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I really love Houston. I lived there for ten years and went to Rice there before moving up to OKC in the nineties after college. OKC and Austin, two pretty similar places, are nice and all, but just the craziness and vastness of Houston always inspired me. For the record I despise Dallas, and that has nothing to do with the to-the-death rivalries of Dallas and Houston. OKC and Tulsa have an even tougher rivalry and I like Tulsa more than the city I'm living in right now, to prove that I don't buy into rivalries so much. But Dallas just isn't as exciting and urban as Houston. Houston, after all, is basically what you would get with OKC or Austin (a little better known) infused with NASA, the nation's 6th busiest airport, and the World's 2nd busiest port. Houston is a lot cooler and trendier than people give it credit for being. Originally posted by: DFire870 Even though I live in Dallas, I know next to nothing about the city and the metroplex, as I'm only going to school here for a year. Then I'll be transferring down to Austin. Anyhow, I've visited Houston, and I like Austin a lot more than Houston. Houston is just way too big for my tastes, and Austin is pretty much the right size. Although, I can't say the traffic in Austin is better than the traffic in Houston -- at least in Houston the freeways are all connected. -_- I love the different neighborhoods in Austin, and the parks are so nice and large.quote>

Now I'm anxious. This CJ has gotten me back into the groove of doing a CJ. Thanks...

I think it would be cool to see someone else try and do a replication of the Tulsa metro ... that was my first CJ. I had Maple Ridge and downtown down to perfection, but I didn't stop mid-rises from coming up all over Midtown, so that was really unrealistic. There are some midrises scattered around Midtown Tulsa, but not as many as I had, lol. Great job with the Omaha CJ. It seems like I'm driving through Omaha 10 times a year, on my way up to Sioux City. Oh, and good job with the skyline. I think you did a great job finding close matches for most of the buildings.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Metro: 1,250,000 City: 550,000

Originally posted by: dalmatianfan2020 I want to nominate Oklahoma City! I hate it's transportation system. Everything is on a grid. Even the freeways are on a grid. It gets very boring, and no flexibility. Dallas' 'grid' is nice. The streets are gridded (I hope that's a word) but there is interest. In Uptown the streets are on a diagonal grid, along w/ eastern downtown. Then the Park Cities are on a strict grid. Then, from the Galleria northward the streets are on a rough grid. The skeleton of a grid is still there, but the streets curve etc. Next on my list are the freeways. Unlike most places, we do not build feeder roads, thus killing development. IH-35 for example is still rural, even downtown, despite being the main artery from downtown to Guthrie. IH-35 to Norman however, has feeder roads and is bustling with activity. Next, are the main arteries, 10th, 23rd, 36th, etc. They are so narrow, with no turning lanes or a median. I am just now starting to drive and I hate driving on them. I swear when I'm passing someone I am just a few inches away from them on either side. We are so close that the car shakes when we people pass us going the other direction. Also, traffic has to stop every few seconds to let someone turn. Then, even if we wanted to expand them, we can't. All of the right of ways have been maximized, even though the roads are only four lanes. Next, we don't have a transit system, and no space to add one. So, we're trapped driving our cars. I love Oklahoma.quote> Actually, we are building a light rail system. Wanna see the renderings for the stations that I'm privy to?

Apparently I am the third Okie in this thread.... here's my pics for OKC and Tulsa: