who come to the TMC from around that world for treatment is huge. It has a worldwide reputation for cancer treatment.

Frankly, in terms of quality TMC is one of the best facilities worldwide especially for cancer treatment.
Yeah, sure, but it has almost nothing to do with the urbanity of Houston. Most of the Doctors live in the burbs or further out in Houston and drive to work.

The TMC is a big office park of hospitals, but it isn't any more "Urban" than the Star in Frisco.

Yeah, the TMC is a big deal in the world of health care, but most people outside of Houston rarely think about it.
 
Old 11-25-2019, 09:08 AM
 
Location: Fort Worth, TX
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Honestly, most people in DFW go to UTSW for the top doctors unless they need something they can't get there. Now that UTSW has it's own dedicated hospital it's become less common to go to Houston for treatment. I never hear TMC mentioned except on City Data. That doesn't mean that TMC is less well regarded, it's just that DFW residents have less need to travel for treatment which is a good thing for DFW residents.
 
Old 11-25-2019, 09:10 AM
 
Location: "The Dirty Irv" Irving, TX
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Yep, you can tell by their reaction that you just hit them in a sore spot. All the sudden they become very defensive. good job!! It's almost as if they just hate the TMC because Dallas has absolutely zero answers that compare to the TMC. All they can do is belittle it and try to find something else to criticize because they can not rebuddle the TMC. Again Dallas has absolutely , positively NOTHING that can compare to the TMC. End of story. The same goes for Rice University,
I mean we have 2 major airlines and the biggest telecom company.

I mean yeah, lots of people work at the TMC. It isn't like Dallas doesn't have jobs.


The TMC makes almost 0 difference in the lives of people who don't work there for the average Houstonian vs the Average Dallasite. The level of healthcare in both cities is basically the same.

I mean in that regard it is basically like us having airlines. You can still fly plenty of places from Houston regardless of if you have any airlines based there.

It matters more to me that we actually have 4 sports teams than it does that you have the TMC.
 
Old 11-25-2019, 09:41 AM
 
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Yeah, sure, but it has almost nothing to do with the urbanity of Houston. Most of the Doctors live in the burbs or further out in Houston and drive to work.

The TMC is a big office park of hospitals, but it isn't any more "Urban" than the Star in Frisco.

Yeah, the TMC is a big deal in the world of health care, but most people outside of Houston rarely think about it.
Are you kidding? It's definitely a lot more urban than the Star in Frisco. It's not even close. Just because it didn't have a huge residential population does not mean it's equal to a suburban faxu-urban development. The Star in Frisco does not see anywhere near the pedestrian activity, doesn't have the number of high-rise hotels, high rise office buildings, the residential units, it doesn't have light rail, the bike lanes, etc. The doctors with families might live in the burbs, but many increasingly live in the immediate area due to the rise in housing units available.


Just grabbed a random corner in the TMC and I'd like for you to show me one of the Star that looks similar: https://goo.gl/maps/Vu74ruKvRZsHRapz9
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