Favorite Urban Areas of Houston (West, Mart: construction, high school, to live in)

[coog78]

Originally Posted by tstone

I wouldn't even say Galleria.

Downtown, Midtown, and a small part of the medical center is about it IMO.

Yeah, surprise. Most of America is not urban. Most cities urban areas are not large with the exception of NYC and Chicago.

[EEstudent]

Originally Posted by coog78

Yeah, surprise. Most of America is not urban. Most cities urban areas are not large with the exception of NYC and Chicago.

really? well places like San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia etc. seem to have better downtowns and a more aesthetically pleasing "urban" area.

[domino]

Originally Posted by coog78

There is a lot of truth to this. They just built a massive apartment complex off of W. Dallas called CityVista. It looks like a crappy copy and paste building. It probably won't be long before some dress code club opens up a few blocks from it on W. Gray. I really liked that Midtown was revitalizing that area, but now it is encroaching more and more on Montrose. It probably won't be long until some moronic frat boy goes and gay bashes a straight guy that isn't dressed masculine enough.

I guess when the neighborhood deteriorates enough, you will be moving to the suburbs? Once the inner core is revitalized the urban pioneers will have no choice but to rediscover suburbia?

[coog78]

Originally Posted by EEstudent

really? well places like San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia etc. seem to have better downtowns and a more aesthetically pleasing "urban" area.

That's definitely not the consensus and only your opinion. You sure do whine a lot.

[coog78]

Originally Posted by domino

I guess when the neighborhood deteriorates enough, you will be moving to the suburbs? Once the inner core is revitalized the urban pioneers will have no choice but to rediscover suburbia?

Was there a point somewhere?

[EasilyAmused]

Originally Posted by domino

I guess when the neighborhood deteriorates enough, you will be moving to the suburbs? Once the inner core is revitalized the urban pioneers will have no choice but to rediscover suburbia?

Urban Pioneers would move to another urban city that needs revitalizing.

[Tasksgirl]

LOL ok San Francisco & Boston not urban?

[crbcrbrgv]

Quit splitting hairs. To me, Houston urban neighborhoods are Bissonnet from Dairy Ashford to Beltway 8, Bellaire between Boone and Fondren and that's about it. I'd MAYBE include Westheimer inside the loop until it hits downtown. Houston is not traditionally urban whatsoever. Houston is a sun belt city. Sun belt cities are redefining urban. EE, if you want urban as in walkability, why not just stay in Sugar Land and buy a condo in the town center? That area reminds me of Lincoln Park in Chicago.

[EEstudent]

Originally Posted by crbcrbrgv

Quit splitting hairs. To me, Houston urban neighborhoods are Bissonnet from Dairy Ashford to Beltway 8, Bellaire between Boone and Fondren and that's about it. I'd MAYBE include Westheimer inside the loop until it hits downtown. Houston is not traditionally urban whatsoever. Houston is a sun belt city. Sun belt cities are redefining urban. EE, if you want urban as in walkability, why not just stay in Sugar Land and buy a condo in the town center? That area reminds me of Lincoln Park in Chicago.

OK SugrarLand is a suburb; nothing compared to Chicago, obviously you dont live out here, there is nothing for 18-30 year old crowd. The town square they built has some good restaurants; and thats about it, there are usually children playing around during the day and snobby high school kids at night.

Is lincoln park like that? hmm maybe I should ask some of the people in the Chicago forum for their opinion;

[EEstudent]

Originally Posted by coog78

That's definitely not the consensus and only your opinion. You sure do whine a lot.

Wow what are you implying here, that those cities are not Urban? Houston is the largest sun-belt city; and it will never have the urban feel of any of those cities. Houston is just a large suburb; with some "urban" parts; people have come to accept that, there are obvious benefits that come from this fact, one big one is that it keeps the cost of living down; which for alot of people is a big reason they have come to accept Houston and are trying to make the best of it.