MidtownCoog

Hey, some of those geek chicks can be pretty hot....well, in that Bailey from WKRP sort of way.

And they don't participate in recessions.

They moved the crowd from GRB to Toyota this morning right when I was driving by. It's crazy to see that many people move in unison. It looked like a Verizion commerical.

Someone making $50K versus $100K a year and drives 20+ miles each way to work will see things differently. Those are the people covered, and these low cost homes used to be the answer for first time home buyers who are middle class.

Used to be the answer? So what is the new answer? Have people pay more to live near work and be just as broke? That's not much of an answer.

And FWIW, I can't belive "Editor" lets you troll like this. This board has become quite the (lame) joke.

Am I the only one that remembers the blue awnings on the Foleys arches, and the aztez calendar logo on the mall doors and canvas coverings?

I remember. They lasted until Hurricane Alicia is I remember correctly.

I also remember Samperi's. We'd buy pizza crust there to make our own.

My Dad graduated from SFA HS in the 60s and this was where they went to drink.

You didn't even need a fake ID. They just didn't bother to ID at all.

^And that comes down to personal preference...a separate issue. The issue of the thread, though, is does he spend a lot (whatever benchmark that may be) of time, money, gas getting to work and other places...

And so, yes, it sounds like he does.

And some people prefer to live in funky old Beirutesque, circa 1970, townhome just outside the loop.

We get it.

It's time to kill the trolls. And this thread.

2007 redux.

Brideland is on 99 and Fall Creek is inside Beltway 8. I don't think they are both "Houston".

Speaking of mareketing, I remember Perry Homes and Chareles LeBlanc of the Midtown TIRZ selling me on what a promised land Midtown was fixin to be.

I used to drive by these everyday on my way to UH and think "wow".

They looked terrible in the 90s. There was a pack of wild dogs who lived in those woods near the palm trees.

You could set your watch by them.

I drove from Midtown to work in The Woodlands (New Trails Drive).

Lot's of good living in the urban core did me back then.

Very few people who I worked with actually live in The Woodlands. The few that did often told me they never went south of 1960

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Where exactly are Houston's exburbs?

Conroe? Tomball? 50 miles out is Galveston and they got here first.

We ended up using them. They were for two unreliable friends who ended up being reliable and actually forked over the $180.00.

$400 to see that tired old hag? Count this homo out. Her new song with Timberland has ruined all my respect for her music. She use to be an artist, and she has changed with the times. I guess she's staying true to that by being a sell out.

I wish Timbaland would just go away. When Duran Duran worked with him it was the last straw for me.

Weezer makes fun of him on their new album:

"Timbaland knows the way to reach the top of the charts; maybe if I worked with him I could perfect the yard".

Editor, I say your subtitle "the math doesn't work anymore" got everyone worked up. The math works "less", but it's still working.

I love the last quote of the article:

And sure, chalk it up to the cost of living along with the skinny latte, but at some point it's no longer how can you afford to live inside the city, but how can you not.

I wonder if every exburber is participating in your economic recession?

Typical Marxist views...

Who's Puma to say what someone can do with their land?

Becuae that's basically what he's saying. Visions and plans for everyone. Has that EVER really worked in the history of mankind?

No, not going to do that. However, as an inner-looper, it's my responsibility to help make my area a better place to live, with better schools, better parks and better transportation. I don't think it is selfish of me to want more families to move back to Houston and put their kids into HISD. I also don't think it's selfish to think we have spent far too much building roads to nowhere so people can breeze in and out of Houston without putting any tax money into its coffers. A healthy dose of $5 gas is just the kick we need to realize that Houston's exurbs and their $75 per square foot housing is a highly-subsidized house of cards.

It's fine that you want revenge, but you offer no solution.

Houston needs the burbs and the burbs need Houston.

People are being shamed into buying cheap homes in the middle of nowhere. I don't blame them for buying it initially, because it SEEMS like a good deal with the promise of a great investment.

To get back on topic, it's the aftermath, especially now with energy costs on the up and up that really makes it a terrible investment.

And with so many cheap looking neighborhoods being built outside of the BW 8, do you really see any improvement in property values. This more so applies for the west, northwest, south Houston. Those areas are being saturated.

I think the coastal markets are exempted from this becuase of the appeal to be near water (not a silly retention pond), a real lake or bay, like the Clear Lake area.

It's common knowledge the burbs don't appreciate that much. I pity the fool who see it as a great investment no matter where you live. My Midtown neighbor thought he was going to retire with his future profits.

But Shame? I'll give you shame...

Cramming a family of five into an innerloop townhome, and subjecting your children to HISD, all becuase you are too poor to afford $5.00 gas.

Now THAT, my friend, is SHAME!

But at least we can still walk to Niko Nikos and Soudwaves!

There are other factors too. Want to send your kids to a good school? Good luck with HISD.

Over the years on this board I have found the most vocal inner-loopers don't even have children...

Can't we just cut-and-paste this debate from last year and save everyone time?

The anti-chain rants and the inner loop DINKS on their high-horse... Oy Vey.

I don't think anyone in this city is being forced to live ANYWHERE. Nobody cares where you live and what you enjoy no matter where you live.

And just in case nobody has noticed, there are some NASTY places inside the loop.

Oh hell. What else is a "urban land use expert" supposed to say.

Talk about a nerd with an agenda. As if by decree.

Comcast. COMCAST?

Ugh.

I read it twice hoping I had accidentally skipped over the bloody monkey-clown details.

Neat. But you should have started this in the "winter".

Right now it's punishment.