Tragically funny - the statement about the world in the future "being a grim place for my children and my children's children" is almost like a self fulfilling prophecy. If more people were truly serious about reducing their footprint - they'd be committed to having no footprints following their own! With NO progeny - -WaV-
On 6/20/08, Louise Power <power_lou...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > You're right about the population. In 2000, there were just about 530,000 > people in PDX, making it the most populous city in Oregon and the third most > populous city in the Northwest--we're not all that big up here. The > demographics, however, are extremely varied (per Wiki, > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland%2C_Oregon): > > As of 2000, there are 529,121 people residing in the city, organized into > 223,737 households and 118,356 families. The population density is 3,939.2 > people per square mile (1,521/km²). There are 237,307 housing units at an > average density of 1,766.7/sq mi (682.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city > is 77.91% White, 6.64% African American, 6.33% Asian, 1.06% Native American, > 0.38% Pacific Islander, 3.55% from other races, and 4.15% from two or more > races. 6.81% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. 15.3% > were of German, 8.9% Irish and 8.8% English ancestry according to Census > 2000. 83.3% spoke English, 5.6% Spanish, 2.0% Vietnamese and 1.3% Russian as > their first language. > So if Houston is so Dog-awful, why are you still living there. I don't know > what you do for a living except blog, but surely your job is portable. By > the way, where did you grow up that you had to walk to school in snow? Not > Houston, obviously. And the house that I lived in when I lived in Houston > went on the market last year for $300,000. I happen to know that it was sold > to that owner for $15,000 in 1976. > > Sending out good thoughts to the universe, > > Louise >> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:05:11 -0500> From: dlocklea...@gmail.com> To: >> o...@texascavers.com> Subject: [ot_caving] crime in the city> > Louise,> > >> In 1976, I used to walk 2 miles to elementary school in the snow> all by >> myself. I crossed private property, hopped fences, chased> wild animals, >> entered sewer tunnels, took short cuts across industrial> work zones. >> Those were different times, or maybe I was extremely> lucky to survive >> that.> > I can't imagine a kid doing those things today.> > Inner city >> Houston 2008, is almost as bad as the Kurt Russell movie> "Escape From New >> York." You don't walk or bicycle,in the 1st> ward, 2nd ward,> or 5th ward, >> alone at night. Especially in the remote areas of those areas.> That is >> were Search groups 1st go look for bodies.> > You would probably have to >> spend $ 200,000 on a house to live in the> inner city and not be in the >> ghetto. And the taxes would kill you.> > I have never been to Portand, but >> I bet it doesn't have 5 million people within> a 100 mile radius.> > I >> don't believe there is any town with a melting pot like Houston. We have> >> every single nationality here. We maybe New York has more Puerto Ricans,> >> or Jews or Catholics. But we have them beat on the Iranians, the Iraquis,> >> the Pakistanis, the Mongolians, the Mexicans, the Guatamalans, the >> Hondurans,> the Costa Ricans, the Panamanians, the Peruvians, the >> Columbians, the> Equadorans, the Brazilians, the Chileans, Chinese, the >> Japanese, the Koreans,> the Phillipinos, the Vietnamese, the Africans, the >> African-Americans, etc.> > I just don't think what works in one town will >> necessarily work in Houston.> Latinos don't like to sit next to Blacks on >> the bus, especially if they are in> gangs.> > I think what I am trying to >> say,> > is that I would rather live in Portland.> > David Locklear> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------> >> Give this to a friend: ot-subscr...@texascavers.com> To unsubscribe, >> e-mail: ot-unsubscr...@texascavers.com> For additional commands, e-mail: >> ot-h...@texascavers.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Give this to a friend: ot-subscr...@texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: ot-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: ot-h...@texascavers.com
