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Old 09-03-2010, 09:15 PM
 
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What does the city of Houston have in store for its future? As I see all these bright and shiny 250k condominiums popping up all over the inner loop I seriously wonder how will it effect the surburban communities we have all grown to know and love? Are we coming close to the end of surburban sprawl? We all know Texans (Houstonians) we love our communities, the convenience of the Kroger/HEB/Wal-Mart at the mouth of each neighborhood and our churches that raised us and nurtured us...providing us with a culture with traditional southern values. How will the city "adapt" to the conveniences of suburban life? Yes there is much to do inside the loop, but how convenient is it really?

My family is from Conroe as well as west Texas and I see the "sprawl" slowly creeping up into our area. I just cant imagine, it seems like as Houston grows it just clashes with the establish communities and people. I would hate to see hwy 242 become dotted with apartments/condos and the usual suburban flare.

At the same time, and most of my family and friends agree, living in the city would be fun for a while but after marriage and kids...I just dont see it.
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Old 09-03-2010, 10:16 PM
 
Location: The Greater Houston Metro Area
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What does the city of Houston have in store for its future? As I see all these bright and shiny 250k condominiums popping up all over the inner loop I seriously wonder how will it effect the surburban communities we have all grown to know and love?

At the same time, and most of my family and friends agree, living in the city would be fun for a while but after marriage and kids...I just dont see it.
There is your answer - young professionals will live in them until marriage and children occur. They will then sell to the young professionals coming in. And so on...and so on...
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Old 09-03-2010, 10:27 PM
 
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There is your answer - young professionals will live in them until marriage and children occur. They will then sell to the young professionals coming in. And so on...and so on...
I am not completely convinced. Unless these people are coming in from out of town. Most of my friends, family, people in my church that I grew up with...co-workers...4h youth seem much more comfortable and in tuned with surburban life. Sure you can go to the museums, cafes, zoo, opera, theatre...etc once in a while but that type entertainment becomes costly...and its all spread out due to lack of zoning I suppose. I would rather spend time with my family and friends at home...in my nice quiet suburban home (for me its out in the country).

Economy is bad. Thank God I havent been directly effected by it but it has changed by perspective as well as my friends.
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Old 09-03-2010, 10:38 PM
 
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I am not completely convinced. Unless these people are coming in from out of town. Most of my friends, family, people in my church that I grew up with...co-workers...4h youth seem much more comfortable and in tuned with surburban life. Sure you can go to the museums, cafes, zoo, opera, theatre...etc once in a while but that type entertainment becomes costly...and its all spread out due to lack of zoning I suppose. I would rather spend time with my family and friends at home...in my nice quiet suburban home (for me its out in the country).

Economy is bad. Thank God I havent been directly effected by it but it has changed by perspective as well as my friends.
There are a lot of people moving into the Houston area from other states on job transfers - they either quite definately want the downtown thing or the suburban thing. Lots want the downtown thing.
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Old 09-03-2010, 11:44 PM
 
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There are a lot of people moving into the Houston area from other states on job transfers - they either quite definately want the downtown thing or the suburban thing. Lots want the downtown thing.
Its amazing how Houston is changing so fast. Are you a male or a female?
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Old 09-03-2010, 11:49 PM
 
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Its amazing how Houston is changing so fast. Are you a male or a female?
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And, yes, you are right, Houston is constantly changing.
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Old 09-03-2010, 11:59 PM
 
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And, yes, you are right, Houston is constantly changing.
I am sorry! Nice to meet you Cheryl! I've been poking around city data for a while but rarely post. I am a bit of a stranger to you regulars...but I mean well. Feel like a country girl in the middle of a big city trying to understand Houston a bit better.
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Old 09-04-2010, 07:20 AM
 
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I am not completely convinced. Unless these people are coming in from out of town. Most of my friends, family, people in my church that I grew up with...co-workers...4h youth seem much more comfortable and in tuned with surburban life. Sure you can go to the museums, cafes, zoo, opera, theatre...etc once in a while but that type entertainment becomes costly...and its all spread out due to lack of zoning I suppose. I would rather spend time with my family and friends at home...in my nice quiet suburban home (for me its out in the country).

Economy is bad. Thank God I havent been directly effected by it but it has changed by perspective as well as my friends.
Many of the museums and the zoo, and Hermann Park, are all within walking distance, and you spend $50 and you've got yourself an annual pass. My wife takes our daughter to both the Children's museum and the Zoo every week, though we drive from Humble to do it!
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Old 09-04-2010, 07:43 AM
 
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Work in the city (TMC) but will never give up the suburbs. I need the R&R the suburbs provides me from the rat race of the city.
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Old 09-04-2010, 10:08 AM
 
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Work in the city (TMC) but will never give up the suburbs. I need the R&R the suburbs provides me from the rat race of the city.
Great example of how different people want different things. My wife and I both work in the city (me downtown, her TMC). Once we have kids, we might move a bit further out (Heights now) to the Memorial Villages or Bellaire, etc, but never further than that. To be perfectly honest, we could move to a slightly larger house on one of the nicer Heights streets and I would stay here forever. We're less than a 3 minute drive from both an HEB and Kroger Signature. I've just never seen the draw of the suburbs.
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