Houston vs. Dallas (Spring, Greenville, Katy: neighborhoods, construction, live in)

[majicdonjuan]

Originally Posted by BCB

The aerial of Midtown Houston and West Village look very different.

Midtown and West Village are very comparable in my opinion, except Midtown is a significantly larger area than is West Village and West Village is a bit denser overall. The densest/busiest part of the neighborhood is northwest of your aerial shot.

Upper Kirby is also densifying into a walkable, dense mixed use area as well and other than location, CityCentre is also very comparable.

[BCB]

Originally Posted by TexasTallest

i was referring to the more developed west side of Midtown.

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That's the exact same aerial...

[rynetwo]

Third time.....

Midtown = similar to West Village

[BCB]

Originally Posted by majicdonjuan

Midtown and West Village are very comparable in my opinion, except Midtown is a significantly larger area than is West Village and West Village is a bit denser overall. The densest/busiest part of the neighborhood is northwest of your aerial shot.

So what I'm hearing is that Houston offers no comparable neighborhood in the amount of density to the West Village, Uptown, West End, State-Thomas, Harwood, VP conglomerate.

Is that correct?

[TexasTallest]

Originally Posted by BCB

That's a parking garage with an apartment building.

I'm wondering if Houston offers a walkable neighborhood such that Dallas offers.

For example, Uptown, LOMAC, State-Thomas, West End, Harwood, VP, West Village are all connected to form one massive contiguous urban core.

i cant tell if you are being facetious or not.. if so, obviously Houston has no zoning, so we arent going to have any cohesive planning between the districts and build all the urban areas right next to each other..

those pictures were multiple apartment complexes.. yes, with parking garages; and a few office high-rises.. what is any different than the link to West Village that you showed?

most consider west Midtown, Rice Village, and Montrose, to name a few, to be walkable neighborhoods..

[BCB]

Originally Posted by rynetwo

Third time.....

Midtown = similar to West Village

How?

There are a million and one blocks with dust, parking lots, or shanty buildings.

[TexasTallest]

Originally Posted by TexasTallest

i was referring to the more developed west side of Midtown.

Centered around Here

Originally Posted by BCB

That's the exact same aerial...

yeah i realized that it was still linking to your midtown search for some reason. its fixed now.. THAT is the general whereabouts of the area most people consider the dense urban walkable "midtown" to be.

[TexasTallest]

Originally Posted by BCB

How?

There are a million and one blocks with dust, parking lots, or shanty buildings.

where? on the east side of midtown, sure.. on the west side where we have been talking about the whole time? the remaining dusty blocks there are being turned into new mixed use apartment complexes as we speak..

[rynetwo]

Originally Posted by BCB

How?

There are a million and one blocks with dust, parking lots, or shanty buildings.

because I have friends that live in Midtown and when I visit we can walk to plenty of bars and restaurants and never have to use the car unless we want to catch a movie....

[BCB]

Originally Posted by TexasTallest

i cant tell if you are being facetious or not.. if so, obviously Houston has no zoning, so we arent going to have any cohesive planning between the districts and build all the urban areas right next to each other..

That's really hurting Houston's sense of urbanity. What a shame such a great city has no cohesive planning to link the districts together to form a solid urban core.

I would like to see the developers build in the loop and stop building on the Energy Corridor and the Katy Freeway. Urban sprawl is the antidote for an city trying to densify.