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  1. Jeebus
    If I could be guaranteed that my kids wouldn't go to Bush High or Hodges Middle, we'd consider moving there.
  2. Jeebus
    You're so vague.
  3. Jeebus
    I once saw Jesus slap Santa Claus. My point? Please be more specific.
  4. Jeebus
    It does, but I don't think FM1464 has plans to get bigger than what it is. Still, a major intersection is a major intersection: not safe for kids to cross - especially rambunctious kids excited to go swimming. As for the home prices, I used the word "cheaper" because its relative, and not literal - although with todays building practices I suppose it could be the latter.
  5. Jeebus
    This was my only concern, as it seems like FM1464 cutting the neighborhood in half now, with the "cheaper" homes east of the new road with easier access to the rec center. It seems more dangerous for kids riding their bikes to the pool to have to cross a 4 lane FM1464. I noticed while headed southbound on 99 yesterday a bunch of new stadium lights up on the back of the development. I guess that's the new polo field.
  6. Jeebus
    I think its the opposite. I would bet Cali-Girl works for Aliana and is just using reverse-psychology on us.
  7. Jeebus
    I'm late to this conversation so this might have been covered.. But perhaps its cheaper to tear it down and sell off the lot versus trying to deal with things like asbestos abatement and other type remedial obstacles? I'm asking because I don't know and I'm trying to find logic like everyone else as to why it would be torn down. To me, it defeats the purpose of building a new building on an old parking lot if you're just going to turn around and tear down another building and create a parking lot.
  8. Jeebus
    Probably a crime of some sort. It is Beechnut and the Belt..
  9. Jeebus
    I finally got a chance to walk through the park late one night last week and was VERY impressed. There was a great police presence and NO bums. I spoke with one of the HPD officers there and he said they are assigned there on a rotating shift, so that there are always officers there.
  10. Jeebus
    My wife got sexually harassed by a bum a few days ago, for the first time. Yay.
  11. Jeebus
    I drove through here a few days ago for the first time. What surprised me most was that the newly constructed, four lane with esplanade, FM1464 runs right through the middle of the development. Other than that, it did seem quiet, but no more so than any other development in the early stages of build-out.
  12. Jeebus
    Let me guess, you live in Aliana, or near it?
  13. Jeebus
    Yes.
  14. Jeebus
    I agree with the first part, disagree with the second part. That's why we have multiple moderators.
  15. Jeebus
    Screenshot man! Screenshot!
  16. Jeebus
    Oh, lol.. the other way. Either way, Bellaire is not too shabby at any point really. Its pretty suburban-ugly once you get to Kirkwood, but for the most part its a solid thoroughfare. Its the streets that run parallel to Bellaire and the streets that intersect and join the two that cause the problems.
  17. Jeebus
    Heading west? I agree. The redevelopment of the Fondren/Bellaire intersection was well done, and from there out you roll into new Chinatown, which I love spending time on.
  18. Jeebus
    Maybe just immediately north you have a pocket of sub-prime apartment and commercial, but just north of that you have Spring Shadows and Royal Oaks, along with all of Memorial and the reservoir to the west, and Spring Valley to the east. Its surrounded with more middle/upper-middle class single family homes than sub-prime apartment rentals. That's the key that Sharpstown is missing as the ratio is exactly the opposite.
  19. Jeebus
    or the apartments on Fon-Villa, Bimini Condos on Larkwood, That mega complex at Beechnut & Bissonnet (Beechnut Gardens?), or St Charles & St James on Fondren at Wanda, etc etc etc... My point was that people don't consider just the SFHs in the area as "Sharpstown Proper". All they know is Sharpstown, which includes all the bad elements that bring down the statistically low-crime residential area of Sharpstown-Proper. If anything, Sharpstown-Proper would BEST be benefited from a simple name change to reflect just the single family home residential portion of area. That way there would be a distinct separation between the two, and give the residential area a better chance of autonomy much like Braeburn Valley and Maplewood West/South enjoy.
  20. Jeebus
    All your stats most likely point to the single family residential dwelling component of Sharpstown. Sharpstown is more than just the actual deed restricted neighborhoods. It also includes all those apartment complexes & strip center store-fronts.
  21. Jeebus
    That's a great idea, but you're basically describing the same failed developments that made Chicago and New York City famous. This is a great idea I'd love to see all over the city. I don't live inside the city so I have no say in the matter, but if I were a resident, I would gladly pay a higher tax to have the Mayor's Office run an "Office of Urban Renewal". This office would seek out dilapidated properties that with tax money would be demolished and converted into green-space, or purchased and re-sold to re-development firms to create new development from the existing parcels. Sharpstown is not deed restricted already? The "Welcome To Sharpstown" sign seems to think so. Well, you just got the Bellaire BRT! I know, I know, its not light rail, but yes, light rail down Bellaire and Bissonnet would greatly improve the area. Good advice. Who was it that got involved and kept the owner of Carnival from building on the old Gillman lot? Perhaps they could get involved. Now that I'm married & have a daughter I've grown to feel this way too, after dark, on certain thoroughfares like Westheimer west of 610, Bellaire west of Chimney Rock, Bissonnet west of Hilcroft. Gang-bangers don't take they bus on the west-side, they drive just like you and me - and I don't like sharing the roads with them.
  22. Jeebus
    Actually, I'm going to have to disagree with you. In spite of a great West-Texas themed renovation, stores are still pulling out. Linens-N-Things, as well as Steve and Barry's are the latest two, both which were considered anchors to the mall. Too many other "upscale" developments like First Colony Mall, Town & Country/Memorial City, La Centerra, the Galleria, and even the two big outlet malls to the west/northwest, have made retailers withdraw from West Oaks Mall. I do foresee West Oaks Mall seeking out more independent "urban" retailers to replace the nation franchises that keep pulling out for greener pastures - similar to that of Sharpstown. I do not see it closing though, as its all alone where it sits and will always have customers. This article eludes to its troubles.
  23. Jeebus
    First off, the shooting was at an apartment complex on Bellerive. Second, if you tear down the Sharpstown mall, you're just going to get all that traffic to go to a different mall more often than they do now (think First Colony, Memorial City, or the Galleria) and drag it down. Third, there is nothing you can do to any of the commercial space in Sharpstown until you address the low-rent apartment living surrounding it. Fourth, even if you did do something about all those low rent apartment, i.e. evict the tenants and demolish them, they will just find a new neighborhood to destroy. Its Sharpstown's destiny to accept the poor, the criminal, and the illegal. If it doesn't harbor them, then that means yet another marginal, on the edge neighborhood, will have to suffer.
  24. Jeebus
    Good lord. I do hope dinner will at least make up for it. Britney pre-life falling apart I could probably go watch. Current Britney that dances around like a confused, slightly intoxicated, and poorly trained circus bear I'm not looking forward to. I hope I can find some of those $1.25 cheeseburgers!
  25. Jeebus
    Indeed that is a cool looking design, but I swear I've seen it somewhere before.. Oh yeah.. McDonald's Apple Pie: (Just turn it upright and open the flaps..)
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