Moving out...

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by myboynoah

That's not bad. The Metro in DC is 3-4 times as much.

If you put my $35 per year against a friend that it is a dowtown worker in DC, the difference is at least 15x.

[marsupial]

Originally Posted by myboynoah

What does Dallas do for mass transit? Memphis has some buses and a trolley downtown, but nothing dedicated to bringing people from the suburbs into downtown.

Dallas has a light rail system. Danimal rode it every day to work.

[myboynoah]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

If you put my $35 per year against a friend that it is a dowtown worker in DC, the difference is at least 15x.

Yes, I don't dispute that, and good for you. But now Marsupial has noted that yours is a "light" rail system. When is Dallas going to grow up and get a hardened underground metrorail system?

No wonder the Cowgirls lost to the Giants yesterday.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by myboynoah

Yes, I don't dispute that, and good for you. But now Marsupial has noted that yours is a "light" rail system. When is Dallas going to grow up and get a hardened underground metrorail system?

No wonder the Cowgirls lost to the Giants yesterday.

Texas homes, for example, don't generally have basements. I think it is a water table issue. You won't see any rails underground, unless you want them to be underwater rail.

[myboynoah]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Texas homes, for example, don't generally have basements. I think it is a water table issue. You won't see any rails underground, unless you want them to be underwater rail.

Washington and New York actually have trains running under the Potomac and Hudson rivers. Of course, being Texas, you will want to bring in the "Chunnel" engineers.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by myboynoah

Washington and New York actually have trains running under the Potomac and Hudson rivers. Of course, being Texas, you will want to bring in the "Chunnel" engineers.

GOod point. BART runs under the SF Bay and in SF itself you have the Muni light rail and Bart in a two story underground configuration. TX doens't use underground becasue everybody wants to drive their pick-em up trucks.

CA homes don't have basments, usually, either. Popular wisdom usually says somehting about ground water. This is not true. Tlak to a contractor or, better, a large developer and they will tell you the reason they don't have them is beacseu they cut into margins and they don't need them to sell homes becasue people don't expect them. My guess is this is true in TX as well.

[MikeWaters]

In Dallas and Houston, rail and bus are considered transportation for the poor. The culture is different.

When I get on the bus, I am often the only non-black person on the bus.

So, you will see some resistance from the rich white folks towards expanding and improving public transportation. $4/gal gas might change that however.

[RC Vikings]

Originally Posted by myboynoah

Washington and New York actually have trains running under the Potomac and Hudson rivers. Of course, being Texas, you will want to bring in the "Chunnel" engineers.

Don't bring in the "Big Dig" engineers. The thing is leaking like a little baby. I keep waiting for them to blame it on Mitt.

[exUte]

Originally Posted by RC Vikings

http://www.cougarboard.com/noframes/...tml?id=3371181

Interesting post about combining wards and tearing down a chapel in the SLC area. What is the real reason for the decline of members in the SLC area?

move to the burbs because of parks, unless you consider Liberty Park a family friendly park. And there is more parking in the burbs. Plus you can buy more for less in the burbs. Pretty simple and basic.

[myboynoah]

Originally Posted by RC Vikings

Don't bring in the "Big Dig" engineers. The thing is leaking like a little baby. I keep waiting for them to blame it on Mitt.

Actually I'm talking about that engineering marvel making it possible to travel by rail from London to Paris in under two hours.