Sharpstown Area Question (apartments, business, amount)

[TexasTheKid]

Originally Posted by jfre81

Sorry there buddy, staying in one place isn't something I do very well.

Weren't you planning on doing an East End (ie. Harrisburg/Navigation) photo tour soon? Be careful of all the MS 13 members when you're out there. I was visiting a client out there last week and the area was wall-to-wall with violent gang members. Or, maybe they were just people going to work. Whatever. They had skin darker than mine. In the mind of many here that must mean they're criminals. (Although my skin has gotten preeeetty dark what with all the sun we've had lately - maybe I'm also a criminal.)

[jfre81]

You're probably going to be robbing armored trucks before long.

Had a lot going on in the last week so I haven't been out there....yet.

[EasilyAmused]

Originally Posted by TexasTheKid

Weren't you planning on doing an East End (ie. Harrisburg/Navigation) photo tour soon? Be careful of all the MS 13 members when you're out there. I was visiting a client out there last week and the area was wall-to-wall with violent gang members. Or, maybe they were just people going to work. Whatever. They had skin darker than mine. In the mind of many here that must mean they're criminals. (Although my skin has gotten preeeetty dark what with all the sun we've had lately - maybe I'm also a criminal.)

Are there apartment complexes in East End? I hear apartment complexes are the things to be really scared of. They just ruin the whole white vibe.

[TexasTheKid]

Originally Posted by EasilyAmused

Are there apartment complexes in East End? I hear apartment complexes are the things to be really scared of. They just ruin the whole white vibe.

Near the freeways, I-10 and I-45 both. But the East End proper, between York and Wayside, is full of awesome old houses. Most of them are tiny and utilitarian, but the hipster potential is near limitless with the area. Apartment complexes aren't impossible to locate out there, but they're not predominant. The white vibe should theoretically be safe, but those MS 13 cats are some crazy dudes. I know they are because I heard it on the TV news. They never overhype anything.

[sevfiv]

Near Eastwood there are plenty of small complexes and and duplex/threeplex/fourplexes and the like. When I think of greater east Houston bad apartments, the first thing that comes to mind are the ones that flank Broadway all the way down to Hobby airport.

[sxrckr]

Originally Posted by EasilyAmused

I hear apartment complexes are the things to be really scared of. They just ruin the whole white vibe.

How long are you going to poke people about this? Especially after being called out on HAIF more than once...

[EasilyAmused]

Originally Posted by sxrckr

How long are you going to poke people about this? Especially after being called out on HAIF more than once...

Yes, my SIL told me that my city-data screen name here was mentioned there and linked me. I find it disturbing that someone would keep track of poster's jobs, neighborhoods, at various Houston websites to track down family members or friends of posters that **** them off. I'm not going to take this any further here, but leave her out of it. PM me if you must. Or really... don't.

PS- I just looked at that Architecture site again. What's happened? It's super hard to read now.

[sxrckr]

Originally Posted by EasilyAmused

Yes, my SIL told me that my city-data screen name here was mentioned there and linked me. I find it disturbing that someone would keep track of poster's jobs, neighborhoods, at various Houston websites to track down family members or friends of posters that **** them off. I'm not going to take this any further here, but leave her out of it. PM me if you must. Or really... don't.

PS- I just looked at that Architecture site again. What's happened? It's super hard to read now.

I confused... what I gathered was that you posted there under another user name, and quite a few people had gotten ticked off by some of the posts. If indeed it's your SIL and not you (and that's almost even more scary) there's a case of mistaken identity only because your posts are very, very similar. And it doesn't take a rocket scientist or even a stalker to figure this out. When you make public as often as you/she does about where you live, size/cost of your house, type of car etc. almost as a way of bragging, especially when making controversial or judgemental posts about others, people tend to remember those things. It puts a bad taste in peoples mouths. People tend to remember the bad more than the good. And unless I'm mixing you up again with her or someone else, I remember you saying in the past you purposely enjoyed poking/prodding certain groups of people, such as outer suburbanites.

[rawrockills]

Just wanted to let everyone know I finally made it over to Best Buy today. I didn't think it was a bad area at all. I frequented places back home a lot worse and I didn't even think they were all that bad. Maybe I went on a good day? Or maybe Birmingham is a lot more dangerous than I previously thought. Anywho, things went very well and the employees there were some of the best I've encountered at Best Buy (maybe they were just happy I was there).

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by rawrockills

Just wanted to let everyone know I finally made it over to Best Buy today. I didn't think it was a bad area at all. I frequented places back home a lot worse and I didn't even think they were all that bad. Maybe I went on a good day? Or maybe Birmingham is a lot more dangerous than I previously thought. Anywho, things went very well and the employees there were some of the best I've encountered at Best Buy (maybe they were just happy I was there).

Perception > reality