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Old 12-04-2013, 02:15 PM
 
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On the other end you have the middle class suburban keeping up with the jonses culture. Shopping at the town centers, living in a gawdy master planned community and making people in the lower quadrant think that they're "rich".
Which ones are gawdy?
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Old 12-04-2013, 02:23 PM
 
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Which ones are gawdy?
I remember driving down Fulshear Texas and seeing this amusement park looking entrance to a planned community with a gawdy looking fake lake called Wood Creek Ranch I believe. I am sure people think that place is just dazzling but AND THIS IS PURELY MY OPINION, it looked tacky. Remember this is just my personal opinion. No need to blow a gasket.
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Old 12-04-2013, 02:30 PM
 
Location: Katy, TX
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On the other end you have the middle class suburban keeping up with the jonses culture. Shopping at the town centers, living in a gawdy master planned community and making people in the lower quadrant think that they're "rich".
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Which ones are gawdy?
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I remember driving down Fulshear Texas and seeing this amusement park looking entrance to a planned community with a gawdy looking fake lake called Wood Creek Ranch I believe. I am sure people think that place is just dazzling but AND THIS IS PURELY MY OPINION, it looked tacky. Remember this is just my personal opinion. No need to blow a gasket.
This guy..loves and hates everything about Houston LOL. Hard working Houstonians trying to provide for their families by buying them a house so their kids can run and play and go to decent schools and y then you have yuppies like this who all they can do is thumb their noses and can't imagine why anyone would want to live in these "gawdy" places.

oh and the MPC you're talking about is called Cross Creek Ranch. A lot of people like it evidently, since its selling out quick.
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Old 12-04-2013, 03:27 PM
 
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This guy..loves and hates everything about Houston LOL. Hard working Houstonians trying to provide for their families by buying them a house so their kids can run and play and go to decent schools and y then you have yuppies like this who all they can do is thumb their noses and can't imagine why anyone would want to live in these "gawdy" places.

oh and the MPC you're talking about is called Cross Creek Ranch. A lot of people like it evidently, since its selling out quick.
Why do you paint the picture as though there is absolutely nothing to critique about this class? People like it, so what? Cross Creek sells out, of course. So did Nickleback concerts at one point. You're missing the point. I said it was my opinion but that doesn't mean that I think they're any less hard working than someone in the city. You seem to be under this impression that someone choosing this life is above criticism and is as humble as mere piece of apple pie.
Also, why do you assume that's Houston? That's one aspect of Houston.

This isn't to thumb my nose at people there but its to say that not all is rosy.
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Old 12-04-2013, 03:46 PM
 
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That's ok, many people thought that both the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building were gaudy and many residents of Paris wanted the Eiffel Tower torn down.

I've never personally been to this neighborhood you apparently don't like, but I Googled an image of the lake, and I think it looks quite nice. Sure, it's no downtown alley with a dumpster that many lofts overlook, but I wouldn't mind having it as my view off a back porch.

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Old 12-04-2013, 03:53 PM
 
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So you're comparing some of the greatest feats in engineering with a master planned community in Fulshear Texas? Ok well I can see this debate has steered into bonkers territory.
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Old 12-04-2013, 04:08 PM
 
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So you're comparing some of the greatest feats in engineering with a master planned community in Fulshear Texas? Ok well I can see this debate has steered into bonkers territory.
No, what I'm saying is that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and that some people don't like what they consider different than they are used to.

The people who didn't like the Empire State Building are the Eiffel Tower didn't hate them due to a dislike of engineering, they thought the aesthetics were unappealing and even cheap.
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Old 12-04-2013, 04:10 PM
 
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Bonkers to me is believing most urban views are more pleasing than the lake above.

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Old 12-04-2013, 04:36 PM
 
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Maybe because you're being selective. I chose a nice neighborhood. You're choosing a rough area and saying that it can't compare to an upper middle class burb.
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Old 12-04-2013, 05:01 PM
 
Location: Katy, TX
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Why do you paint the picture as though there is absolutely nothing to critique about this class? People like it, so what? Cross Creek sells out, of course. So did Nickleback concerts at one point. You're missing the point. I said it was my opinion but that doesn't mean that I think they're any less hard working than someone in the city. You seem to be under this impression that someone choosing this life is above criticism and is as humble as mere piece of apple pie.
Also, why do you assume that's Houston? That's one aspect of Houston.

This isn't to thumb my nose at people there but its to say that not all is rosy.
Because you critique the middle class all day long and it's all fine and dandy but as soon as someone mentions the word poor you jump all over them calling them an elitist.
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