what is the deal with Corpus Christi (San Antonio, Portland: estate, maintenance)

[3rdCoast4evr]

Born and raised in Corpus Christi 22 yrs. I love it, but at the same time you might not want to move there. The people around there are very ignorant and it's just sad. I am living in Austin now. As much as I want to move back I know I'm just jumping back into a hole where I can't get out. So visit before you move.

[CalGal953]

I only visited Corpus twice, in spring 1999 and 2001, and my experiences there were okay. I did see a lot of negative posts from some people that lived there, though.

City of Corpus Christi Texas Sucks - Screwed Central Board

[gabetx]

Wow those posts from that other website are rediculous and stupid! And to think that they influence others and put a bad image for the city. Most of the things said on there are not true.

Anyways, now on to what I am posting this comment for. Does anybody on here that live in Corpus think that Corpus is really starting to be discovered now?

Especially since development has now crossed Oso Creek on the southside and city officialls are going to add toll lanes to half of the city's freeways, (which hint that major development and suburbanization are now on the way), and the outlet malls and pad sites along it in Robstown are about to be built, and the Crosstown Commons project is about to get under way, and the mall is about to undergo major renovations, and now it seems like new neighborhoods are springing up once a month.

I think once Crosstown Commons is built, there will be a lot of development along the Crosstown freeway. And I think the same will go for US 77 when the outlet mall and the fairgrounds are complete.

I think in the next 10 years Corpus Christi's population will jump compared to the last 30 years. As well as the whole metro area.

What do you guys think? Do you think the city is finally being "discovered"?

[Muhnay]

Well yes and no.. I think Corpus will try to keep its self the nice seaside community and not allow it to get big like that.. but the area around it may explode. Look at Flour Bluff.. once the bane and evil area to avoid, now the up and coming best area to live in.. heck even the schools there are rated rather high.. I have always liked Corpus, but have been a bit worried about living there. The people seem to be afraid of change.

Originally Posted by gabetx

Wow those posts from that other website are rediculous and stupid! And to think that they influence others and put a bad image for the city. Most of the things said on there are not true.

Anyways, now on to what I am posting this comment for. Does anybody on here that live in Corpus think that Corpus is really starting to be discovered now?

Especially since development has now crossed Oso Creek on the southside and city officialls are going to add toll lanes to half of the city's freeways, (which hint that major development and suburbanization are now on the way), and the outlet malls and pad sites along it in Robstown are about to be built, and the Crosstown Commons project is about to get under way, and the mall is about to undergo major renovations, and now it seems like new neighborhoods are springing up once a month.

I think once Crosstown Commons is built, there will be a lot of development along the Crosstown freeway. And I think the same will go for US 77 when the outlet mall and the fairgrounds are complete.

I think in the next 10 years Corpus Christi's population will jump compared to the last 30 years. As well as the whole metro area.

What do you guys think? Do you think the city is finally being "discovered"?

[arrow_keys]

For CC to become the next Ft. Lauderdale, it needs to trade in those ugly refineries for higher-tech or green or creative industries. Regardless of how clean or dirty they are in reality, those refineries give one the feeling that the ocean water and beach are dirty and surely that contributes to its 3rd or 4th tier coastal community status.

Another thing that needs to happen is for the small environmentalist group in town to become more politically involved. I am a native Texan and proud of this state in most ways, but we all know that the Texan way of government is to line your own pockets first by running for office and working deals to beneift your own business. The environmentalists need to successfully back someone who puts the environment and public profit first, above personal profit.

Its amazing how low the property is valued in CC. Land that is really close to the beach that in other coastal cities would be put to good use is taken up in CC by empty, trashy parking lots. Making the place more attractive to visitors and new residents is really the only way to make the land more valuable in town.

[SOM]

I have lived in Corpus Christi off and on since I was 16 (I'm 48 now). I've definitely had a love/hate relationship with the city.

I love:

-The beach / being near the water
-The food
-The community
-The Corpus Christi Cathedral (especially the music)
-The ease of living / laid back lifestyle (nothing like going to the Flour Bluff HEB barefooted on the way back from the beach!)
-The day trips (San Antonio / Austin / Houston / Brownsville / border towns / Aransa Wildlife Refuge / Rockport / etc.)
-Mexican architecture and overall Hispanic cultural influence (I'm anglo)
-What little culture there is (occasional big-name concerts / local theatre / jazz festival / Texas music / Half Price Books)
-The weather

I hate:
-Trash / litterbugs / dirty diapers in every parking lot
-Lack of culture (concerts / theatre / a freakin' record store!)
-Crappy city maintenance, like Ocean Drive parks that have broken up road work pavement at the waters edge
-Ugly parks (Cole Park excepted, although see comment above!)
-The weather

I have moved back and forth to/from CC many times. I met my wife in Los Angeles, and she was *born* in CC....which is neither here nor there, but kinda interesting.

We moved to Wichita, KS two years ago, and are moving back to CC next month!

[Marlow]

SOM--I think you said it all. Next time someone asks about CC I'll just cut and paste your post, if you don't mind.

[latetotheparty]

Originally Posted by CalGal953

I only visited Corpus twice, in spring 1999 and 2001, and my experiences there were okay. I did see a lot of negative posts from some people that lived there, though.

City of Corpus Christi Texas Sucks - Screwed Central Board

WOW!! that reading was HARSH......

[wehotex]

Originally Posted by 3rdCoast4evr

Born and raised in Corpus Christi 22 yrs. I love it, but at the same time you might not want to move there. The people around there are very ignorant and it's just sad. I am living in Austin now. As much as I want to move back I know I'm just jumping back into a hole where I can't get out. So visit before you move.

bingo, that's the same way that i feel about it. i also was born and raised there but haven't lived there since 1986. i think of it as more or less a nice place to visit, enjoy the scenery and catch up with family, look up old haunts and enjoy the slower pace of life. but to live there, maybe when i'm in my 70s. that posting from "screwed central board", well please consider the source, just look at the name of it. it is true that parts of corpus christi are run down and are dirty, but what town isn't? the ppl here are obese probably due to the prodigious amounts of cheap taquerias found in most neighborhoods. as far as ppl speeding, i find that to be the oddest thing about that post. i thing that cc drivers drive slower than most, which adds to the slowness of living there. you will find crime splattered on all local news channels. but i think that it's b/c nothing much else happens in cc and that's what pleases the tv viewing locals. it has been that way ever since that i can remember. corpus IS a blue collar town, so you can't expect ppl there to be intellectual giants. most have not been fortunate enough to get a great education. that doesn't make them failures. if texas a & m (CCSU) offered more graduate courses, young ppl might be encouraged to stay, but i understand that it lacks a broad curriculum. i think that corpus will be a much more diverse city, but it may take another 30 years or so.

[latetotheparty]

re: news stories......

if it bleeds, it leads.......