Is Houston starting to overdo the park thing? Just a little?

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by bronstew

I have decided that if I ever win the lottery, I will use part of it to build a park on every vacant lot in my neighborhood. Parks add tremendously to urban quality of life. This city needs more beautification, more projects devoted to improving quality of life for residents, and more parks! God knows it can afford it.

It's pretty simple

Don't like kids playing in the street = Build parks
Want to keep your kids from playing in other people's houses = Build parks
Want families to socialize more with their neighbors = Build parks
Want kids to play less video games = Build parks
Want people to exercise more = Build parks
Want families to have a place where to relax outside of their house = Build parks

Seems to me like a no brainer

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by Dopo

It's pretty simple

Don't like kids playing in the street = Build parks
Want to keep your kids from playing in other people's houses = Build parks
Want families to socialize more with their neighbors = Build parks
Want kids to play less video games = Build parks
Want people to exercise more = Build parks
Want families to have a place where to relax outside of their house = Build parks

Seems to me like a no brainer

I remember a time when we weren't even allowed to hang out in the house all day. Our parents threw us outside and locked the door. Kids these days don't even know how to talk to each other. Everywhere you go, you see kids obsessing over these tablets.

[Nairobi]

Originally Posted by Dopo

Austin and Corpus Christi in the same region? Ok

Better than Beaumont and Brownsville in the same region. Again, I didn't say that map was perfect.

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by blkgiraffe

I remember a time when we weren't even allowed to hang out in the house all day. Our parents threw us outside and locked the door. Kids these days don't even know how to talk to each other. Everywhere you go, you see kids obsessing over these tablets.

In my case,
I have to drive more than 5 miles to get to the closest public park and my neighborhood doesn't even have sidewalks.

[jfre81]

It works the same way in every other city. I'm not sure a large city can overdo properly maintained open/green space.

Last summer I spent a week or so in Pittsburgh. At no point when I was walking through Point State Park did I think "wow, there should be a dead steel mill here instead."

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by Dopo

In my case,
I have to drive more than 5 miles to get to the closest public park and my neighborhood doesn't even have sidewalks.

Neither did mines. We walked to the parks and stores. The closet park was about 5 miles.