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Old 04-13-2013, 01:47 AM
 
Location: Austin/Houston
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Memorial Herman tower is probably one of the most ugly buildings I've ever laid eyes on. But it does look cool at night with the soft blue shooting into the sky!

 
Old 04-13-2013, 09:19 AM
 
Location: Dallas, Texas
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Memorial Herman tower is probably one of the most ugly buildings I've ever laid eyes on. But it does look cool at night with the soft blue shooting into the sky!
This building always reminds me of the Megalon monster from the old Godzilla movies.
lol
 
Old 04-13-2013, 09:22 AM
 
Location: Dallas, Texas
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One of the many monstrosities in Houston.
I do like the amount of buildings in Houston, but good lord they have some ugly architecture there.
 
Old 04-13-2013, 09:23 AM
 
Location: Dallas, Texas
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[quote=dallasboi;29088275]uhh what??

Dallas Skyline 2012 - Bing Images

I love the residential density that backs up to downtown. Look at that build-up in the foreground of this pic. very cool.
 
Old 04-13-2013, 10:07 AM
 
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Memorial Herman tower is probably one of the most ugly buildings I've ever laid eyes on. But it does look cool at night with the soft blue shooting into the sky!
Houston has the ugliest residential tower ever built too. I couldn't find a picture of it because i don't know the name of it. Its the building in Uptown thats tall, skinny, beige and absolutely NO windows on the entire back side of the building. Who allowed this to happen?!?...Could some one post a picture of it? Its Horrendous at best.
 
Old 04-13-2013, 10:51 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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I do like the amount of buildings in Houston, but good lord they have some ugly architecture there.
Watch out here come the LIST! One thing I notice right off the bat is that DFW area architechural schools lag far behind the rest of the state in quality. Whats my point? The better architectural scools will produce the best architechure.

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Old 04-13-2013, 11:17 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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Houston has the ugliest residential tower ever built too. I couldn't find a picture of it because i don't know the name of it. Its the building in Uptown thats tall, skinny, beige and absolutely NO windows on the entire back side of the building. Who allowed this to happen?!?...Could some one post a picture of it? Its Horrendous at best.
That building was supposed to be a twin tower that was never built because of the economic downturn. I don't know if the other tower which would have hidden the side with no windows will ever be built.

On a serious note. dallasboi you spend way to much time not only thinking about your rivalry with Houston, but you actually take trips to investigate, you drive around the city looking for any nook and crannie that you can spin to suite your point of view. Take some advise, relax, pop a chill pill if you are prescribed on them, because you are way too obsessed. I understand you feel overwhelmed, that's because you are. Houston is the superior city in just about every category save luxury shopping.
I blame the DFW powers that be, for setting you up like this. They fill you guys with false hope knowing all along that DFW in the long run cannot possibly keep up with the more important big brother that is this states premier city.

Have a nice day
 
Old 04-13-2013, 11:28 AM
 
Location: Austin/Houston
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Houston has the ugliest residential tower ever built too. I couldn't find a picture of it because i don't know the name of it. Its the building in Uptown thats tall, skinny, beige and absolutely NO windows on the entire back side of the building. Who allowed this to happen?!?...Could some one post a picture of it? Its Horrendous at best.
That would be the mercer tower! And yes, I am very angry at all these architects that Houston is bombarded with that design the ugliest structures. Some body must really have it out for Houston.


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I understand you feel overwhelmed, that's because you are. Houston is the superior city in just about every category save luxury shopping.
I blame the DFW powers that be, for setting you up like this. They fill you guys with false hope knowing all along that DFW in the long run cannot possibly keep up with the more important big brother that is this states premier city.

Have a nice day
Too funny!
 
Old 04-13-2013, 12:05 PM
 
Location: The land of sugar... previously Houston and Austin
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Default This topic is SO yesterday!

Enough already! Could you find any more similar two cities? Similar population numbers, similar demographics, similar politics, etc.

The only notable differences are locations within the state (Dallas closer to the Oklahoma border and Houston close to the coast) and that Houston gets more rainfall so is a little more green/lush.

They are basically on the SAME importance level. The below settles it on that.

/thread.

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"Global City Competitiveness Index: In 2012, the Economist Intelligence Unit (The Economist Group), ranked the competitiveness of global cities according to their demonstrated ability to attract capital, businesses, talent and visitors."

Rank City Score

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2 London 70.4
3 Singapore 70.0
4 Hong Kong 69.3
4 Paris 69.3
6 Tokyo 68.0
7 Zurich 66.8
8 D.C. 66.1
9 Chicago 65.9
10 Boston 64.5
11 Frankfurt 64.1
12 Toronto 63.9
13 Geneva 63.3
13 San Francisco 63.3
15 Sydney 63.1
16 Melbourne 62.7
17 Amsterdam 62.4
18 Vancouver 61.8
19 Los Angeles 61.5
20 Seoul 60.5
20 Stockholm 60.5
22 Montreal 60.3
23 Copenhagen 59.9
23 Houston 59.9
25 Dallas 59.8
 
Old 04-13-2013, 01:53 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[quote=AK123;29107871]Enough already! Could you find any more similar two cities? Similar population numbers, similar demographics, similar politics, etc.

The only notable differences are locations within the state (Dallas closer to the Oklahoma border and Houston close to the coast) and that Houston gets more rainfall so is a little more green/lush.

They are basically on the SAME importance level.

AK, I know you are trying to split the baby and play for a tie (and thats nice of you), but that is so unfair to the potential that Houston has. If the shoe was on the other foot the powers that be in DFW would not have hesitated for a moment to leave everybody else in Texas, in the dust. This attitude seems to permeate the Houston mentality (at least what I see posted on CD) with a few notable exceptions.

What Houston can achieve is not detrimental to DFW and we are sister cities and will be forever, but we shouldn't put a limit on one just to spare the others feelings. The truth can hurt but once it is known it will set us all free!
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