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Old 04-28-2009, 12:02 PM
 
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Rice Area is a burb too. All of Houston is a Burb Blob. Some area's closer in just feel "less burb." There is a difference between a suburban layout and suburbia.
Couldn't this describe Sun Belt cities as a whole though?
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Old 04-28-2009, 12:04 PM
 
Location: Charleston Sc and Western NC
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Couldn't this describe Sun Belt cities as a whole though?

Pretty much. Jfre
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Old 04-28-2009, 12:12 PM
 
Location: Clear Lake, Houston TX
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Coming up we have the third loop the grand parkway which would push everything out further. Is this even necessary?

To the west it probably is. However the east stretch of 99 looks like a giant pork-barrel project to me. Goes around the outside of Baytown north towards I-10, with nothing but a tallow forest in between. They're putting the finishing touches on the EZ Tag equipment right now. At least it's an empty road you can cruise @ 90 all day.
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Old 04-28-2009, 12:17 PM
 
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I don't see why it's needed down around Alvin or Rosharon either. Maybe they were expecting more growth than they got after the housing market went down?
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Old 04-28-2009, 12:22 PM
 
Location: Charleston Sc and Western NC
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You'd think they could at least finish the Sam Houston on the East side before they go all ADD and start working on a third ring.

PS- Considering the crappy job they did at 1-10 and the Beltway, I hate to see what kind of flooding they will cause with the Grand Parkway down there.
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Old 04-28-2009, 01:37 PM
 
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You'd think they could at least finish the Sam Houston on the East side before they go all ADD and start working on a third ring.

PS- Considering the crappy job they did at 1-10 and the Beltway, I hate to see what kind of flooding they will cause with the Grand Parkway down there.
Wait till they build the Westheimer tunnel under the belt...then we will have two places that flood routinely within a mile of each other. Why do they think it is a good idea to tunnel under frwys in Houston?

Op--in between belt and 610
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Old 04-28-2009, 02:18 PM
 
Location: Houston
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I live uptown. Is that considered the city? Feels suburban.
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Old 04-28-2009, 09:37 PM
 
Location: Hell's Kitchen, NYC
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I used to lived near Dairy Ashford and Briar Forest, but now I live in Montrose. (I can't wait to come home to my boyfriend!) IMO it's the best area, but I'm highly biased as you can tell. If you can actually believe it, my current neighborhood here in Boston (Fenway-Kenmore) is less walkable than my neighborhood at home (according to a walkability site online).
What they say is true though, Houston is hybrid of suburban and urban.

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Old 04-28-2009, 09:48 PM
 
Location: Houston
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I live in the ghetto section of west u . Generally get all my business done inside the loop (the first one). But lately have found myself driving hither and yon. Considering getting an EZ Tag . Note to self, "must carry GPS at all times!"

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