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Old 11-02-2015, 11:25 AM
 
Location: Houston/Austin, TX
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I came to Chinatown years ago and it was straight. Came back recently I see a lot of new buildings. And some construction announced. It used to feel straight up suburban. It's starting to feel more urban. Especially the area that's inside the belt
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Old 11-02-2015, 11:29 AM
 
Location: Upper Kirby, Houston, TX
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It's the whole city, not just Chinatown, and you're about 4 years late on the party. The construction is about to slow down a lot.
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Old 11-03-2015, 07:13 AM
 
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It is indeed about to slow down, which is good because it is quite possibly possibly the lowest quality construction and most illogically planned area with new development in the city. Everything looks spastic and cheap. Doing nothing to improve the overall image of the area.
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Old 11-03-2015, 07:23 AM
 
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I came to Chinatown years ago and it was straight. Came back recently I see a lot of new buildings. And some construction announced. It used to feel straight up suburban. It's starting to feel more urban. Especially the area that's inside the belt
Chinatown always have a different economy than the rest of the city. All the buildings that pop up in Chinatown are from the local banks that have grown leaps and bounds to serve the asian community the last 10 years.
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Old 11-03-2015, 08:49 AM
 
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I came to Chinatown years ago and it was straight. Came back recently I see a lot of new buildings. And some construction announced. It used to feel straight up suburban. It's starting to feel more urban. Especially the area that's inside the belt
Inside beltway reconstruction of Bellaire Blvd thoroughfare will do miracles for both business and property owners along the Chinatown corridor. Both the Beltway8-Westchase expansion and Westpark tollway access make this now prime location.

Chinatown has exploded from what it was 15 years ago.
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Old 11-03-2015, 01:32 PM
 
Location: Pearland (west side)
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Thank God they widened Bellaire Blvd. It's worth saying again, thank God they widened Bellaire Blvd.
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Old 11-03-2015, 01:50 PM
 
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Thank God they widened Bellaire Blvd. It's worth saying again, thank God they widened Bellaire Blvd.
Haha, right on. It took awhile and it was painful to drive through during construction, but now? It's nice and barely congested.
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Old 11-03-2015, 01:57 PM
 
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It is indeed about to slow down, which is good because it is quite possibly possibly the lowest quality construction and most illogically planned area with new development in the city. Everything looks spastic and cheap. Doing nothing to improve the overall image of the area.
If you want an authentic Chinatown, then it has to look different, and well, cheap. I have not been to any Chinatown, including San Francisco's, and saw anything 'modern'. If you were to replace all the people from the Woodlands Market Square businesses and replace just the people with Asians, would it be Chinatown? That was rhetorical of course, but you get my point.
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Old 11-03-2015, 03:59 PM
 
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If you want an authentic Chinatown, then it has to look different, and well, cheap. I have not been to any Chinatown, including San Francisco's, and saw anything 'modern'. If you were to replace all the people from the Woodlands Market Square businesses and replace just the people with Asians, would it be Chinatown? That was rhetorical of course, but you get my point.
"Chinatown" has nothing to do with the buildings
It's about the people and culture in that place
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Old 11-03-2015, 05:01 PM
 
Location: Pecan Park, Houston, TX
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...... It used to feel straight up suburban. It's starting to feel more urban. Especially the area that's inside the belt
It depends on what "urban" means to you. To me, it's still straight-up suburban. Change the novel Asian language signs into English and you have just another car-centric, skanky strip mall lined, concrete saturated, tree-less blob.
The relative lack of chain stores does make it less suburban I suppose. Interesting shops are to be found, interesting just because what is sold is different from the bland brands that exist in the US.
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