Purrley, you sound like me! I guess some people would call me a grump or a fuddy-duddy, I prefer "practical"!

Boeing decided to move their corporate headquarters and Chicago and Dallas were the finalists. Everyone was hoping they'd move to Dalls, I was hoping they'd go to Chicago! We have enough traffic and overpopulation as it is, and with all the tax breaks these idiot cities offer, it would be years before they would be pulling their corporate tax weight!

Shortly after that, Dallas found out they were not on the short list for the summer Olympics (I believe for 2012). I cheered as everyone else cried and moaned. Who needs all those people clogging up our already overburdened freeways and encumbering are already too-limited public transit systems?

Anyway, I feel for ya!