004n063 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 6 hours ago, Triton said: Out of all the big projects in Houston, this hands down turned out to be one of the biggest disappointments. Would have been the biggest mixed-use development close to home but instead all you hear about is the major crime going on Nextdoor at this place. Eh, I think all non-Nextdoor juries are still out on this. The moves away from mixed use and townhomes are certainly disappointing, but this is still densification within the TracknYard Barrier Lands, all of which outs pressure on the city to restitch neighborhoods, as we're already seeing with the San Jacinto/Fulton connector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrohip Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 9 hours ago, Triton said: instead all you hear about is the major crime going on Nextdoor at this place. Take this with a grain of salt. I read an article (sorry, been a couple months and I don't have a link) about front-loading crime stories on NextDoor (and other sites), as part of a Red political oppo campaign. Details: Republican political consultants felt one of the best ways to defeat Hidalgo was make crime front & center in voter's minds. So they flooded local web sites with crime stories. For example, on City-Data, a popular site for locals, they kept starting threads with subjects like "Crime in Houston is out of control", or "Are people leaving Woodlands due to crime?", etc. Then they would keep posting replies to keep it at the top. On NextDoor, they started posting every time anything happened. "Someone stole my bikes out of my garage", "A friend had their car stolen last night", yada yada. Half the ND feed was minor crime events. I quit reading ND as it became 99% useless. Does crime happen? Sure. And making people aware of it can help. But this was a deliberate campaign to over-saturate voters thru web sites. I need to go find that link... 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 6 minutes ago, astrohip said: Take this with a grain of salt. I read an article (sorry, been a couple months and I don't have a link) about front-loading crime stories on NextDoor (and other sites), as part of a Red political oppo campaign. Details: Republican political consultants felt one of the best ways to defeat Hidalgo was make crime front & center in voter's minds. So they flooded local web sites with crime stories. For example, on City-Data, a popular site for locals, they kept starting threads with subjects like "Crime in Houston is out of control", or "Are people leaving Woodlands due to crime?", etc. Then they would keep posting replies to keep it at the top. On NextDoor, they started posting every time anything happened. "Someone stole my bikes out of my garage", "A friend had their car stolen last night", yada yada. Half the ND feed was minor crime events. I quit reading ND as it became 99% useless. Does crime happen? Sure. And making people aware of it can help. But this was a deliberate campaign to over-saturate voters thru web sites. I need to go find that link... I guess they were hoping people are unaware that The Woodlands is almost entirely in Montgomery (not Harris) County? FWIW, ND has ALWAYS been this way (and thus 99% useless), at least in my experience. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Gave up on @Nextdoor a couple years ago. Tends to make you dislike your neighbors and encourages people to be suspicious of one another. It's a terrible platform IMO. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 13 hours ago, astrohip said: Take this with a grain of salt. I read an article (sorry, been a couple months and I don't have a link) about front-loading crime stories on NextDoor (and other sites), as part of a Red political oppo campaign. Details: Republican political consultants felt one of the best ways to defeat Hidalgo was make crime front & center in voter's minds. So they flooded local web sites with crime stories. For example, on City-Data, a popular site for locals, they kept starting threads with subjects like "Crime in Houston is out of control", or "Are people leaving Woodlands due to crime?", etc. Then they would keep posting replies to keep it at the top. On NextDoor, they started posting every time anything happened. "Someone stole my bikes out of my garage", "A friend had their car stolen last night", yada yada. Half the ND feed was minor crime events. I quit reading ND as it became 99% useless. Does crime happen? Sure. And making people aware of it can help. But this was a deliberate campaign to over-saturate voters thru web sites. I need to go find that link... Certainly possible especially during the campaign season but a lot of the crime I've seen has been going on ever since the Hardy Yards apartment units first opened. Vehicles broken into is a major problem. And I think the data alone did point to a bump in crime post-Covid. (homicides, burglaries, etc.... and I don't mean at this place, I mean city and even nationwide). I guess to play devil's advocate, crime can really hit any multi-family complex especially hard but I guess it just hits me personally every time I see some alert about this place. It just plays into what this could have been... the initial renderings I saw and then the end product. True, crime could have still hit even a really nice spot and it's good we are getting some affordable housing around here. And then when I hear residents complain about the Fulton connection to San Jacinto bringing in more traffic into the area, I'm like... sure, possibly.... but it brings a better connection to our area. Anyway, sorry, just ranting over nothing. lol Hope everyone has a fun New Years. 😅 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 So if they don’t think they can finish by 2024, what are the surveyors doing out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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