toxtethogrady Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Damn, I almost expected to see Bogey staring through the fog... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 GooglEarth has some imagery that is supposedly uploaded within the past month, and it shows all kinds of development in all directions. Most obvious new feature is the completed Grand Parkway east of I-69 and down to Baytown. Another curious feature is a Hispanic neighborhood east of Roman Forest that appears to have sprung from nowhere and is adding trailer homes on individual plots and some new tract homes. I was unaware it existed two years ago. I have no idea which neighborhood it is, but the Grand Parkway is close by. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 (edited) 38 minutes ago, toxtethogrady said: GooglEarth has some imagery that is supposedly uploaded within the past month, and it shows all kinds of development in all directions. Most obvious new feature is the completed Grand Parkway east of I-69 and down to Baytown. Another curious feature is a Hispanic neighborhood east of Roman Forest that appears to have sprung from nowhere and is adding trailer homes on individual plots and some new tract homes. I was unaware it existed two years ago. I have no idea which neighborhood it is, but the Grand Parkway is close by. The latter thing is Colony Ridge. It was fairly controversial. The guy who bought all the land and built it is a libertarian of sorts and his arguments in favor of his right to build it are sound. It's just that he's going to create a concentration of like 50,000-60,000 extremely poor people a large proportion of which are undocumented, don't speak english, have no education, etc in a location that's extremely far away from practically everything. It's going to be weird. Also not a lot of long term provisions to pay for services and infrastructure. Understandable why so many, especially in today's economy, would take the offer to buy a cheap lot and put up a trailer and DIY yourself some kind of homestead, but man, I think going forward 20-30 years that place is going to be rough. I think the only other similar places in the US would be the deserts north of LA, where there are huge settlements of people living in trailers and it's really bleak and weird. Edited May 10, 2022 by zaphod 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietstorm Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 15 hours ago, zaphod said: It's just that he's going to create a concentration of like 50,000-60,000 extremely poor people a large proportion of which are undocumented, don't speak english, have no education, etc in a location that's extremely far away from practically everything. It's going to be weird. Also not a lot of long term provisions to pay for services and infrastructure. Understandable why so many, especially in today's economy, would take the offer to buy a cheap lot and put up a trailer and DIY yourself some kind of homestead, but man, I think going forward 20-30 years that place is going to be rough. Source? I looked up Colony Ridge. and maybe I missed something, but I see no mention of it being controversial. Just a website. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 17 hours ago, zaphod said: The latter thing is Colony Ridge. It was fairly controversial. The guy who bought all the land and built it is a libertarian of sorts and his arguments in favor of his right to build it are sound. It's just that he's going to create a concentration of like 50,000-60,000 extremely poor people a large proportion of which are undocumented, don't speak english, have no education, etc in a location that's extremely far away from practically everything. It's going to be weird. Also not a lot of long term provisions to pay for services and infrastructure. Understandable why so many, especially in today's economy, would take the offer to buy a cheap lot and put up a trailer and DIY yourself some kind of homestead, but man, I think going forward 20-30 years that place is going to be rough. I think the only other similar places in the US would be the deserts north of LA, where there are huge settlements of people living in trailers and it's really bleak and weird. I saw this website, all about the place. Looks like the owner does Uncle Slaton financing, IOW "Owner financed, strictly to them that's got no kind of credit, 'cuz he knows they're slackers and they'll miss that payment and he takes it back..." 13% foreclosed and back in the hands of this developer? Helluva scam. Nice work if you can get it... https://reduceflooding.com/2020/11/30/flood-of-foreclosures-hundreds-to-lose-colony-ridge-homes-tomorrow/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Arbor Street Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 The 3D view has finally updated! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Kinda annoying how the satellite imagery is still from like 2019 if not earlier, other cities are updated more frequently! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 2 hours ago, mfastx said: Kinda annoying how the satellite imagery is still from like 2019 if not earlier, other cities are updated more frequently! Yeah google takes years and years to update. Zoom maps is nice and has much more up to date images even live images if you stay far enough zoomed out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) 17 hours ago, Arbor Street said: The 3D view has finally updated! I find the 3Ds very distracting. Often the buildings overlap each other and point in all sorts of directions. The picture above is actually pretty good. I keep looking at the imagery, and in a lot of places, it's updated to within a couple of months - at least under the timeline banner. Up around Lake Conroe and out to the west, the amount of change is quite noticeable - lots of real estate getting chewed up for packed-in tract homes and strip centers, in pretty quick order. You can even spot the new developments flying into the airports. Edited October 12, 2022 by toxtethogrady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Google Maps has new satellite views up as of today. Still about 9 months old but better than the 3-4 year old view. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Did they get rid of the photos that are mostly cloud cover?🥺 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 (edited) On 11/1/2022 at 8:13 AM, hindesky said: Google Maps has new satellite views up as of today. Still about 9 months old but better than the 3-4 year old view. There seems to be some areas of Houston that are not updated like the UH area and around GRB. Edit: I was referring to the Google Maps 2D on my cell phone. Edit again, .: the Google Map on my cell phone finally updated. Edited November 10, 2022 by Stew 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Not Google, but didn't want to start a new thread. Today Apple Maps added Houston and Dallas to their "Detailed City Experience" so we have much more detail on maps when you zoom in. It also has some cool special building graphics for all of our stadiums as well as Williams Tower and the Waterwall. There might be other buildings but that was all I saw in the quick fly around I did earlier. Anyway, go Houston for getting upgraded to the big leagues with Apple Maps. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbor Street Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Google Earth has been updated to 7/16/2023 so very recently! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 On 8/9/2023 at 12:24 AM, Triton said: Google Earth has been updated to 7/16/2023 so very recently! I noticed Houston is continuing to chew up all kinds of real estate north and west of the metro. Many developments that were not on the 2022 photos... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 On 5/9/2022 at 9:20 PM, zaphod said: The latter thing is Colony Ridge. It was fairly controversial. The guy who bought all the land and built it is a libertarian of sorts and his arguments in favor of his right to build it are sound. It's just that he's going to create a concentration of like 50,000-60,000 extremely poor people a large proportion of which are undocumented, don't speak english, have no education, etc in a location that's extremely far away from practically everything. It's going to be weird. Also not a lot of long term provisions to pay for services and infrastructure. Understandable why so many, especially in today's economy, would take the offer to buy a cheap lot and put up a trailer and DIY yourself some kind of homestead, but man, I think going forward 20-30 years that place is going to be rough. I think the only other similar places in the US would be the deserts north of LA, where there are huge settlements of people living in trailers and it's really bleak and weird. And they're back in the news. Seems the State of Texas has problems with it... Colonia Ridge 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Looks like GooglEarth has some recent images on it that appear to date to November 2023. The city continues chewing up rural real estate at an astounding pace. New Waverly is the new Willis, and there are new warehouses galore out between Katy and Brookshire. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 More updates in the Colony Ridge saga. DOJ is now investigating the developer for fraud and "Uncle Slaton" financing... Feds Sue Houston-Area Developer For Alleged Mortgage Lending Scam Targeting Spanish Speakers "In the first predatory mortgage lending case ever brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, a Houston-area subdivision developer is accused of misleading tens of thousands of mainly Latino borrowers into taking out loans they could not afford to buy barely livable properties, then profiting from their foreclosures. Colony Ridge Development LLC is accused of operating a “one-stop shop for discriminatory lending,” violating the Fair Housing Act and Equal Credit Opportunity Act, according to a DOJ press release. The lawsuit was filed by the DOJ and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau..." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aachor Posted Tuesday at 09:11 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:11 PM The Med Center area has had an update: 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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