SpringTX Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Where do you wish you lived? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Why besides River Oaks, are all the places in Suburbia or outside Houston?EDIT: There should be a "where you are now" option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 I picked Tahiti, but I really meant Tahitian Village in Bastrop in a house overlooking Pine Forest Golf course and the miles beyond. Where my place is now is on Cedar Creek south of 304 and pretty much isolated. But I wouldn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 I'm very happy where I am now. It's not gonna happen anytime soon, but if the wife and I were ever to move, it would be somewhere out West...to the mountains in New Mexico or Arizona. Maybe Tucson, AZ or Silver City, NM. Or if we got crazy rich, maybe we could afford a 2 bdrm/1 bath house near the coast in California! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Paris, France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 The Outer Banks, North Carolina. "Nothing could be finer..."http://www.cape-fear.nc.us/Home/PhotoGallery.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpringTX Posted August 8, 2005 Author Share Posted August 8, 2005 You mean there are places inside the loop, other than River Oaks, where people actually want to live? (I was actually going to add a category for "anywhere outside the loop", but I thought that too crude. I should have added "anywhere in the suburbs" perhaps. Beware the slashing pen of the suburbanite when he has his revenge! How much mightier it is than the sword! En garde!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Ha ha... I could name more than a few people here who wouldn't wan't to live in The Woodlands, Clear Lake, Kingwood, Spring, Somewhere near The Woodlands, or Someplace LIKE The Woodlands. Plus there are plenty of people who are just fine where they are now. If I had to choose one of those places I wold choose RO, but if I had that kind of money I would get a nice place in Downtown, Midtown, the Museum District, or other places in the vicinity. 500 posts EDIT: I just saw your edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.S.O.N. Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 I wish I was back in Galveston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirzania Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Downtown. Once you've moved out, it's the only place you want to go back to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Tokyo. I'm trying really really hard to pay off my bills so I can move there. Paris is not a bad choice, either, nmain guy. I looked into buying some property or maybe a fixer-upper cottage in a couple of small towns outside Paris and the prices are pretty reasonable. Even better, there are a dozen or more real estate and banking companies in England who specialize in just that sort of international transaction and will walk you through the process. Right now the goal is to pay crap off and move to Tokyo. Live there for a few years then retire in a small village in either France or England. Here's hoping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 In a van down by the river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Judah Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 I'm not going to say because I don't want anyone else moving there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Tokyo. I'm trying really really hard to pay off my bills so I can move there.Don't forget to take your golf clubs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 In a van down by the river. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Nice jacket, Coog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpringTX Posted August 8, 2005 Author Share Posted August 8, 2005 Ha ha...I could name more than a few people here who wouldn't wan't to live in The Woodlands, Clear Lake, Kingwood, Spring, Somewhere near The Woodlands, or Someplace LIKE The Woodlands. Plus there are plenty of people who are just fine where they are now. If I had to choose one of those places I wold choose RO, but if I had that kind of money I would get a nice place in Downtown, Midtown, the Museum District, or other places in the vicinity. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Based on what I've read, it looks like well over 50% of the people on this board hate the suburbs with a passion, and don't ever go any farther north than The Heights. They'd probably rather die than live in The Woodlands. Which is why this poll was probably so aggravating for them! Just remember, when the bomb drops on downtown...the blast radius could be about 15 or 20 miles or so. Spring, Texas would be prime real estate right about then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Just remember, when the bomb drops on downtown...the blast radius could be about 15 or 20 miles or so. Spring, Texas would be prime real estate right about then! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How would it be prime real estate if the main 1256.64 sq. miles of Houston is destroyed. Also as a bomb that large must be nuclear the radiation could easily get to spring. Not to mention contaminate ground water making the whole metro unlivable. That means you to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 My presonnal choice would be up in Seattle or one of the sorrounding cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Based on what I've read, it looks like well over 50% of the people on this board hate the suburbs with a passion, and don't ever go any farther north than The Heights. They'd probably rather die than live in The Woodlands. Which is why this poll was probably so aggravating for them!  Just remember, when the bomb drops on downtown...the blast radius could be about 15 or 20 miles or so. Spring, Texas would be prime real estate right about then! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Except that the prevailing winds are from Southeast to Northwest. Oops, hold your breath, here comes the radiation cloud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpringTX Posted August 9, 2005 Author Share Posted August 9, 2005 How would it be prime real estate if the main 1256.64 sq. miles of Houston is destroyed. Also as a bomb that large must be nuclear the radiation could easily get to spring. Not to mention contaminate ground water making the whole metro unlivable. That means you to.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Well, we certainly have a few minor details to sort out (like radiation poisoning), but at least we all agree that the nasty eyesore called the inner loop would be neatly cleared out of the way, making room for upward growth.I base my plan on the original Superman movie (circa 1980 or so). Lex Luther wanted to set off a nuclear bomb on the San Andreas fault and cause all of California to fall off into the ocean, making all the desert land in Nevada (which he had been buying up) prime beachfront real estate. Same thing with Houston. With that pesky inner loop out of the way, Spring would become the new downtown. GOD, it feels good to dream like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I suppose your dreams were really vivid 2 days ago, on August 6, 2005.http://www.time.com/time/covers/20050801/photoessay/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largeTEXAS Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Nice thought. The Inner Loop really is the cesspool of the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Judah Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Wow, this thread took a really creepy turn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 but don't forget - without the inner loop "cesspool," there would be no outlying suburban paradises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 but don't forget - without the inner loop "cesspool," there would be no outlying suburban paradises <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Exactly what I was saying. With around 4 of our 5 million peeople dead, why would anyone want to live in spring. Also judging by your last post, you wan't spring to grow so would it not become the inner loop cesspool you hate so much. Also do you know anyone who would want to move to the suburbs of a metro that was mostly destroyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 umm, who are you talking to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 WTF?That said - Id live in Downtown. Or Galveston - on the Strand - up high so the impending hurricane that will destroy Galveston again wont flood my place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieDidIt Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Memorial area/Piney point. The schools are great. But because of mold/health issues, we can't stomach the the 1.5 million minimum to get into a new house. Old homes are a health hazard to my family.We had to move to the Woodlands to afford a good school and a new home. the community is lacking the charm,access and CULTURE of Memorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 umm, who are you talking to?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Spring and her comment on inner city houston being destroyed. So that then her suburb can thrive. Sorry if it sounded like it was aimed at you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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