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Jacksonville doesn't look very vibrant in streetview, but let me tell ya boy, get them Jags down there gettin rowdy and it's a street fest to remember.
How is it "extreme?" I only said that streetview provides what I consider to be a fair representation of the city's streetlife. Are you saying that Google is closer to a fair representation for NYC than it is for other cities?
It's extreme because it's NYC. I would say yes, streetview is probably a more accurate portrayal of New York compared to other cities.
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Greater Eastwood, Magnolia Park.
Well you aren't in any kind of hip neighborhoods at all. Those neighborhoods are where the lower income and the kids walk.
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Actually Montrose and Midtown felt more urban to me on streetview. I was shocked when I got to Houston how little development there was in these 'urban' sections if town. It reminded me of inner city streets of Baton Rouge, louisiana
I would agree 100% there. In the urban areas, there's lots of suburban development.
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Jacksonville doesn't look very vibrant in streetview, but let me tell ya boy, get them Jags down there gettin rowdy and it's a street fest to remember.
They still have the NFL?
But not really, Jacksonville and Neptune Beach seem pretty active and walkable a couple blocks back from 3rd St.
Well you aren't in any kind of hip neighborhoods at all. Those neighborhoods are where the lower income and the kids walk.
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What would being hip have to do with whether people walk?
It's Houston. Not a pedestrian friendly city, the hip areas are the areas where people walk. And downtown and TMC. It's not like urban cities where people often walk to corner stores or to work.
It's extreme because it's NYC. I would say yes, streetview is probably a more accurate portrayal of New York compared to other cities.
But I still don't get it. New York is a city just like any other. There are times when it's busy and times when it's not busy. If you're up and around Manhattan early on a Saturday morning (by "early" I mean before 8am), you'll practically have a city all to yourself. So New York is subject to the same biases every other city is when it comes to streetview.
So I don't see streetview as more accurately portraying NYC than any other city. The Google car could just as easily cruise through the streets of New York on a bright 7am morning. And it would make more sense for it do that since Manhattan traffic is on a whole different level from Houston/Atlanta/Memphis traffic. I mean, why would the Google car run at 6am to avoid Houston traffic but not do the same in NYC, which has considerably worse traffic?
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I feel a big chunk of streetview has less people than normal.
What is "normal?" There are 24 hours in a day. Which of those hours are most representative of a "normal" day? Rush hour? Lunch? 7:30 pm on a Wednesday? Sunday morning? First day of Spring/Summer? 9 pm on a warm and clear Friday night in May?
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I've been looking for bigger cities to move to (currently in St. Louis) and although I haven't been to Houston, the pictures did look incredibly "blah". I noticed that there is a big overcast and it takes the color out of the pictures. Although the city may not be as urban and lively as others, I'm sure it is perceived even less so unconsciously when the color saturation is so low compared to a bright and sunny day elsewhere.
For as much as Houston is hyped on this site from Houston boosters about its skyline, freeways, similarities to Los Angeles, It's very unimpressive in person, both Dallas and Atlanta are much more active on a pedestrian level where it counts.
Houston boosters are hyping this up or is it just one person that routinely does this? As far as midtown, people need to understand that Developing midtown is in the baby stage. There are many in Houston that doesn't know it exists.
I don't understand the ideology that the Montrose area is less urban in real life than on streetview. Ummm.....they look the same......
Were you expecting to get here and see brownstones and lofts all over the place??? Streetview isn't some illusion or fantasy land. It's real, but sometimes outdated.
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