A tour of the "no speakie English" ghetto (Miami: middle-class, condo)

[Gon'Fishing]

Originally Posted by crisp444

The second one is nice-looking and doesn't look mass-produced. The other two are not my cup of tea. This is how much of suburban NC looks: windsock ln raleigh nc - Google Maps and windsock ln raleigh nc - Google Maps

I dont like that look either. Looks like Florida. But not that much of NC looks like that. When did you live there in Raeligh to know that is (supposedly) looks like suburban sprawl in "much of nc." Because it isnt true. Some places look like that, but it isnt nearly as prevalent as it is in Florida.

[Gon'Fishing]

Originally Posted by Leovigildo

Crisp

I find those houses in Raleigh tacky as hell.
They remind me of a doll's house.

Tacky?

Funny. I find tacky to be little houses that all look alike with no yard, looking like little boxes, painted orange or lime green with burglar bars on them. But that's just me!

[gymbuff]

Originally Posted by CLTKing

It is true. Hispanics have a tendency of cutting down trees. I usually joke with my out of state relatives when they come to Miami and see the lack of trees. I tell them that we cut them down because of we don't want "el coco" to hide behind them. Coral Gables without the trees looks like Hialeah.

It's funny how we all have different stories to tell. I used to drive a shuttle bus for a travel agency. Many times, I would drive people from the port of Miami to their destination. On more than one occassion, as I was driving west on the 836, people would marvel at how ''tropical" the neighborhoods off the 836 looked. Between the TREES and the waterway, these mostly northern tourist would admire and cherish out tropical setting. And here we are lambasting it.
This differs from CLT whose out of town guests wonder about our lack of trees.

[Kathleen1971]

Originally Posted by Gon'Fishing

No, not really. I just googled some new home communities by M/I Homes in Raleigh. There's quite a difference. And I just copy and pasted house pics from one website (mihomes.com), I didnt go around picking and choosing. Here they are...

I do like those much better than all the mediterrainain styles but the first one I really love. If I could have that, in Florida on several acres I would be one happy camper!

[gymbuff]

Are these actual pictures or artists' rendition? Some of the model homes on mihomes.com look like the latter.

[Gon'Fishing]

Those are real pictures, lol. Some the the houses not built yet are drawn or whatever. But the ones I posted are real photos.

[Gon'Fishing]

Originally Posted by Kathleen1971

I do like those much better than all the mediterrainain styles but the first one I really love. If I could have that, in Florida on several acres I would be one happy camper!

How about the first house on a couple acres, rolling hills, in the Tally area? That'd be cool!

[gymbuff]

^^ You posted some that are quite divine. Some other links, though, whether yours or not, are only ok.

[Gon'Fishing]

^ I posted the ones in Raleigh (the post with the threee pics) and the one (on page 7) in Asheville. The big, spanish style homes behind the gates were in Miami.

[Kathleen1971]

Originally Posted by Gon'Fishing

How about the first house on a couple acres, rolling hills, in the Tally area? That'd be cool!

It does sound pretty cool. I really really love that first house. One of the posters called it a dollhouse I think and maybe that is why I love it. Appeals to the little girl in me who still likes princessy things lol.