HIGHER cost of living = HIGHER standard of living? Wow, that's dumb. Just stop, son. Stop, educate yourself, then come back and post here. Posting garbage like this just embarrasses you further.
Houston's public transport will always be a joke with this kind of initiative. I realized how awesome public transportation really was once I actually moved out of Houston. If there's a city that desperately needs better public transport, it's Houston. It's way behind other major cities.
If you were alive in a different generation, you'd be against ending slavery, and segregation. You're a detriment to society.
You must be r****ded, HAHA. Hmmm do you understand the concept of supply and demand? Basic economics? Hmmm let's think for a second, now why in the WORLD would people pay more to live somewhere? "Son," you are an idiot. LOL, this is hilarious. This is the same guy who routinely gets destroyed on the D&D, and creates such threads as "Obama responsible for bringing $5 gasoline..." haha your credibility is destroyed right there. I'll trust educated METRO officials and educated transportation experts before some right wing troll/chump. "Son.." LOL wow
Exactly. People like TomDelay, Culberson, bigtexxx (who doesn't have an impact at all since he's just a teenage internet troll lol) are just backwards thinkers. Just because a minority of uneducated and uninformed people in their district are against something, they will do anything just to stay in office and keep those votes and donations coming! It's actually hilarious when people say they don't want that "danged train" coming through their neighborhood. It's amazing how closed minded, backwards, and just plain dumb they are.
Ok you've gone off the deep end and are spouting non-sense that is not only untrue but slanderous. Take a timeout and come back when you've cooled off, son.
Like da1, you need a timeout as well. Cool off, gather your wits, and talk with the adults. Calling people "r****ded" is not civil discussion. Simple economics tells you that with a higher cost of living, you can afford less.
You're against progress that helps poor people and those of color. Not really a big jump of a hypothesis. Son. Also, why are Manhattan and San Francisco so expensive? Think about it. QUALITY OF LIFE.
I'm as cool as a cucumber texxx. Sorry about that, I was just stooping to your level for a second, my apologies. I assumed that since it was alright for you to call me and other posters "dumb" "amateurish" and saying I post "garbage," telling people their posts are "worthless" and telling them to "do better," I just assumed that insults were part of the civil discussion for you. Maybe you need to cool off to. Back to the topic: sorry that is incorrect. If you live in an area that has a higher cost of living, that means you can afford more, not less. This is due to the fact that you make more money, and therefore can afford to live in a pricier area.
I'm a frequent lurker of the D&D and I like to pile on texxx as much as the next guy, but I don't see why everyone is outraged here. The metro rail is not a financially sound institution (ie: it's losing money as we speak, as it has always done). So why expand our investment in it? I don't buy the whole "helping poor people" argument because there are plenty of other ways to get around town than riding in a cutting edge light rail. In addition, as a resident of the west houston area and a frequent costumer of several establishments on richmond avenue, I am concerned with the safety issues and noise/traffic slowdown a metro rail would introduce in this area. Helping the less fortunate and instituting legislation for this purpose is very important and I support it to a large extent, but doing so when it doesn't make sense or when it's done at the expense of others' safety and convenience doesn't seem like a very good idea.
The short of it is that I touched a nerve by "daring" to ask the tough questions of the rail fanboys. Of course they have no answers to my tough questions, but instead choose to hurl insults and even call me a racist for not supporting rail. That's why I've asked them to take some time out and cool down.
all right bigtexx, what is your solution to improving public transportation in Houston? And expanding the bus line is not going to work.
I sort of disagree. I've lived in a city with a good public transportation system for the last four years. It's definitely not a bad thing to have, but at the end of the day cars are much better, especially when you consider that Houston is so much more spread out than the Twin Cities.
disagree with your disagreement. Have you ever been to NYC? Toronto? London? Driving is a joke in NYC because of the sheer amount of people, you can't even turn because each time you have to wait 30 seconds for people who have the right of way to walk by. Same with Toronto, except Toronto has so many cars that the traffic is everywhere especially during rush hour. London's Tube is amazing, you can go anywhere with it. Tons of people over there don't even own cars. Public transportation is easily the best method of moving around in those cities. One can argue that Houston isn't like those cities, but if Houston keeps growing and growing and growing what now? One must realize that ALL the highest populated cities in the WORLD have legitimate public transportation (other than LA, but even LA has a better system than we do). Houston needs to start something now, can't wait until the future when it would be too late and too expensive.
That might be true, but if you actually look at statistics, you'll see that buses lose even more money. A bus route along the current Red Line would lose much more money than the light rail is losing. The light rail is actually very efficient compared to buses. I believe that we should continue our investment in it because it increases transportation ridership, requires less subsidy than buses to operate, and improves transportation and infrastructure in Houston as a whole. I think it's a silly argument too, because I am not poor and would gladly ride public transportation if there were better options than there are currently. Don't worry about safety issues, as long as you follow driving rules, you won't hit the train, and neither will anyone else. That's a big if though, as Houstonians are notoriously bad drivers. METRORail is quieter than a bus, so noise won't be a problem. It won't increase traffic either. There will still be the same amount of lanes on Richmond, and it won't cause more red lights, because they will only come roughly every 3 minutes, which is more time than the average light cycle. It's ironic you say that because METRORail only increases people's safety and convenience. Light rail is safer than buses, buses get into accidents almost every day. Also, light rail is more convenient for transit riders. It won't get in the way because it doesn't run on traffic lanes, unlike buses. Buses get in the way more than rail does.
No, you touched a nerve by hurling insults at me when I was simply stating facts. You have yet to bring any facts to the table in regards to your fanboy support of buses. That's funny that you say I have no answers, when it is in fact you who isn't answering me. I must have missed the part where I or anyone else called you a racist in this thread (?) but I know for sure you started the name calling and I playfully went a long with it. This cracks me up, hah.
