RedScare

I wonder why no one filed a lawsuit to stop this tragedy?

I've always considered taking photos of neighbors' homes in order to snitch them out to be the utmost in classy.

Hmm, you are backwards on that. Inner city HISD gets the benefit of all of the downtown tax base, as well as much of the industrial base by the Ship Channel. Most suburban districts only have low value residential tax bases. This is why my HISD tax rate is so much lower than suburban ones. The tremendous bias is in favor of HISD, not the burbs.

So, my shooting down of your ridiculous statement is proof that I advocated for it? Brilliant.

They win too. They get millions of dollars to redo their building for the benefit of 300 members.

This is the kind of quote that makes those people who never go to 19th Street say, 'Oh, they should keep all of those cute stores', but it makes those of us who live here roll our eyes and gag at the sheer over-exaggeration of it all. I've noticed that the opposing viewpoint is evolving in his argument. First, he accused us of wanting big niteclubs and wholesale demolitions when no one ever said that. Now, he is actually using our arguments as his own. He claims 19th will evolve (which is what we are saying), and uses Torchy's as an example (which is what we want). Seems the only point left is that he loves the junk dealers (we don't care). He even admits evolution will occur (we said it first). This debate is over. We win.

Heh heh. Yeah, that's it. We're the poors. That's why we are badmouthing a bunch of secondhand stores, because us poors don't like secondhand stuff. Two thumbs up for your logic skills!

19th Street is a relic of another time. This is why some residents like it. They can take friends or relatives to look at it from time to time. It is a museum, not a retail area. As such, it has no real use in its current state. Progress will eventually steamroll the old 19th Street in favor of something useful. Its supporters will be left to lament its decline and fall, likely blaming other Heights residents and "big box" stores for its demise.

As the Heights turns younger...if in fact it is turning younger...those junk stores will fade away. If the Heights fills up with retiring Baby Boomers, those old farts will keep the junk stores open. Pretty simple, really. On another tangent, as if to prove that restauranteurs don't like dry areas, Ruds is opening up nearby. Not quite 19th Street, but they can get a liquor license here. http://blog.chron.com/29-95/2013/05/rudyards-british-pub-owner-opening-up-bar-music-venue-in-the-heights/?cmpid=hpfsln

JJ, the fact that he had absolutely no support for such a wild statement should clue you in to its validity. Not to mention all of us Heights residents posting that we seldom, if ever, even visit 19th Street in its current state. If so many of us never visit it, could it really have any effect on buying preference? Of course not. Hence, the moving of the goalposts by the poster to suggest that we all want huge niteclubs to go in there. This claim that the junk dealers on 19th are some huge draw is just more of that wish by a few Heights residents that everyone and everything in the Heights should look and act like 1920 for the imagination of those few residents.

I probably used to serve you drinks in the Village, mk.

...that makes people rush to buy here!

We've been through this. Most of the improvements were to infrastructure that is the city's responsibility. Why do you keep attempting to mislead? It only further ruins your already low credibility. Sure, Ainbinder sought some benefits for the loan he was giving, but it was pennies compared to the city infrastructure.

Given your penchant for exaggeration, I'd posit that this number is no more than one or two. Besides, per usual, you are now moving the goalposts. Your initial statement was that everyone moved to the Heights BECAUSE of 19th Street. Now, after the ridiculousness of that statement was exposed, you changed it to people moving here thinking 19th Street is a dump.

The number of people who bought in the Heights because of junk dealers on 19th Street is plus or minus zero. While I am sure that the above poster will claim that this is why he moved here, no one else did. But, hey, it sounded good to him. By the way, the number of people who bought in the Heights because of what they read in "national publications" is likewise...zero.

No need to do all that. I am happy with what they did.

I cannot claim to be comfortable that this is in fact true.

It benefits me as well.

Ross, it won't be the last time. They will continue to misrepresent this issue.

So, the only store worth visiting has already closed? Another reason we need some bars and restaurants on 19th.

You've said this over and over. I have repeated that I like the development, as well as the expenditure by the City improving the infrastructure. Saying it again will not change my mind, nor any of the others who have expressed approval of the development. Only the few dozen residents who griped at the beginning still care. The rest of us approve. No, really, we approve of the Walmart, the development, and the rebuilt infrastructure paid by the 360. Really. I'm not kidding!

I am glad they did it. That couple of blocks looks a lot better, and is now tax income producing property. And, I shop at the Walmart from time to time. I think it is a winner, regardless what Peter Brown thinks.

Because the real enemy is Walmart, not Ainbinder. In order to attack Walmart, they must ignore what really happened. Not that it matters. The battle is over, Walmart is built and open, and most Heights residents shop there...whether they admit it or not. Same goes for Kroger. In fact, most of us like the improvements. Next faux outrage, please.

It's a hexagon. 5th stop is the crackhouse. 6th stop is the morgue.

Some of us have lived here a long time, and are well aware of Peter Brown's opinions. I needn't watch his video to know what he is saying...and why you like it. There is a reason he was thoroughly beaten in the mayor's race.