Riverstone: You shouldn't live there... (Houston, Sugar Land: sale, 2013, buying a home)

[oblivionlml]

If it were up to me, the construction of Riverstone would be stopped immediately. The land around the area is being deforested at an alarming rate. Anyone who negligently decides to buy a home in Riverstone is thoroughly responsible for destroying some of the last bits of forest in Fort Bend County north of the Brazos River. People will come to regret destroying the land for more plastic homes. The "Future Development" of Riverstone, along with the the reckless clearing of land "they" have already done, is beyond irresponsible.

http://www.riverstone.com/uploads/im...ap_Mar2013.pdf

"Welcome to the Forest", that you're helping to clear cut!

http://www.riverstone.com/uploads/im...restbb2012.jpg

[Pinkmani]

I admit it's a hard choice to make. But you also have to realize that the population in the Houston area is constantly increasing. Many people want to be in Texas for the no income tax.

I would think that they would be building a new tree for every tree that they cut down, but that's probably just a personal fantasy.

[Firefly in sweet land]

Originally Posted by oblivionlml

If it were up to me, the construction of Riverstone would be stopped immediately. The land around the area is being deforested at an alarming rate. Anyone who negligently decides to buy a home in Riverstone is thoroughly responsible for destroying some of the last bits of forest in Fort Bend County north of the Brazos River. People will come to regret destroying the land for more plastic homes. The "Future Development" of Riverstone, along with the the reckless clearing of land "they" have already done, is beyond irresponsible.

http://www.riverstone.com/uploads/im...ap_Mar2013.pdf

"Welcome to the Forest", that you're helping to clear cut!

http://www.riverstone.com/uploads/im...restbb2012.jpg

Agree with the view expressed but Why did the county/sugar land/ missouri city grant permission to do that? Is it not irresponsibility on their part also, if its the last bit of forest remaining?

[swopoe]

OP, where do you live? Was your home once sitting on a forested area? Or on a prairie? Do you feel guilt for living where you do?

I live in Riverstone. My home does not sit in the " welcome to forest area," and I don't feel guilty for living here. There are more original trees in my little section of Riverstone than in any other place I have ever lived in Fort Bend county.

[ethanw]

O man, so sorry. I will immediately sale my house in Riverstone and go back to my natural cave.

[DejaBlue]

*cues up Michael Jackson's Earth Song*

"What have we done to Fort Bend....look what we've done"

[testmo]

Less damage is done to existing forests/natural landscapes when people buy existing homes. buying in new MPCs creates the incentive for developers to develop further and further out. there really is no need and there are a plethora of existing homes that have been standing for decades.

buying a home in an established area that has been reforested (to the best it can be) is less harmful than moving into an area that was clear cut 3 years ago and continues to be developed.

[cheryjohns]

Originally Posted by testmo

Less damage is done to existing forests/natural landscapes when people buy existing homes. buying in new MPCs creates the incentive for developers to develop further and further out. there really is no need and there are a plethora of existing homes that have been standing for decades.

buying a home in an established area that has been reforested (to the best it can be) is less harmful than moving into an area that was clear cut 3 years ago and continues to be developed.

Not really. We are way down on existing inventory - and it is a super headache. I thought I would love this scenario - and I do, whenever I represent the seller - but it's tough on buyers out there.

When I first read this thread, I thought "Yeah, why don't they do what The Woodlands does - incorporate the trees into the subdivision?" Then I remembered - what trees in Sugar Land? What forest?

[oblivionlml]

Originally Posted by cheryjohns

Not really. We are way down on existing inventory - and it is a super headache. I thought I would love this scenario - and I do, whenever I represent the seller - but it's tough on buyers out there.

When I first read this thread, I thought "Yeah, why don't they do what The Woodlands does - incorporate the trees into the subdivision?" Then I remembered - what trees in Sugar Land? What forest?

Look on Google Earth, or whatever you have available to you, and overlay that with "future development". All of that nice green is going to be clear cut.

29°32'24.03"N 95°36'33.49"W

[Oildog]

Seems like a complaint....closed