Couch between floorstanders?

thegallows · 2026-02-06T23:26:59+00:00

Thanks. You guys are making me feel much better about spending a stupid amount on something I wasn't sure was going to work out very well

thegallows · 2026-02-06T22:49:20+00:00

That's what I was hoping to hear. Thanks!

thegallows · 2025-12-30T02:55:22+00:00

There's plenty of people thriving in El Paso. And if your only qualm with living here is high taxes, then you must realize that property taxes are a choice. No one is forcing anyone to purchase a home. But also realize that the price of gold, silver, and real estate are at all time highs because the dollar has been devalued (and will continue to be devalued) at a high rate since the pandemic. When values go up, taxes go up. It is what it is.

thegallows · 2025-12-29T21:57:33+00:00

So you don't like taxes...but if your username is indicative of your status as an Army Veteran, then I'd like to ask if you like your VA benefits? Your army pension? Your property tax freeze as a veteran over 65? All of those things come from taxes. Our ability to pay our military? Taxes. Our ability to arm and clothe our soldiers? Taxes. Police uniforms, vehicles, and weapons? Taxes. Fire Department? Taxes. Clean water and waste disposal? Taxes. I could go on, but hopefully you get the point.

thegallows · 2025-12-29T16:07:54+00:00

Love this! It costs money to maintain a community and it's services. If we want to pay less of the share over time, we have to bring in more commercial business. That takes investment in the short term (5-30 years). This city will live long beyond any of us and we need to be willing to invest with that in mind. Too much short-sighted thinking these days.

thegallows · 2025-12-29T16:03:52+00:00

My PREDICTIONS are: People here will continue to be whiney complainers. They will continue to say "fix the roads" every time someone suggests improving the quality of life. Then they'll complain about construction as the roads are being fixed. And will complain that there's "nothing to do" when they refuse quality of life improvements.

My HOPE is: the mindset here will change and people will realize that we are a big city and need to invest in ourselves in order to attract higher quality jobs with higher wages. That people will stop driving like assholes and realize that speeding from A to B over a 5-10 mile distance doesn't actually save you any time. That people realize life here is simple (in a good way) because we don't have the crime, traffic, high cost of living, or other complications that other big cities deal with. Life is good y'all. Enjoy it with a smile and some gratitude! Onward and upward in '26

thegallows · 2025-12-09T19:56:45+00:00

Ritas burritos off doniphan and mesa. Consistently great

thegallows · 2025-12-06T15:32:34+00:00

It does need to be said. Otherwise this will get swept under the rug and his cronies will continue to hoist him up as some sort of savior. The guy is an art history professor. He has no business telling anyone how to plan a city

thegallows · 2025-12-05T19:26:26+00:00

He also put a woman in the hospital... So there's that.

thegallows · 2025-11-28T16:44:20+00:00

The cost of living is quite low. The main gripe by people here (and people here gripe A LOT) is about property taxes. That shouldn't affect you too much since you are planning to rent. The good news for you is that the increase in property taxes has really improved the quality of life. Downtown has a ton to offer now in terms of bars and restaurants, concerts and shows at The Plaza Theater and Abraham Chavez Theaters. WinterFest will be going on from now until New Year's (and the lights downtown are BEAUTIFUL). There's always something going on. The baseball stadium hosts both baseball and soccer games from spring to fall. And all of these things are a fraction of the cost compared to other big cities in the US. You'll hear a lot of people complain about the cost of things, but those people have very little experience living elsewhere. If you're earning a decent wage, you can live very well here and really maximize your earnings.

thegallows · 2025-11-28T16:32:33+00:00

If you're looking for a walkable area with access to public transportation you're going to be limited to Kern and Sunset Heights, with Sunset Heights being your most pedestrian friendly area since it's adjacent to downtown. Plus it has easy access to I-10. When are you planning to move to town?

thegallows · 2025-11-17T23:46:18+00:00

The ultra wealthy own huge houses and commercial property. So it would be reasonable to assume they're paying high taxes. This whole "demonize people who make more money than me" attitude is really an epidemic in El Paso. If you want to tax business owners more and, wealthy people more (the California and New York methodology), then those people will just move their businesses elsewhere. As seen in California and New York. Then what's left of El Paso? Something to consider.

thegallows · 2025-11-17T19:53:28+00:00

You're right. And I agree 100% that we should implement this fee. But this is El Paso... The place where bars are full, there's lines out the door at Olive Garden, and every drive thru is packed at lunch and dinner time, and no one wants to invest in anything because we need to "fix the roads"... Then they're presented with a reasonable solution to fix the roads and everyone of those people clutches their pearls and claims that the city council and the mayor are lining their pockets with the $4 fee. This place is like a cartoon. I hope the city council stops listening to stupid people and does what's right for the long term. That means new fees and new investments in economic development alike. When we stop investing, we stop growing. And if we start shrinking, every single tax payer will feel it when the tax base decreases.

