Chickfila in Friendswood (Houston, The Woodlands, Pearland: mattress, restaurant, store)

[locotl]

Originally Posted by txdemo

Another resident, Miriam Sam, said a new fast food restaurant would not be a good fit for an "affluent and educated community."

"Our residents are not going to work at Chick-fil-A," Sam said.

Whats next blaming your weed-smoking teenager to fast food restaurants...
Most people around that area don't want the change because their house values will go down.
The rest of Friendswood would love a CFA in the area.
Around the corner from that location there are empty business offices, so the change would be beneficial for developers/city revenue.
Panera and CFA have not committed to the site, they have only shown interest so at the end they may pull out and BK may move in..

[westhou]

Originally Posted by locotl

Whats next blaming your weed-smoking teenager to fast food restaurants...
Most people around that area don't want the change because their house values will go down.
The rest of Friendswood would love a CFA in the area.
Around the corner from that location there are empty business offices, so the change would be beneficial for developers/city revenue.
Panera and CFA have not committed to the site, they have only shown interest so at the end they may pull out and BK may move in..

I hope they do pull out and instead a Cash Advance store opens up there.

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by NTexas2010

So Miriam Sam is implying there are no teenagers in Friendswood? Because the Chick-Fil-As I frequent (Bella Terra, Greatwood, Rosenberg, Cinco Ranch) seem to be staffed largely by high school-aged individuals.

I have to agree. Guess who are the customers at the Cinco Ranch Chick-Fil-A? Affluent and educated nearby residents. That's pretty much their customer base nationwide.

[Double L]

There is already development nearby and the residential neighborhood already has a sound wall. Put some trees in between the development and the road and maybe a sidewalk and we should be alright. The many who live in the area that want an extra place to eat nearby probably outnumber the residents in the nearby residential neighborhood. Growth is necessary, you don't like it you move further out, you don't make others suffer because of your selfishness.

[lipbalm]

Originally Posted by westhou

I hope they do pull out and instead a Cash Advance store opens up there.

Lol. Cash advance or cash store would be so funny. Out of all the fast food places chick fil A is the best and most desirable to have close by. At least Sundays will be slow.

[texas7]

Or you don't move there if you are looking a Pearland type growth. Kind of like moving next to a railroad track and expecting the train to stop running. You know what you are getting when you move to friendswood. Friendswood is a sleepy town with amenities all around it. It probably makes the list of great places to live because of schools first and then second the small town environment. They've never been big on chains there. As far as their kids not working there -- maybe, maybe not. That might depend on families income brackets. So many parents now don't dare want their little darlings having to work while going to high school. Apparently parents claim kids cant take the stress of working 12-20 hours per week while studying and from comments I frequently read -- their kids won't grow up to work in those professions so working in high school At low wage jobs doesn't prepare them for anything. Kind of makes sense that they'd say that their residents wouldn't work there.

[detachable arm]

Originally Posted by texas7

Or you don't move there if you are looking a Pearland type growth. Kind of like moving next to a railroad track and expecting the train to stop running. You know what you are getting when you move to friendswood. Friendswood is a sleepy town with amenities all around it. It probably makes the list of great places to live because of schools first and then second the small town environment. They've never been big on chains there. As far as their kids not working there -- maybe, maybe not. That might depend on families income brackets. So many parents now don't dare want their little darlings having to work while going to high school. Apparently parents claim kids cant take the stress of working 12-20 hours per week while studying and from comments I frequently read -- their kids won't grow up to work in those professions so working in high school At low wage jobs doesn't prepare them for anything. Kind of makes sense that they'd say that their residents wouldn't work there.

It prepares them for the real world by being forced to interact and work with people from a more economically diverse range of people. A lack of that makes for kids who will be socially awkward outside of a soulless corporate environment. Which is exactly how their parents are now, go figure. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

BTW I was in Friendswood Saturday to make a Craigslist purchase and run a couple of errands while I was there. It is a quaint area that still seems like a small town with a lot of lazy traffic. Some of it left me wondering if there is some kind of skinhead element there. Again it is nice but not nearly as nice as some folks seem to think. Chik Fil A would make a killing there.

[Double L]

In The Woodlands our next door neighbors posted a Facebook post they thought we wouldn't see when we had family visiting with an RV. They took a picture of the RV and said that "The family from Christmas Vacation is visiting next door".

[texas7]

Originally Posted by Casor-Greener

I agree with you 100%. A co-worker of mine told me it would be the perfect place to live since we were house hunting. I drove around and told her although it was nice, not a place I envision living or that imagine would be welcoming to me. A month later this article pops up and these particular residents fit the stereotype I was expecting.

"Our residents wouldn't work here"; "we don't want this becoming east Pealrand" - that's clearly code speak for something far more sinister

Nothing sinister. Pearland friendswood has always been a rivalry. I grew up in Pearland and that has always existed. The only thing sinister is an affluence snobbiness which isn't that big a deal and easy to ignore.

[detachable arm]

Originally Posted by Casor-Greener

You may be right. To me that is clearly code speak for: minorities work in fast food and we don't want minorities here.

Eh... "Miriam" is not a white lady's name. And doing a tiny bit of google searching on that name from the article confirms it. And doing a bit more google searching on addresses and street views confirms the people who think this area is "affluent" are completely, positively, 100% delusional.

If you want to construe it another way, it could be that whenever there is a Chik Fil A, there is a line of brothas out the door. And since there aren't any brothas in Friendswood, a Chik Fil A would effectively turn it into an east Pearland. Or better yet, north Alvin.

Actually what it is, is a Chik Fil A is going to land square in someone's backyard that was already a busy street, and someone went to the media to make a big jackass out of themselves.