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IF, they get one it will be after 2008. I don't see it happening though. Sugarland, The Woodlands, Clear Lake have been asking FOR YEARS to have a WFM and they aren't getting one any more than The Heights are getting one.

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While we're dreaming, how 'bout a Trader Joe's in the old HEB or Eckerds or whatever it was on 11th?

A Trader Joe's would be a better match for your average bungalow owner, me thinks. I know $2 bottles of wine are more of my style. :D

Whole Foods is considered overpriced by a lot of Heights people. Houses in the Heights may cost as much as in other parts of the Inner Loop, but if you drive around you don't see nearly as many Beemers and like parked on the street as you would in, say, Bellaire.

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While we're dreaming, how 'bout a Trader Joe's in the old HEB or Eckerds or whatever it was on 11th?

A Trader Joe's would be a better match for your average bungalow owner, me thinks. I know $2 bottles of wine are more of my style. :D

Whole Foods is considered overpriced by a lot of Heights people. Houses in the Heights may cost as much as in other parts of the Inner Loop, but if you drive around you don't see nearly as many Beemers and like parked on the street as you would in, say, Bellaire.

I wonder if the smaller presence of flashier vehicles has more to do with Heights residents typically being less affluent, or simply less pretentious.

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I wonder if the smaller presence of flashier vehicles has more to do with Heights residents typically being less affluent, or simply less pretentious.

I think you'd probably see some evidence of each, though the Porsche Turbo that just moved in across the street would compete with anything in Bellaire. :P

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Less pretentious I believe. It takes a certain wealthy person to live in the Heights. I live there because I got a good deal on a small house, but I just don't know if I would by a half-million dollar home here. If I had that kind of money I think I would head over to 77005.

As to Whole Foods, I caught on to those guys a few years ago. They were cute and all when they had a coupla stores in Austin and Houston. Now they are becoming just another conglomerate. The amount of energy used to ship a "natural" tomato halfway around the world to a Whole Foods kinda negates the "saving the environment" thing.

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Less pretentious I believe. It takes a certain wealthy person to live in the Heights. I live there because I got a good deal on a small house, but I just don't know if I would by a half-million dollar home here. If I had that kind of money I think I would head over to 77005.

As to Whole Foods, I caught on to those guys a few years ago. They were cute and all when they had a coupla stores in Austin and Houston. Now they are becoming just another conglomerate. The amount of energy used to ship a "natural" tomato halfway around the world to a Whole Foods kinda negates the "saving the environment" thing.

As President Reagan often said, there you go again. I've heard you infer before that those who buy in the Heights are wealthy people. Many people purchase in the area because they too feel they are getting a good deal on a house. As you drive the Heights you will see that the vast majority are not wealthy.

People spend money on things that are important to them. A very large part of my budget goes to housing because I think the long term investment is good, not because I am wealthy.

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Well, this is what I posted in the Target thread. Of course, I admitted that I heard it from someone who had no way to substantiate it...

My husband and I are very comfortable, but he still drives a 96 Saturn. I know one of my neighbors is a doctor, but he drives a Prius. I think non-pretentious is the best description...

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As President Reagan often said, there you go again. I've heard you infer before that those who buy in the Heights are wealthy people. Many people purchase in the area because they too feel they are getting a good deal on a house. As you drive the Heights you will see that the vast majority are not wealthy.

People spend money on things that are important to them. A very large part of my budget goes to housing because I think the long term investment is good, not because I am wealthy.

Yes, I have on a few occasions inferred that wealthy people buy $450k homes in the Heights. You got me dead-on!

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As to Whole Foods, I caught on to those guys a few years ago. They were cute and all when they had a coupla stores in Austin and Houston. Now they are becoming just another conglomerate. The amount of energy used to ship a "natural" tomato halfway around the world to a Whole Foods kinda negates the "saving the environment" thing.

Thank you HeightsGuy for catching on to this. Its one thing to take a position on an issue, but I can't stand it when environmentalists/vitalists go nuts over something because its only branded as environmentally friendly. Think, people!

I know one of my neighbors is a doctor, but he drives a Prius. I think non-pretentious is the best description...

Since when is driving a Prius an act of non-pretentiousness?

:lol: I don't think recycled TP is recycled from TP. Is it? :unsure:

No. All TP gets flushed. Recycled = uncomfortable.

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Thank you HeightsGuy for catching on to this. Its one thing to take a position on an issue, but I can't stand it when environmentalists/vitalists go nuts over something because its only branded as environmentally friendly. Think, people!

Actually, I was under the impression that most environmentalists have known this for awhile. I didn't think real environmentalists went to Whole Foods anymore...just the poser variety.

I could be wrong. Just what I'd heard.

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While we're dreaming, how 'bout a Trader Joe's in the old HEB or Eckerds or whatever it was on 11th?

A Trader Joe's would be a better match for your average bungalow owner, me thinks. I know $2 bottles of wine are more of my style. :D

Isn't that building located in the 'dry' portion of the Heights?

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