mcrdal15 wrote:Dallas isn't serious enough about urban planning or public transportation, so Amazon should highly consider another city if that's important to them. Sometimes it takes something like Boeing to get this city moving in the right direction.
Jbarn wrote:I am not sure why we even pretend like we have a chance at this. Amazon absolutely will not move to a place that is located in a state that probably will have a bathroom bill passed during the next legislative session.
Tnexster wrote:Jbarn wrote:I am not sure why we even pretend like we have a chance at this. Amazon absolutely will not move to a place that is located in a state that probably will have a bathroom bill passed during the next legislative session.
I recently attended a presentation by a state house rep that talked about this issue. He was a republican and was opposed to the bathroom bill and talked about the damage done just by proposing that legislation. He said Texas got the nod for a couple of potential Amazon finalist cities (Austin and Dallas) but the fact that the state floated that bathroom bill had effectively squelched any possibility that Amazon would select Texas. So they are acknowledging that we have potential but we are out.
Jbarn wrote:I am not sure why we even pretend like we have a chance at this. Amazon absolutely will not move to a place that is located in a state that probably will have a bathroom bill passed during the next legislative session.
Tnexster wrote:The powers that be in Texas, especially in the Governor's office know the impact bills like that cost the state and obviously there are elected officials on both sides of the aisle that also understand the impact. Never underestimate the power of legislators to enact laws that don't serve the state well. Lots of that to go around, it is not unique to Texas, the sheer volume of companies and residents fleeing California should showcase that reality.
Kelley USA wrote:I'm probably one of the few Conservatives on here (and one of those Evangelical Christians at that- GASP!!)... Some of the comments above sort of make me chuckle, but hey we're all created different with different ideas and different opinions. I'm a proud Trump Supporter and a proud Cruz Supporter. I'm sure I'll get a notification soon that I've been banned from this forum![]()
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mcrdal15 wrote:Kelley USA wrote:I'm probably one of the few Conservatives on here (and one of those Evangelical Christians at that- GASP!!)... Some of the comments above sort of make me chuckle, but hey we're all created different with different ideas and different opinions. I'm a proud Trump Supporter and a proud Cruz Supporter. I'm sure I'll get a notification soon that I've been banned from this forum![]()
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As long as you're not a suburban sprawl apologist or think Downtown Dallas should be nothing more than one large asphalt parking lot, then you're fine.
Kelley USA wrote:I'm probably one of the few Conservatives on here (and one of those Evangelical Christians at that- GASP!!)... Some of the comments above sort of make me chuckle, but hey we're all created different with different ideas and different opinions. I'm a proud Trump Supporter and a proud Cruz Supporter. I'm sure I'll get a notification soon that I've been banned from this forum![]()
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lakewoodhobo wrote:Very interesting article about what's happened to New York City over the last 10 years due to too much growth. Maybe a cautionary tale for us.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatod ... /777568002
Tivo_Kenevil wrote:lakewoodhobo wrote:Very interesting article about what's happened to New York City over the last 10 years due to too much growth. Maybe a cautionary tale for us.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatod ... /777568002
I don't think so... Dallas has much more room for growth. I don't know where I read it; but in one of the Amazon HQ 2 articles I read; Dallas ranked high in ability to handle more housing.
Good to know that I’m not aloneKelley USA wrote:I'm probably one of the few Conservatives on here (and one of those Evangelical Christians at that- GASP!!)... Some of the comments above sort of make me chuckle, but hey we're all created different with different ideas and different opinions. I'm a proud Trump Supporter and a proud Cruz Supporter. I'm sure I'll get a notification soon that I've been banned from this forum![]()
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Cbdallas wrote:I still think they will pick a top 2 or 3 and then milk the incentives and go where they get the most.
Tnexster wrote:Cbdallas wrote:I still think they will pick a top 2 or 3 and then milk the incentives and go where they get the most.
Yes and to play this game to get the most out of the incentives when you can buy and sell a small country is a little disturbing. I am not opposed to incentives but also think they serve a purpose that may not be in the best interests of the public in this situation.
whit5125 wrote:Not to mention, it may even make the city consider tearing down parts of our uselessly oversized convention center that are not needed and taking up prime real estate.
TNWE wrote:whit5125 wrote:Not to mention, it may even make the city consider tearing down parts of our uselessly oversized convention center that are not needed and taking up prime real estate.
This is truly the strangest hobbyhorse of the Dallas urbanism crowd- There's plenty of "prime real estate" in the form of surface parking lots and dirt fields that should be developed before we start talking about tearing down existing civic infrastructure that brings a not-insignificant amount of walking, talking expense accounts that keep Downtown hotels and restaurants in business.
Do the people on NYC urban forums constantly fantasize about tearing down the oversized Javits center in favor of rent-controlled apartments?
texasstar wrote:TNWE wrote:whit5125 wrote:Not to mention, it may even make the city consider tearing down parts of our uselessly oversized convention center that are not needed and taking up prime real estate.
This is truly the strangest hobbyhorse of the Dallas urbanism crowd- There's plenty of "prime real estate" in the form of surface parking lots and dirt fields that should be developed before we start talking about tearing down existing civic infrastructure that brings a not-insignificant amount of walking, talking expense accounts that keep Downtown hotels and restaurants in business.
Do the people on NYC urban forums constantly fantasize about tearing down the oversized Javits center in favor of rent-controlled apartments?
Agreed, this drives me nuts as well.
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