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[Roy Rob]

They drain the Welland Canal after it closes for the winter. It is something to see when empty. Watch this space....!

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They drain the Welland Canal after it closes for the winter. It is something to see when empty. Watch this space....!

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I will try getting a picture of the Trinity River when it's flooded, Normal, and almost empty. Weather here is crazy and yes Texas has floods, in Fort Worth around the 1900s we had over 7 feet of water and I have no idea how the water even accumulated if our land is plain not like New Orleans which is located in the valley (That's the reason New Orleans, Louisiana floods easily) There's a famous picture where a horse is standing on top of a house (The roof is the only visible place everything else is under water)

 

[jameschloe71]

The outback is vast and there is a reason no bugger lives there, it hot , hot and with no water at all, good for ot much except 4WDriving! We have some of the nicest beaches though, always wanted to see Canada but it would be too bloody cold !

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I've been to the beach here in Texas, I always get sunburned :/ I like going to Corpus Christi and South Padre Island they feel relaxing and calm, But just so ya know our beach water is Brown since the waves move the brown dirt and mix it up in the water.

 

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No wonder Dallas is ranked 2nd in the USA for construction, it seems like every week a new project pops up, one project will make Crowne Plaza in Dallas more taller, another project is a 25 Story office building in Victory Park (Dallas' main part of the city, like Times Square) and they are planning 3 new skyscrapers in Victory park that are condos and hotels, and they are also planning another hotel that is called The House, and right now the city has added a lot of modern buildings and places like the Klyde Warren Park (Urban/Modern Park) Museum of Science and Nature (Modern/Futuristic Museum) just so y'all know NYC is ranked number 1 in construction projects, Dallas is number 2. Dallas is also ranked number 1 in construction of apartments in the USA (Why do these people keep moving to the South?!!! Lol It's Extremely hot here during summer and extremely cold here during winter, I'm guessing its cuz every building in Texas has an AC lol)

 

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Lol is it just me or whenever there's an economic problem in the world there seems to be more construction going on, you would think that the economy keeps cities from building buildings, houses, etc. Supposedly we are in a economic crisis and people see this as an opportunity to invest in real estate, and other things :/ I don't know but every where I look I see construction that seems pricey

 

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This is the Museum tower in Dallas

 

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and here's the Dallas skyline at night. I did not take these pictures these are from Google Images!

 

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Bullet Trains in Texas?! According to many online articles there has been many discussions going around about Texas adding a bullet train (Train that accelerates 206 miles per hour) There are 2 plans that might eventually get built or they will never be built if there isn't enough momentum. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex would be a great place for a bullet train, the second plan is to make a bullet train from DFW Metroplex to Houston -.- , which must articles have a hint showing that many people in DFW would prefer to have one in the Metroplex (Like I said before Dallas- Fort Worth residents don't want anything to do with Houston, and Houston doesn't want nothing with us) Most people in the DFW metro support the bullet train being constructed in the Metroplex which would allow people to travel from Dallas (THE 9TH BIGGEST CITY) to Fort Worth (THE 16TH BIGGEST CITY) and maybe they would eventually add on more stops, possibly they would eventually make a stop at Arlington (THE 50TH BIGGEST CITY) if the plan is passed. Personally I prefer a bullet train in DFW because we have lots of Cities that are in the top 100 best cities to live in, and we also have cities that well have a small population but they have booming business. The DFW metroplex is made up of the following cities Arlington, Addison, Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, Grand Prairie, Irving, Mc Kinney, Garland, Gainesville, Paris (Texas), Denton, Weather Ford, Lake Dallas, Lake Worth, Duncanville, (This is considered its own city) Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (The worlds 8th busiest airport) and all these cities I named have downtowns, booming business, industry or population. [SORRY IF THIS IS TO LONG, I LIKE TALKING ABOUT PROJECTS ] Basically the normal time from Dallas to Fort Worth in the free way Is 30 minutes without traffic ( Every single day we have traffic it's more likely over an hour of driving) but with the bullet train it would take 18 minutes flat, and the second plan from DFW to Houston -.- would allow people to Travel between the cities in 90 Minutes?! (1Hour and 30minutes) and the project of passed will cost a little over 10 BILLION dollars, and the public wouldn't fund it, it would be private funding. Hopefully this gets passed I would love going to Dallas every day and still live in Fort Worth [If your area has a major project make sure to post it on here the length doesn't matter lol]

