Talk:Missouri City, Texas

message: I like this revision (i.e., removing the RedLining language).  I'm still a bit uncomfortable with the "White Flight" language, but the article does set the context in the 1970's when such did occur -- especially in the neighborhoods to the east of Texas Parkway.  Imho, "White Flight" is NOT taking place now. Irv 15:57, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion of "White Flight" language 

message: I'm not sure of the accuracy of the dimensional information as stated in the paragraph discussing the two zip codes of Missouri City. However, I do not want to delete this information because it very well may be true. I have only been a resident of Missouri City for just over a year, and I cannot verify it. Thanks.
TruthInEvidence 16:04, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zip Codes 

message: I've been told that the "Freedom Tree," located on Misty Hollow Drive in Lake Olympia, is the location at which former slaves in Texas were informed of the impancipation proclamation. Additionally, that this event occurred [unknown number of] years after the fact.
I was also told that this possibly resulted in a large black population in Missouri City long before the influx of middle-class African-Americans in the 60s and 70s as illustrated in the article.
If this information is true, this is a significant part of the history of Missouri City, and should, no doubt, be incorporated into this article.
TruthInEvidence 16:04, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Freedom Tree 

message: "A majority of the newcomers were former renters in Southwest Houston-area apartments"  Is this a verifiable fact, and for that matter, is it really pertinent?
Irv 04:35, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: After earlier having corrected the grammar, I entirely removed this sentence:
"However, some neighborhoods such as Hunters Glen Sections 1 and 2 still resemble those of Houston's inner city and suffer gang and drug problems."
Consultation with MCPD confirmed that crime (i.e., drugs and gangs) cannot be documented as being appreciably worse in those neighborhoods.  Furthermore, there is no justification for the comparison with Houston's Inner City neighborhoods. Irv 19:26, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hunters Glen Crime 

message: We read:
"There were 17,069 households out of which . . . 70.2% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.2% were non-families. 11.9% of all households were made up of individuals . . ."
I suppose these are taken directly from the official US Census numbers and may represent standards/biases therein, but:
1) they don't add up to exactly 100%
2) what about UNmarried couples (once termed POSSLQ)?
3) no household with MALE householder but no wife?
4) what about same-sex couples?
5) what exactly is a "non-family"?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Casey56 (talk • contribs) 13:49, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demographics 

message: I wonder if this item (unsigned entry posted on June 2, 2008 by 166.102.136.7) isn't a bit too "commercial" for Wikipedia standards:
"Kids on the Go USA.Inc, also serves as a major children transporting service throughout the Fort Bend County Area "
From their website <http://kidsonthego-usa.com/> they seem to be a fine service operated by a Sugar Land family, but presumably a private for-profit one.  There well may be other commercial services competing for the same business.  I would think we should limit mention of private bus services to those contracted for or subsidized by METRO or a municipality when a public-sector entity isn't in a position to carry out their mandate to serve the public.
Comments?  Irv (talk) 23:01, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transportation 

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