Denton Convention Center is Dead

[Cerebus]

So you lived in the corporate headquarters of Goldman Sachs?

[eulessismore]

It took a long, strange trip to get there, but this thread ended up right where it was supposed to be, in the capable hands of the King of Gifs.

[UNT90]

UNT90 warned you that you would miss DT.

Finally, someone gets the most important point in this thread.

[CMJ]

Why is it every time I enter a thread like this, I imagine TFLF as Palpatine, saying "goooood, goooood" as the place delves into anarchy? The man is a king at riling up the masses.

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

Why is it every time I enter a thread like this, I imagine TFLF as Palpatine, saying "goooood, goooood" as the place delves into anarchy? The man is a king at riling up the masses.

I prefer the "kicking the ant pile" analogy.

Anyway, as if on cue:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/america-safest-cities-152041816.html

5. Frisco, Texas

> Violent crimes per 100,000: 76

> Population: 131,769

> 2013 murders: 0 (tied-the least)

> Poverty rate: 4.5% (2nd lowest)

> Pct. of adults with high school degree: 94.0% (23rd highest)

Frisco reported a total of just 100 violent crimes in 2013, fewer than almost any other city. Few large cities had less incidents of robbery and aggravated assault. Also, the city did not record a single murder last year.High incomes may contribute to the area’s low crime rates. Interrelated factors such as family wealth, and well-funded schools, may help discourage crime. Frisco had the highest median household income of any large U.S. city last year, at almost $110,000. Additionally, Frisco was one of just two large cities with a poverty rate of less than 5% last year.

Hate me now, hate me later. But, at the very least, admit when you've been had.

[GreenMachine]

I prefer the "kicking the ant pile" analogy.

Anyway, as if on cue:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/america-safest-cities-152041816.html

5. Frisco, Texas

> Violent crimes per 100,000: 76

> Population: 131,769

> 2013 murders: 0 (tied-the least)

> Poverty rate: 4.5% (2nd lowest)

> Pct. of adults with high school degree: 94.0% (23rd highest)

Frisco reported a total of just 100 violent crimes in 2013, fewer than almost any other city. Few large cities had less incidents of robbery and aggravated assault. Also, the city did not record a single murder last year.High incomes may contribute to the areas low crime rates. Interrelated factors such as family wealth, and well-funded schools, may help discourage crime. Frisco had the highest median household income of any large U.S. city last year, at almost $110,000. Additionally, Frisco was one of just two large cities with a poverty rate of less than 5% last year.

Hate me now, hate me later. But, at the very least, admit when you've been had.

Yeah but is it unique with cool places to hang out and get drunk?

[Quoner]

I prefer the "kicking the ant pile" analogy.

Anyway, as if on cue:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/america-safest-cities-152041816.html

5. Frisco, Texas

> Violent crimes per 100,000: 76

> Population: 131,769

> 2013 murders: 0 (tied-the least)

> Poverty rate: 4.5% (2nd lowest)

> Pct. of adults with high school degree: 94.0% (23rd highest)

Frisco reported a total of just 100 violent crimes in 2013, fewer than almost any other city. Few large cities had less incidents of robbery and aggravated assault. Also, the city did not record a single murder last year.High incomes may contribute to the area’s low crime rates. Interrelated factors such as family wealth, and well-funded schools, may help discourage crime. Frisco had the highest median household income of any large U.S. city last year, at almost $110,000. Additionally, Frisco was one of just two large cities with a poverty rate of less than 5% last year.

Hate me now, hate me later. But, at the very least, admit when you've been had.

I'm just glad these people had the good sense to wait a year: https://www.google.com/search?q=frisco+murder&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=nts#blessed

(I'm just trolling back with no dog in the hunt. I lived in Denton, Plano, Austin and Dallas and enjoyed them all. I also lived in Irving/Las Colinas and the best I can say there is that it made other cities very accessible.)

[oldguystudent]

Yeah but is it unique

No

with cool places to hang out

Meh

and get drunk?

Absolutely. Varsity Club (now closed) and Twin Peaks for starters.

Throw whatever statistics and condescending allusions you wish. Offer me a fully paid off McMansion with vaulted ceilings, a housekeeper, regular visits by my neighborhood pampered chef representative, and even pay off my dual county property taxes for me. I still wouldn't live there.

The whole original point was different strokes for different folks, and that I didn't think Denton should model itself after Frisco. I still don't think so. Frisco your bag? Great. Live there. Don't like Denton? Great. Don't live there, and don't expect to exert undue influence just because you want to occasionally visit.

Edited November 13, 2014 by oldguystudent

[Ryan Munthe]

No

Meh

Absolutely. Varsity Club (now closed) and Twin Peaks for starters.

Throw whatever statistics and condescending allusions you wish. Offer me a fully paid off McMansion with vaulted ceilings, a housekeeper, regular visits by my neighborhood pampered chef representative, and even pay off my dual county property taxes for me. I still wouldn't live there.

The whole original point was different strokes for different folks, and that I didn't think Denton should model itself after Frisco. I still don't think so. Frisco your bag? Great. Live there. Don't like Denton? Great. Don't live there, and don't expect to exert undue influence just because you want to occasionally visit.

This.

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

Yeah but is it unique with cool places to hang out and get drunk?

For married people with kids? No. Thankfully.

[Quoner]

For married people with kids? No. Thankfully.

Well that sucks they closed everything around the soccer stadium. It seemed like it was going well...

I just moved a few weeks ago, but fingers crossed they turned Holy Grail into a Gymboree and took some dynamite to Mash'd. Moonshine is the devil's drink.

[Censored by Laurie]

For married people with kids? No. Thankfully.

wives and kids? they'll steal a whole hell of a lot more from you than some south dallas drugged-out thug

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

wives and kids? they'll steal a whole hell of a lot more from you than some south dallas drugged-out thug

Yes, that's true. But, they do it without the messiness of violent crime.

[MeanGreenTexan]

Yes, that's true. But, they do it without the messiness of violent crime.

When was the last time you had to change a 'thug's' diaper?

I rest my case.