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h2obuff

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  1. Cul-de-sacs have less traffic (no through traffic). In many markets, especially in Houston, home buyers, especially those with children love it! New urbabnist's hate it, they feel (and rightfully so) that it reduces vehicular connectivity and new urbanist would prefer a more grid pattern, mostly to give a driver more than one option to get from point A to point B, therefor not reducing overall traffic counts, but not putting all of the cars on one or two main roads. But, again, in Houston, cul's rule and that is what buyers want, so that is what buyers get. I live in one, and I always seem to notice when a car that doesn't live there comes into it, usually a lost driver. i notice because traffic is so low, less than 20 cars a day, so nice and quite, especially for those of us with families. Glad to see you still have no idea what you are talking about. Will you ever learn to have some actual, true, practical, relevant and useful knowledge about anything before commenting.
  2. They actually pay a lot of clear cutting. The lumber is not sold, it is cut down, stumps removed, sol is brought in to fill in the ground where the stumps were and all of the trees are either incenerated on site in a burn pit or are mulched and practically given away. Based on current rules for development, many controlled/created by TCEq for development, it is much more cost benificial to clear cut than keep trees, and money alwasy winds over tress in this market.
  3. Yes, there is more than just Bridgeland up in that part of Katy, but the acerage in Bridgeland that is in Katy ISD is not enough to support a new HS on its own based on current ISD measures.
  4. There are currently no school sites in Bridgeland. Across the street from Bridgeland is a 3 school site (HS, MS and elem) that was purchased from Misher. I know CF has talked to Bridgeland about an elementary site, but that is it so far. Also, Bridgeland will have three (3) school districts - Cy-Fair, Waller and Katy. Cy-fair extends pretty much to the Grand Parkway and is about half of the project. Waller has the majority of the rest, with Katy receiving the remainder on the south. I still think the Katy part is 1000+ acres, so still good, but not large enough to support a HS on its own accord.
  5. No, the Stone Gate developments are in no way connect with Bridgeland. Land Tejas is the developer for the Stone Gate's, canyon Gates, etc. The first Rouse/GGP residential project in town is Bridgeland, outside of its mall developments and purchase of the Woodlands a couple of years ago.
  6. It nice that your kid will get to go to a private school, but not every inner-looper has that luxury. And just so you know, my kids will go to a public school and receive just as good of an education with just as many, if not more opportunities than the sheltered private school kids.
  7. Also, just because you do not like it or do not want it, doesn't mean nobody else gets to. How much housing do you think there is inside the loop? Definitely not enough to shove all of the suburbanites into it. Plus, just because you live in the Houston area, does not mean you work downtown. And, as others have said many a time, those of us with kids appreciate the value of a good, quality education and are willing to "sacrifice" to give our kids every advantage possible. I have never understood opponents of sprawl given our countries history of western expansion and free choice/will. Without it, we would all be living 3 miles up on a little island in NYC. No thank you, I like my backyard, my fence, my trees and my freedom to choose to do whatever it is I want. So where will your kids go? Where is your evidence for detrimental effects on society?
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