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So, Houston makes the cut to four...

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Coach AI, Oct 26, 2001.

  1. Jeff

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    The Olympic Village is an interesting quandry. The proposal all along has been to have it in the UH and TSU area. The problem? Well, most of that is the third and fourth wards with predominantly low income housing. Much of the Olympic Village would destroy that housing and force residents to re-locate.

    Some activists have suggested that the OV would wipe out 3rd Ward completely, which isn't far from the truth. Obviously, the residents would have a hard time relocating because most of them can barely afford the rent they have.

    Those proposals will have to be worked out but I saw another that would situate the OV just to the southwest of TSU incorporating part of TSU's campus and some of UH's campus and avoiding many of the above problems. However, it would be significantly more expensive because the campuses want more than it would cost to simply take over governemnt property.
     

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