Is Galveston Finished? (Houston, Friendswood, Moody: apartment complex, renters, low crime)

[Mom2Feebs]

Originally Posted by danieloneil01

Honestly, I don't get why people spend all that money to live on Galveston Island's beaches. It has nasty water and an even worse beach.

Look, no offense, but we've had a hundred discussions over Galveston beaches and the water. If you need some clarification, the search feature is your friend. To each his own. The clarity of the water and color of the sand does not make or break an island, and Galveston is a lot more than either.

Originally Posted by danieloneil01

Then Ike is no problem? Seriously? 1900 was nothing but shacks and dirt roads. Plus the population was what 10K?

The population of Galveston was 37,000 in 1900. Galveston was a large, very important city on the Gulf. Galveston's central business district was a booming area of large brick warehouses, stores, and offices. Not shacks.

[westres1]

Originally Posted by danieloneil01

Honestly, I don't get why people spend all that money to live on Galveston Island's beaches. It has nasty water and an even worse beach.

I really do not understand why people continue to put down Galveston. The water is not "nasty" it is occasioonally brown due to silt from rivers like the Mississippi. The sand is not white but certainly clean enough to build a sand castle with. Plus it is only an hour away to cool Gulf Breezes. If it looked like Gulf Shores, the Bahamas or Key West we couldnt even drive down 45S on weekends. It would be a nightmare of traffic plus prices sky high. If you dont like it dont go but please dont deter someone from visiting becasue many people visit and love it.

You know me I will always defend Galveston! Mardi Gras was a blast and many things are getting back to normal.

[buffy888]

Originally Posted by westres1

Mardi Gras was a blast and many things are getting back to normal.

Yep, more stuff opening up all the time. We are back there every 1 - 2 months visiting friends/family and it is nice to see the changes each time we are there. I am just happy that The Original is open. Some of the kids there aren't too happy because they had to go to school on a couple of Saturdays and will have to go on a weather makeup day to make up for time they missed, but that's not bad considering how many days they actually missed.

[patrickahla]

They have been talking about this for 60 years. It will never happen.

Bolivar peninsula will never be done. Bolivar has been around longer than Galveston. And has more history that Galveston ever had. All Galvestons history is of slaving, and thats about it.

The last hurrican to hit Bolivar and Galveston was Carla. and that was 50 years ago. Moderator cut: see comment The bad storms that hit the Galveston area was 1900,1915,1958,1962,2008.

You guys are talking about the new homes on Bolivar Peninsula, and Galveston made it through IKE. That is a bunch of bull. Most of them are gone. My house made it just fine, it was built in 1955. My grandmothers house still stands and being lived in . Built in 1902. The first Kahla house still stands, and had no damage, it was built in 1862, and is a two story. It went through the 1900,1915,1958,1962,2008 hurricans.

So what is the deal with these new $ 200,000.00 storm proof homes. There built with soft lumber, plywood, and cheap lumber. That the deal. Thats the problem, you pay and arm and leg for a new house. and a 100 mile per houe wind comes along. Then guess what. Its gone.

[patrickahla]

Originally Posted by southeasttexas

I think some of the posters here are forgetting one thing: lack of ferry service to Bolivar pensisula. The pensisula lost the Rollover Pass bridge, and will not have ferry service in a very long time, if ever. This will hamper reconstruction and visitor traffic (and profits) to a large degree. Hwy 87 will not be inplace for years to come.

[N. Buck]

Wait wait wait, I want to get back on track here . . . Is Galveston ready to be toured yet? I'm talkin about the Strand mostly. I know Moody Gardens was ready to go about a month after Ike. As for the shops on the seawall, yeah I was a little choked up when I visited in December. I remember certain gift shops my parents used to take us to. All I could see were stilts in the water. It still shakes me up a little to this day.

So uh, is it pretty much business as usual ON GALVESTON?

[bamba_boy]

[quote=westres1;7719284]I really do not understand why people continue to put down Galveston. The water is not "nasty" it is occasioonally brown due to silt from rivers like the Mississippi. The sand is not white but certainly clean enough to build a sand castle with. Plus it is only an hour away to cool Gulf Breezes. If it looked like Gulf Shores, the Bahamas or Key West we couldnt even drive down 45S on weekends. It would be a nightmare of traffic plus prices sky high. If you dont like it dont go but please dont deter someone from visiting becasue many people visit and love it.

I've been to Gulf Shores and there ain't that much difference in beach quality. Both flat, no mountains coming down to the sea. Maybe 2 shades on the Lowe's paint mixer scale lighter shade of sand. There is a big difference in culture and entertainment .Gulf shores culturally is nada (just Redneck Riviera), while Galveston is beautiful 19th Century Victorian Homes (reportedly the largest intact concentration in the old East End Historical District in the country) , Opera House, Dickens on the Strand, Mardi Gras, (I could go on and on).

[jfre81]

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Now that sounds sweet.

[AlfredB1979]

Quote:
Originally Posted by southeasttexas
I think some of the posters here are forgetting one thing: lack of ferry service to Bolivar pensisula. The pensisula lost the Rollover Pass bridge, and will not have ferry service in a very long time, if ever. This will hamper reconstruction and visitor traffic (and profits) to a large degree. Hwy 87 will not be inplace for years to come.

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Heh.

I agree that traffic was "hampered" when I rode the ferry (just me, not the truck) the first weekend of May, but it wasn't because the roads were bad...really.


I remember trying to google up a status on the area and even got some camera shots of the ferry landing...it was all in place! Good for them. Other than a lot of absent houses, there is evidently some semblance of normalcy on Bolivar.

[Mitchum Carmex]

I was at the AIA Sandcastle contest today in Galveston and it was incredibly packed with people. We arrived in the morning and left in the early afternoon and it was completely backed up to the seawall past Broadway.

I would say that people are coming to Galveston again and its a great thing.