http://swamplot.com/back-in-the-waterway-everyone/2008-07-25/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:31:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://swamplot.com/back-in-the-waterway-everyone/2008-07-25/#comment-3159 TruthOnly Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:12:22 +0000 http://swamplot.com/back-in-the-waterway-everyone/2008-07-25/#comment-3159 This was only fair. The City basically condemned these people's land, many of whom had ever flooded, and was not going to pay for it. It would have ultimately cost the City billions of dollars in lost lawsuits and wasted everyone's time. The compromise: requiring people to build high enough for water to flow underneath the structure is a common sense solution that benefits everyone. This was only fair. The City basically condemned these people’s land, many of whom had ever flooded, and was not going to pay for it. It would have ultimately cost the City billions of dollars in lost lawsuits and wasted everyone’s time. The compromise: requiring people to build high enough for water to flow underneath the structure is a common sense solution that benefits everyone.

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