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#271
I've been here in Houston for 30 years, currently I-10 W. @ the Beltway, west Houston 77079. Houston is a tiny, tiny suburb compared to Los Angeles, which I lived in for two years.
I drove through the Heights this morning, on my way back from Memorial Park. Nice to see they finally built and opened up the feeder to the freeway from Heights!
I drove through the Heights this morning, on my way back from Memorial Park. Nice to see they finally built and opened up the feeder to the freeway from Heights!
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: N. Fort Worth, tx
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#274
its 4083 square miles
Los Angeles County, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Los Angeles County, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For you guy's arguing about the size of Houston versus the size of LA, I lived in Houston a long, long time ago. So long ago that Westeimer was a two lane where it hit Highway 6. It was a 4 lane in front of the Galleria, too.
We lived in West University and back then, it was still a nice little bedroom community full of two and three bedroom homes. The house I lived in was on two lots. When I sold it (for just under 4 times what we spent on it in the first place) they bulldozed it, shaved the lot and put two, two story homes on the two lots that sold for a $1/2 a million a piece!
My buddy lives in Fort Bend County. He lives in a neighborhood that we used to goose hunt in back in the day. Goodyear still had a blimp base out on I-45 north before you got to 1960 (I think).
As for which is bigger? I would have to think that Houston is spread out more. One thing I do know with all certainty, Houston has the LARGEST water system in the world! I can't remember what the most recent count was on residential customers, but it far surpasses any other municipal utility system in the US and quite possibly, the world. Including New York City!
We lived in West University and back then, it was still a nice little bedroom community full of two and three bedroom homes. The house I lived in was on two lots. When I sold it (for just under 4 times what we spent on it in the first place) they bulldozed it, shaved the lot and put two, two story homes on the two lots that sold for a $1/2 a million a piece!
My buddy lives in Fort Bend County. He lives in a neighborhood that we used to goose hunt in back in the day. Goodyear still had a blimp base out on I-45 north before you got to 1960 (I think).
As for which is bigger? I would have to think that Houston is spread out more. One thing I do know with all certainty, Houston has the LARGEST water system in the world! I can't remember what the most recent count was on residential customers, but it far surpasses any other municipal utility system in the US and quite possibly, the world. Including New York City!
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For you guy's arguing about the size of Houston versus the size of LA, I lived in Houston a long, long time ago. So long ago that Westeimer was a two lane where it hit Highway 6. It was a 4 lane in front of the Galleria, too.
We lived in West University and back then, it was still a nice little bedroom community full of two and three bedroom homes. The house I lived in was on two lots. When I sold it (for just under 4 times what we spent on it in the first place) they bulldozed it, shaved the lot and put two, two story homes on the two lots that sold for a $1/2 a million a piece!
My buddy lives in Fort Bend County. He lives in a neighborhood that we used to goose hunt in back in the day. Goodyear still had a blimp base out on I-45 north before you got to 1960 (I think).
As for which is bigger? I would have to think that Houston is spread out more. One thing I do know with all certainty, Houston has the LARGEST water system in the world! I can't remember what the most recent count was on residential customers, but it far surpasses any other municipal utility system in the US and quite possibly, the world. Including New York City!
We lived in West University and back then, it was still a nice little bedroom community full of two and three bedroom homes. The house I lived in was on two lots. When I sold it (for just under 4 times what we spent on it in the first place) they bulldozed it, shaved the lot and put two, two story homes on the two lots that sold for a $1/2 a million a piece!
My buddy lives in Fort Bend County. He lives in a neighborhood that we used to goose hunt in back in the day. Goodyear still had a blimp base out on I-45 north before you got to 1960 (I think).
As for which is bigger? I would have to think that Houston is spread out more. One thing I do know with all certainty, Houston has the LARGEST water system in the world! I can't remember what the most recent count was on residential customers, but it far surpasses any other municipal utility system in the US and quite possibly, the world. Including New York City!
might check wikipedia. They have all the city/census information on their webpages for places/cities/counties/towns/etc.
That might settle this argument once and for all.
Here is some more ammo to help argue your point
city of houston: 627.8mi (includes land/water)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston,_TX
city of los angeles: 503sq mi (includes land/water)\
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_angeles,_ca
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