Will Sugar Land ever becomes ghetto??? (Houston, Missouri City: 2013, live, zoned)

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by ToyYot

Presumably you meant Hwy 6??

And while Katy between Hwy 6 and the 99 isn't zoned it is for most part built out. If anything, I see its value as quite stable given its proximity to the energy corridor and the inevitable commercial development at the 99/I-10 intersection and north along 99.

West of 99, different story perhaps ?

Originally Posted by NTexas2010

Fair point. I guess I just look at all the commercial development along 10, especially west of Hwy 6 as you pointed out, and think the downside to suburban sprawl. A lot of strip malls and big box retail that seems to go on indefinitely, only to be replaced by new strip malls and big box retail west of 99. And all of this is dictated/controlled by what government entity, I don't know, whereas Sugar Land has a governing body that, for the most part, has already limited this type of sprawl.

West of 99 is mostly larger MPCs. North of 10, this will be especially true. This controls those random strip malls, though you still see a couple of new ones pop up in the areas between the MPCs. It's better than other areas like Spring though.

[SouthernBoy205]

Spring doesn't seem bad to me AT all.

[usc619]

Geez Southboy, does anything seem bad to you? Some of us do have standards lol. FYI, I think any un-zoned area with a bunch of strip malls/apartments is bound to take a turn downhill.

[SouthernBoy205]

Originally Posted by usc619

Geez Southboy, does anything seem bad to you? Some of us do have standards lol. FYI, I think any un-zoned area with a bunch of strip malls/apartments is bound to take a turn downhill.

No, but when these "beating around the bush" black comments come up, I do get offended. You guys seem to think because Riverpark has a lot of blacks that the area is going to become ghetto; we're all pretty intelligent and can definitely read between the lines here. It's like black people automatically bring you guys' sweet property values down.

[War Beagle]

The mall and movie theater already are.

[land161]

Most of the places mentioned in this thread are nowhere near ghetto status compared to some of the inner city neighborhoods inside Houston.

[Glenshire]

I've been thinking about this topic of neighborhood cycling and I'm convinced ALL neighborhoods will cycle except for something like River Oaks.

As far as location, in my mind in Houston, within the next 20 years everything in the outer loop near 59 and I10 and 290 and 45N will experience a renewal because eventually people won't want to move so so far from jobs.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by SouthernBoy205

No, but when these "beating around the bush" black comments come up, I do get offended. You guys seem to think because Riverpark has a lot of blacks that the area is going to become ghetto; we're all pretty intelligent and can definitely read between the lines here. It's like black people automatically bring you guys' sweet property values down.

You thought wrong... I have no clue what the racial demographics of Riverpark are, I just know the upper level schools it's zoned to aren't well regarded in comparison to those of surrounding neighborhoods. This holds values down.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by War Beagle

The mall and movie theater already are.

First Colony? No.

[ipuck]

Originally Posted by Glenshire

I've been thinking about this topic of neighborhood cycling and I'm convinced ALL neighborhoods will cycle except for something like River Oaks.

As far as location, in my mind in Houston, within the next 20 years everything in the outer loop near 59 and I10 and 290 and 45N will experience a renewal because eventually people won't want to move so so far from jobs.

The next outer loop after Tollway 99 is being planned as we speak.

Hwy 36A