 

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DFW wins again, if your the type of person who looks at yahoo! News maybe you have seen the article Where are Americans Moving to?According to Forbes Dallas- Fort Worth is still leading in population growth in the USA, Miami- Fort Lauderdale is 2nd, Austin is 3rd, (I forgot who's in 4th), and Houston in 5th place. According to the article more immigrants from Asia are moving to the sunbelt states ( or places near the sunbelt states) Dallas has had a 70% increase in Asian Population, and according to the article the following cities are loosing population, 1. New York City, 2. Los Angeles, 3.Chicago, 4-6 I think it was Boston and some other city. (basically the top 3 cities are losing more people then gaining them)

 

[tlbaker]

42nd precinct, Yankee Stadium area, Miles and I were awoken by bagpipes. What, BAGPIPES!!! So we got out of bed and went our beloved terrace to see what was going on. I thought someone might have died so I wanted to pay my respects, just in case. Still not sure, they went on to march around the corner where there is a church and bagpipes stopped. So may-be.

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Dallas World Class Gold Course? So according to the media in the DFW area Dallas is planning to make a World Class golf course, which will have a view from downtown, but it shall be in the middle of a forest. The problem is that Dallas City Council says that the World Class golf course will be to expensive for Low, Middle, and Mid-High Class Residents (Basically only the rich-billionaires would be able to pay enough money to play in the golf course), So the city might make the golf course less good looking so the value can drop so people from Dallas can have enough money to play.

 

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Yes, Finally! Here in North Texas we might finally get snow, well 20% chance -.- and I've been waiting since the first day of spring lol. If it snows ill try taking pics but they said even if it snows the chances of it accumulating our 0% :,(

 

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So anything happening in your cities? No ones posted anything for a while, well can't wait till Big Ds New Years Bash, Dallas always has an awesome way of marking the New Years in the South Central Region of the US, I like how try sync the music with the fire works show

 

[zstairlessone]

I'll start this this thread of, I'm from Fort Worth, Texas which is the 16th biggest city from population in the USA (We are bigger than Miami, Seattle, Atlanta, Washington D.C., Las Vegas, etc.) and we are literally in Dallas' shadow because we are there neighboring city and Fort Worth is in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. I <3 Fort Worth because at night the cities' downtown an uptown come to life, and Fort Worth is known as one of the USA's cities that has "revived there city" and Fort Worth is in the top 10 best cities to live in (according to Forbes), and for a city with a population over 700,000 people we have an extremely low crime rate, and the city is predicted to reach a population over 1 million by 2030. Even though most people haven't heard of Fort Worth this place is great! We started off as a Fort then we had the Stockyards aka Cowtown, then we turned into a small town, and now we are a big city! Here's a pic(s) I took from the parking lot in Down town

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This is "Bass Hall" where there's plays and there's angels with golden trumpets

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I will try taking pics of Cowtown (use to be the downtown of the city but now it's a different section of the city)

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Lived there for two years and you didn't mention the Amon Carter, the Modern or the Kimbell, all great places to go again and again (was there for the old and new modern)
Really loved the town, got there right after the tornado damaged Bank 1 building. Has a nice little Zoo, a beautiful campus TCU, great bike riding (used to ride and skate next to the river), really nice botanical gardens - just a wonderful place to live.
Much better than Dallas, not near the traffic, but only TCU for sports had to go over to the dark side for any pro sports (or Arlington)