I really don’t see the appeal in The Woodlands (Houston: place to live, prices)

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by WRM20

Here's a MoCo newspaper article on the "secret" construction of the Woodlands Parkway extension https://thegoldenhammer.net/woodland...ims-otherwise/

The description of 249 as "The Decimation of Hope Highway" is hilarious.

As far as I'm concerned, the people who live in The Woodlands should have very little influence on the roads outside the limits of The Woodlands. They aren't the only people who live in Montgomery County.

But they have no problem with Harris county paying for the expansion of Gosling and Kuykendahl to give them easier access to 99.

Harris county should have told them: “take I-45 if you want to use 99”

[WRM20]

Originally Posted by Dopo

But they have no problem with Harris county paying for the expansion of Gosling and Kuykendahl to give them easier access to 99.

Harris county should have told them: “take I-45 if you want to use 99”

Hahaha. That would be great. The modern version of "let them eat cake"

[bu2]

Originally Posted by Jack Lance

There are 3 major thoroughfares running north-south into the Woodlands from Harris County Gosling Rd., Kuykendahl, and FM 2878 or Hufsmith-Kohrville Rd. How many more would you guys suggest they have ? It seems more than enough for me especially when you include I-45. These major thoroughfares pretty much dissect the Woodlands into 3 equal parts.

People in Tomball can use 2878 as well as 99. You can also use Hardin Store Rd and FM 1488 from 249 to 2878 from the west.

Quit picking on TW people just because you want them to urbanize and they obviously do not.

I was thinking the same thing.

The Woodlands Parkway was not originally intended as anything other than a way to get out of The Woodlands from the back Villages.

1488 is the East/West route.

[Dopo]

I don’t care either way
I just find it funny that The Woodlands want to tell people West of The Woodlands what to do with their land because it will hurt their property value if Woodlands parkway was extended to 249.

[LocalPlanner]

Originally Posted by bu2

I was thinking the same thing.

The Woodlands Parkway was not originally intended as anything other than a way to get out of The Woodlands from the back Villages.

1488 is the East/West route.

A heavily developed area like southern Montgomery County should have an effective network of through streets. Ideally one every 1/2 mile, absolute max one per mile. Houston learned the hard way that having limited connectivity is a very bad thing.

[SweetMint]

Originally Posted by LocalPlanner

While a lot of growth is occurring around The Woodlands, if anything it's making a significant share of residents there more oriented to keeping / fortifying the "bubble." The original visionary developer, George Mitchell, never wanted it to be a bubble, just an example of how to do a higher-quality version of suburbia that kept more natural landscape (fake lakes aside) and created a walkable downtown. However, many existing residents are actively fighting to keep it cut off from the outside world.

The thoroughfares leading out of The Woodlands have been in plans for decades to connect to the growing areas adjacent. However, the bubble people are actively working to change those plans to make sure The Woodlands thoroughfares don't connect, particularly to the south or west. It's bizarre and frankly deplorable (yes I am being judgmental) - they are actively trying to ruin mobility and traffic flow for everyone else.

I wasn't going to say anything but this is the third reference to fake lakes and I can't take it... Pretty much every lake you have heard of is man-made. That includes Lake Conroe, Livingston, Towne, Sheldon, Arboretum, Lake Houston and more than 200 other reservoirs around Texas. Caddo Lake is basically the only lake you would have heard of that is natural. So putting down TW for a fake lake is really silly when pretty much every lake in and around the Houston area is man-made.

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by Dopo

But they have no problem with Harris county paying for the expansion of Gosling and Kuykendahl to give them easier access to 99.

Harris county should have told them: “take I-45 if you want to use 99”

The Woodlands is comprised of villages.

One of the villages (Creekside Park) is in Harris County, with Kuykendahl running through it and edge of the village opening onto Gosling.

[LocalPlanner]

Originally Posted by SweetMint

I wasn't going to say anything but this is the third reference to fake lakes and I can't take it... Pretty much every lake you have heard of is man-made. That includes Lake Conroe, Livingston, Towne, Sheldon, Arboretum, Lake Houston and more than 200 other reservoirs around Texas. Caddo Lake is basically the only lake you would have heard of that is natural. So putting down TW for a fake lake is really silly when pretty much every lake in and around the Houston area is man-made.

Yeah, I didn't really mean to sound so derogatory. Yes, the lakes are "fake", but they're nice amenities.

[usc619]

I spent the day in The Woodlands with my family, and I couldn’t help but to think some folks actually have the audacity to down play this area in comparison to other suburbs in the Houston area. The Woodlands is really something special.

[ParaguaneroSwag]

Originally Posted by usc619

I spent the day in The Woodlands with my family, and I couldn’t help but to think some folks actually have the audacity to down play this area in comparison to other suburbs in the Houston area. The Woodlands is really something special.

Facts. Screw those people for having different opinions.