Suburban Texas vs. Suburban Florida (cost, size, restaurant, parks)
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H-E-B is only in Texas, and the family has made it clear they have no intentions of expanding outside the state any time soon.
That said, Publix is Florida's equivalent to H-E-B.
They’re in Mexico as well.
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Originally Posted by kidyankee764
It really depends where in FL and where in TX. If you’re comparing suburbs of Miami/Ft Lauderdale (Coral Gables, Boca Raton, Palm Beach, etc) to elsewhere, I’m inclined to go with FL. The sheer beauty and affluence cannot be compared to almost anywhere in TX.
Noone's really brought it up but were do the West Austin suburbs rank? Their all bougie, low density and expensive so not to many live in the large area, but the Hill Country suburbs of Austin and to a lesser extent San Antonio are very impressive. Arguably more impressive from an aesthetic perspective than anything else in Texas.
What detracts from Texas cities is their large city limits. Outside of Jacksonville, Florida has universally smaller central cities than Houston. This means theirs a good chance areas like Far North Dallas/North Dallas/Preston Hollow, Memorial, even Uptown, Houston would be suburbs in Florida. The area around the Domain etcetera would also be suburbs, Uptown San Antonio, Northwest San Antonio, Bay Area of Corpus Christi and Northwest El Paso as well.
In fact imho one of the best parts of suburban Texas is Northwest San Antonio from about Boerne towards Leon Valley. The intersection of 1604 and I-10, has UTSA, LaCantera, The Rim and 6 Flags. Definitely one of the nicer/nicest collection of truly suburban areas.
While the hilly suburbs are no California, and many of them are in the city limits, you would think some of nicer ones like NW SA/West Austin/NW El Paso would give Texas more of a run for it's money aesthetically.
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Noone's really brought it up but were do the West Austin suburbs rank? Their all bougie, low density and expensive so not to many live in the large area, but the Hill Country suburbs of Austin and to a lesser extent San Antonio are very impressive. Arguably more impressive from an aesthetic perspective than anything in
What detracts from Texas cities is their large city limits. Outside of Jacksonville, Florida has universally smaller central cities than Houston. This means theirs a good chance areas like Far North Dallas/North Dallas/Preston Hollow, Memorial, even Uptown, Houston would be suburbs. The area around the Domain etcetera would also be suburbs, Uptown San Antonio, Northwest San Antonio, Bay Area of Corpus Christi and Northwest El Paso as well.
In fact imho one of the best parts of suburban Texas is Northwest San Antonio from about Boerne towards Leon Valley. The intersection of 1604 and I-10, has UTSA, LaCantera, The Rim and 6 Flags. Definitely one of the nicer/nicest collection of truly suburban areas.
While the hilly suburbs are no California, and many of them are in the city limits, you would think some of nicer ones like NW SA/West Austin/NW El Paso would give Texas more of a run for it's money aesthetically.
Not in the same league with Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Boca.. And most definitely not in the same league as Aventura, Sunny Isles, or Golden Beach
South Florida is flat as a pancake but still way more beautiful than West Austin.
Noone's really brought it up but were do the West Austin suburbs rank? Their all bougie, low density and expensive so not to many live in the large area, but the Hill Country suburbs of Austin and to a lesser extent San Antonio are very impressive. Arguably more impressive from an aesthetic perspective than anything else in Texas.
What detracts from Texas cities is their large city limits. Outside of Jacksonville, Florida has universally smaller central cities than Houston. This means theirs a good chance areas like Far North Dallas/North Dallas/Preston Hollow, Memorial, even Uptown, Houston would be suburbs in Florida. The area around the Domain etcetera would also be suburbs, Uptown San Antonio, Northwest San Antonio, Bay Area of Corpus Christi and Northwest El Paso as well.
In fact imho one of the best parts of suburban Texas is Northwest San Antonio from about Boerne towards Leon Valley. The intersection of 1604 and I-10, has UTSA, LaCantera, The Rim and 6 Flags. Definitely one of the nicer/nicest collection of truly suburban areas.
While the hilly suburbs are no California, and many of them are in the city limits, you would think some of nicer ones like NW SA/West Austin/NW El Paso would give Texas more of a run for it's money aesthetically.
Suburbs or not, I'm not sure any of those areas compare to some of Florida's finest. Ocean Drive in Corpus is pretty cool though.
Not in the same league with Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Boca.. And most definitely not in the same league as Aventura, Sunny Isles, or Golden Beach
South Florida is flat as a pancake but still way more beautiful than West Austin.
But this is what I mean with my post, if Miami was a city in Texas, Coconut Grove is already in Miami city itself, Coral Gables borders Coconut Grove and Coral Way which borders Brickell/Downtown Miami, Coral Gables is Inner Loop Houston distance away, it's akin to River Oaks being a separate community.
Aventura/Golden Isles/Sunny Isles are in that Flour Bluff/Memorial/Uptown San Antonio/Far North Dallas/NW El Paso/NW Austin distance, i.e good chance especially since their coastal (likely developed first) that a Miami with Texas laws would have snagged them up.
Boca Raton is far and away and would be a suburb in Texas. Obviously the Miami areas are more gorgeous than the Texas Areas, but the Texas areas are all in the city while the Miami areas are outside except for Coconut Grove.
This works in both directions, I don't think their is a suburban town as bad as Opa-locka in Dallas/Houston/San Antonio. Since only outer suburbs really exist in these metro areas, the worst suburbs are normally lower middle class, while Miami a significant portion, if not the majority of the hood is outside Miami City Limits, Orlando this is true to a lesser extent, and I'm unsure about Tampa.
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