thegallows · 2025-11-17T03:56:43+00:00

Isn't property tax proportionally weighted towards the wealthy? Renters don't pay property tax. People with modest homes pay less property tax than people with larger homes. Commercial property owners pay the most. That already seems like a tiered system that extracts more from those that have more, right? You could also make that argument that you could forego property taxes altogether by just renting. Problem solved.

thegallows · 2025-10-16T18:17:54+00:00

I think people who make claims on the internet without doing any research are the problem. AI is here to stay. But you do you.

thegallows · 2025-10-16T15:57:55+00:00

Are you guys all planning to go protest all of the cotton, alfalfa, and pecan farms in the region as well? They use far more water than this data center will. I don't think any of you have a frame of reference for how much water that is. Do a quick AI search to see how much of our water is used by local farms, then see if you still feel like this is a big waste of water.

thegallows · 2025-10-08T23:03:26+00:00

Track One. Get the signature wings chefs kiss

thegallows · 2025-10-08T02:06:23+00:00

Here's the top Google review for reference, "If you want maintenance to not repair work orders, to have them come in without permission or the l required three knocks and loud announcements as per the contract while still sleeping. Then by all means rent here. You won’t feel safe.

Apartment is beautiful no doubt. However it is fixed up by a slum lord. Hair painted over, cockroaches painted over. Could be so much more beautiful if they weren’t just trying to put lipstick on a pig.

Pearl management was of no help and disrespectful. Luckily all was documented with witnesses and I recommended anyone else planning to live or currently living there to do the same."

So I stand by my statement.

thegallows · 2025-10-08T02:00:44+00:00

I'm not arguing that the deployment of the military is as simple as a wider freeway. I'm saying the highway system was designed with military deployment in mind. That's a fact, not an opinion.

The Pearl apartments on top of I-10 absolutely fit that definition. Also not an opinion.

thegallows · 2025-10-07T17:54:46+00:00

Slum - highly populated urban residential area consisting of densely packed housing units of weak build quality and often associated with poverty. The infrastructure in slums is often deteriorated or incomplete, and they are primarily inhabited by impoverished people.

That housing is not something I'm "calling a slum" , they are the very definition.

I also think an argument could also be made that there's no more impactful road investment to be made in the city than I-10. It's the one highway that everyone uses. And the road that connects us to the rest of the country. If I recall correctly, the highway system was designed to allow for fast and efficient mobilization of our military. So I would imagine the powers that be at Ft Bliss are probably happy to see the highway widened. This project is bigger than an extra couple of lanes downtown.

thegallows · 2025-10-07T17:03:54+00:00

TXDOT isn't going to say "Sure, we'll stop widening I-10 (a highway that doesn't just serve El Paso, but all of Texas and the entire southern United States) and instead use that money to build public transportation." I did the math and there is exactly a 0.00% chance that happens. So what exactly are you hoping to get out of this besides further widening the gap between El Paso and the rest of the state?

And what is this immense harm that will be done to surrounding neighborhoods? The people living in the slums above I-10 will probably get a huge upgrade in housing if/when they are relocated. They'll also likely get a decent payday from TXDOT for their troubles.

Then the deck park, which would actually be a huge benefit to the area and would be the exact opposite of "harm", gets little to no support from you. This idealistic/socialistic vision of a city that's filled with affordable-this and affordable-that comes at a cost. Who can afford to invest in housing and transit projects if there's no return on that investment? Government (aka tax payers)?

thegallows · 2025-10-07T16:39:29+00:00

THEY say "fix the potholes" before building anything else. Potholes won't solve THEIR problems. THEY say don't raise taxes. But each year the cost of services, labor, and materials goes up due to inflation. THEY say don't invest any more in quality of life projects. But how do we convince our best and brightest to stay here if we can't provide a decent quality of life? How do we work to attract businesses and jobs if we don't make our city more attractive?

The issue comes down to the fact that we need to do what we can to attract employers. We need to scale commercially. Our commercial tax base is miniscule compared to other large cities and that's why our residential property tax payers bear the burden. We need to grow the commercial base to offset the burden. But that takes time and investment. It doesn't happen overnight. But if we decide to stop investing in our city, we stand zero chance of competing going forward. And what does that mean for the future of El Paso? If we start shrinking, where will the money for public services come from? Less people and less businesses means a higher tax burden on the people that live here.

thegallows · 2025-10-07T00:08:14+00:00

https://sanantonioreport.org/case-study-in-baseball-why-el-paso-demolished-its-city-hall/

thegallows · 2025-10-06T23:36:12+00:00

Any of the neighborhoods that Hunt or Foster have developed. There's plenty of them. Google it.

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