[AviationGuy]

Probably the best Houston photo thread in years. So much good has happened there that doesn't get proper attention here.

During my last trip to Houston in October, I noticed that so many parks, parkways, trails, and thoroughfare medians in the inner loop are so nicely landscaped and maintained compared with most cities. The Uptown thoroughfares are a good example. I looked into this and found out that Houston has 27 TIRZ zones, and that has something to do with where corporations are contributing large amounts of funding for this. I checked and found out that Austin has only a couple, which explains why our public areas are so poorly maintained in Austin except for along the river downtown. I sent a drone video of Houston to the Austin chamber of commerce to try to get their attention on this. Not much luck so far.