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Originally Posted by Syndic
Obviously, we know that MLS is the best bet. I wasn't attempting even remotely to appeal to peoples' rational side, but more-so their romantic, idealistic side. Great things don't start out practically. Also, rodeos? In downtown Austin? Are you kidding me? No thanks. Doesn't really fit with our culture or urban landscape.
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Have you been to the rodeo? Houston has the largest rodeo in the world and it raises hundreds of millions of dollars and takes over NRG Park and they fill the 70,000 seat NRG Stadium for 3 weeks straight. Rodeo's aren't some cows and horses. They are great entertainment and I suggest you check one out.
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Originally Posted by Syndic
No offense, but you might not belong in Austin if you think turning I-35 into a 5-lane highway in each direction is a good idea (also, you're acting like we don't have a highway?). Pretty much every rational person in Austin believes that's a horrible idea. Expanding highways just makes traffic worse, in the long run. We have to get people out of their cars. Cities are for people, not cars. You're advocating ideas straight out of the 1950's.
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I've been living in Austin for the past 15+ years and I grew up in Houston. You can have both. 35 is the main artery from Mexico to Canada. You have tremendous amounts of cargo and people passing through each day. You need the highway to support that. I realize no one wants the Katy Freeway in Austin, but we have to be realistic about what cuts through our lovely little city and build the infrastructure to support it. And you're not going to get enough people out of their cars to ever make Austin like NYC or Chicago where you can take the train or subway or other mass transit. Build a highway and complement it with mass transit. Relieve some traffic with options but enough sticking our head in the sand because we don't want 35 to be what it needs to be.
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