Dallas v. Houston Luxury Shopping- 2013 (Fort Worth, Plano: rent, residential, medical)

[HouTX]

Originally Posted by R1070

Umm.. Preston Hollow is in the city of Dallas.
Preston Hollow, Dallas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It looks a lot like Tuxedo Park in the Buckhead area of Atlanta or Bel Air in the L.A. area.

I do know that homes in Preston Hollow are very expensive. And there's a huge number of very wealthy residents.
Hicks’ $135 million home built by Crespi couple after headline-making divorce and trial | Dallas Morning News

Add in the Park Cities which connect to Preston Hollow and the neighborhoods in Far North Dallas along Preston Road
and you have quite the impressive concentration of Wealth.

Umm I don't think he was saying Preston Hollow is in Houston. He was saying the
home to the wealthiest residents and most expensive homes in Texas is in Houston.

[AfroAmericanofColor]

Originally Posted by HouTX

Umm I don't think he was saying Preston Hollow is in Houston. He was saying the
home to the wealthiest residents and most expensive homes in Texas is in Houston.

To get back on topic, perhaps that is so. Still, in terms of luxury shopping, having 700,000 plus millionaires in the immediate surrounding region to Dallas - Fort Worth is the reason for assembling a mecca of upscale shopping isn't it? Then Highland Park Village reaches out even further getting shoppers from 23 surrounding states.

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by AfroAmericanofColor

Hey dog didn't Troy Aikman have an estate in Preston Hollow? If you are right, Troy must have lived in Houston.

Originally Posted by curtbr72

Lol Preston Hollow is in Dallas...

Originally Posted by R1070

Umm.. Preston Hollow is in the city of Dallas.
Preston Hollow, Dallas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It looks a lot like Tuxedo Park in the Buckhead area of Atlanta or Bel Air in the L.A. area.

I do know that homes in Preston Hollow are very expensive. And there's a huge number of very wealthy residents.
Hicks’ $135 million home built by Crespi couple after headline-making divorce and trial | Dallas Morning News

Add in the Park Cities which connect to Preston Hollow and the neighborhoods in Far North Dallas along Preston Road
and you have quite the impressive concentration of Wealth.

R1070 said he thought PH was home to the most expensive homes in Texas. I said no, that neighborhood is in Houston. I never said Preston hollow was in Houston. Duh.

[AfroAmericanofColor]

Originally Posted by Trae713

R1070 said he thought PH was home to the most expensive homes in Texas. I said no, that neighborhood is in Houston. I never said Preston hollow was in Houston. Duh.

Aren't there huge differences between what are neighborhoods in Houston and what are neighborhoods in Dallas? I assume you must be speaking about the Memorial area in Houston with all those millionaires? Indeed, there is a huge area in Houston which seems to stretch all the way from 610 seemingly all the way to Katy.

This area does have a lot of mansions, but it doesn't seem to have a neighborhood of estates isolated from smaller mansions. An estate has huge amounts of land surrounding a mansion built on a larger scale.

The Preston Hollow area is obvious. First off, it is located along Preston which is the similar road to Memorial in Houston. From what I can see looking at a google map, the particular neighborhood is huge estates which are surrounded by smaller mansions.

Here is a good article about who are the targeted customers of luxury upscale retailers:

Neiman Marcus still defines luxury in a casual world:

Neiman Marcus still defines luxury in a casual world | Dallas Morning News

[PostOak5115]

Originally Posted by BCB

Um, no. They're very different.

As far as demographics, country club, private schools, parties, valet parking, socialites, and security they are very much a like.

Architecture is somewhat comparable. There are that many areas of the south with that much concentrated wealth, so as in typical fashion HP is always compared to or mention with River Oaks as far as discussing the wealthy areas of Texas.

[TXEX06]

I think all the people that keep bickering in this thread need to post pics of their closets/wardrobes. I wonder how many of y'all actually shop at some of these stores and how often?

[curtbr72]

Originally Posted by Trae713

R1070 said he thought PH was home to the most expensive homes in Texas. I said no, that neighborhood is in Houston. I never said Preston hollow was in Houston. Duh.

Using the word "that" would imply the subject at hand.

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by curtbr72

Using the word "that" would imply the subject at hand.

You just didn't understand. It's okay.

[AfroAmericanofColor]

Originally Posted by Trae713

You just didn't understand. It's okay.

To get back on topic, I was taking a look at the Preston Center business district on the street level of Google and was really impressed with all the retail it has outside of the Plaza at Preston Center shopping center. I never realized such existed. While it doesn't look like that commercial district has a lot of land left for office buildings, it does have the potential to add a whole lot more retail space.

[R1070]

Originally Posted by AfroAmericanofColor

To get back on topic, I was taking a look at the Preston Center business district on the street level of Google and was really impressed with all the retail it has outside of the Plaza at Preston Center shopping center. I never realized such existed. While it doesn't look like that commercial district has a lot of land left for office buildings, it does have the potential to add a whole lot more retail space.

This area gets overlooked a lot when people are comparing areas of Houston to areas of Dallas. People seem to focus in on just the Uptown area, but there are a lot more places in Dallas than just Uptown.