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It's not bashing to state a truth. Houston has a ton of suburban sprawl and it's not improving. Whether one believes that to be a negative is subjective.
it really isn't a negative. People on CD seem to feel that it is, because they're so caught up in "urbanity". Houston is urban. It's just isn't set in the same fashion as the "traditional" urban sites.
It's not bashing to state a truth. Houston has a ton of suburban sprawl and it's not improving. Whether one believes that to be a negative is subjective.
Not improving? Laughable. You clearly haven't taken notice of the infrastructure improvements Houston has made recently.
Not improving? Laughable. You clearly haven't taken notice of the infrastructure improvements Houston has made recently.
I provided several links that don't support your view. I have little doubt that downtown Houston is seeing plenty of construction and infill, but that's true of most cities right now. Is all that urban construction balancing out the suburban kind? In Houston, it's not.
it really isn't a negative. People on CD seem to feel that it is, because they're so caught up in "urbanity". Houston is urban. It's just isn't set in the same fashion as the "traditional" urban sites.
For someone like me, it absolutely is a negative. But to each their own.
I provided several links that don't support your view. I have little doubt that downtown Houston is seeing plenty of construction and infill, but that's true of most cities right now. Is all that urban construction balancing out the suburban kind? In Houston, it's not.
There's a reason for that. The land in suburban Houston is cheaper than most other major cities if not all major cities especially the ones in the top 10. It is mostly balanced in Houston though. It was, last time I checked, at 0.1% in favor of more suburban growth than core growth. There's tons of infill in Houston that increasing in density. But people still love the suburbs.
For someone like me, it absolutely is a negative. But to each their own.
I understand that. I guess it's just hard to get people to understand, that you can't make Houston something that it's not. It's not going to follow the design of a NYC or Philly or Chicago. The urban brick upon brick buildings and the massive walkability, that those cities are known for, Houston just isn't exactly designed like those cities. So for me, that is NOT a negative.
This whole urbanity argument seems pointless. Both cities are nearly all suburban. Columbus suburbs may be smaller and older, but your still going to need a car to get around.
There's a reason for that. The land in suburban Houston is cheaper than most other major cities if not all major cities especially the ones in the top 10. It is mostly balanced in Houston though. It was, last time I checked, at 0.1% in favor of more suburban growth than core growth. There's tons of infill in Houston that increasing in density. But people still love the suburbs.
Actually, the links provided show that the suburbs are growing at a rate of more than 2 full points faster, or about 46% faster. It's not balanced, it's still clearly dominated by suburban growth.
People may or may not love the suburbs, but in the majority of cities, suburban growth has slowed dramatically or has reversed in that cities are seeing faster growth. This hasn't really happened in Houston.
Yeah when was the last time you were in Columbus? Cleveland and Cincinnati are more "urban" than Columbus. Columbus is a very auto reliant city.
Columbus has the exact same density as Cincinnati, even being almost 3x larger in area size. If Columbus was the same size as either of those cities, its density would be much higher than both of them. It's factually untrue that being bigger in area in this case means that the city has no real density to it.
And it is much easier to live there car free now than it used to be, with improving bus service, bike share, and car share services like car2go, etc. And the city will likely be starting a rail system in the next few years, along with BRT.
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