mrfootball Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Hearing that Whole Foods will be opening a new location in The Heights area. A welcome addition to that area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Hearing that Whole Foods will be opening a new location in The Heights area. A welcome addition to that area.What's your source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovehouse Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 (edited) hahahahaha! Good one! posted April 1, right?? Edited April 4, 2006 by groovehouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfootball Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 No foolin'. For real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Must not have made it to their "stores in development" list online yet then.Dallas is getting 2 and California about a thousand or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west20th Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Hearing that Whole Foods will be opening a new location in The Heights area. A welcome addition to that area. Next to the Starbucks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Next to the Starbucks? You mean the new Starbucks in the "Heights"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 What's your source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfootball Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 Head of the HOA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovehouse Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 IF, they get one it will be after 2008. I don't see it happening though. Sugarland, The Woodlands, Clear Lake have been asking FOR YEARS to have a WFM and they aren't getting one any more than The Heights are getting one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Head of the HOA.HOA? sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Head of the HOA.Ah, so it's hearsay ? What's his source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heightslurker Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Ah, so it's hearsay ? What's his source?does the source say where exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwrm4 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 While we're dreaming, how 'bout a Trader Joe's in the old HEB or Eckerds or whatever it was on 11th? A Trader Joe's would be a better match for your average bungalow owner, me thinks. I know $2 bottles of wine are more of my style. Whole Foods is considered overpriced by a lot of Heights people. Houses in the Heights may cost as much as in other parts of the Inner Loop, but if you drive around you don't see nearly as many Beemers and like parked on the street as you would in, say, Bellaire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Must not have made it to their "stores in development" list online yet then.Dallas is getting 2 and California about a thousand or so.They have a lot more in other states and less in Texas, and they are based in Texas. Seems like they would want more locations in Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 What's your source? Head of the HOA. HOA? sorry. HOA is a generic acronym for a Home Owners' Association. Perhaps he meant HHA (Houston Heights Association). If so, the 'head' might want to know that he (or she) is being referenced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rps324 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 While we're dreaming, how 'bout a Trader Joe's in the old HEB or Eckerds or whatever it was on 11th? A Trader Joe's would be a better match for your average bungalow owner, me thinks. I know $2 bottles of wine are more of my style. Whole Foods is considered overpriced by a lot of Heights people. Houses in the Heights may cost as much as in other parts of the Inner Loop, but if you drive around you don't see nearly as many Beemers and like parked on the street as you would in, say, Bellaire. I wonder if the smaller presence of flashier vehicles has more to do with Heights residents typically being less affluent, or simply less pretentious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 I wonder if the smaller presence of flashier vehicles has more to do with Heights residents typically being less affluent, or simply less pretentious. I think you'd probably see some evidence of each, though the Porsche Turbo that just moved in across the street would compete with anything in Bellaire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeightsGuy Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Less pretentious I believe. It takes a certain wealthy person to live in the Heights. I live there because I got a good deal on a small house, but I just don't know if I would by a half-million dollar home here. If I had that kind of money I think I would head over to 77005.As to Whole Foods, I caught on to those guys a few years ago. They were cute and all when they had a coupla stores in Austin and Houston. Now they are becoming just another conglomerate. The amount of energy used to ship a "natural" tomato halfway around the world to a Whole Foods kinda negates the "saving the environment" thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwood Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Less pretentious I believe. It takes a certain wealthy person to live in the Heights. I live there because I got a good deal on a small house, but I just don't know if I would by a half-million dollar home here. If I had that kind of money I think I would head over to 77005.As to Whole Foods, I caught on to those guys a few years ago. They were cute and all when they had a coupla stores in Austin and Houston. Now they are becoming just another conglomerate. The amount of energy used to ship a "natural" tomato halfway around the world to a Whole Foods kinda negates the "saving the environment" thing.As President Reagan often said, there you go again. I've heard you infer before that those who buy in the Heights are wealthy people. Many people purchase in the area because they too feel they are getting a good deal on a house. As you drive the Heights you will see that the vast majority are not wealthy.People spend money on things that are important to them. A very large part of my budget goes to housing because I think the long term investment is good, not because I am wealthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Well, this is what I posted in the Target thread. Of course, I admitted that I heard it from someone who had no way to substantiate it... My husband and I are very comfortable, but he still drives a 96 Saturn. I know one of my neighbors is a doctor, but he drives a Prius. I think non-pretentious is the best description... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyps Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 How about a central market? THAT would get me excited! I don't really want recycled toilet paper.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west20th Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 How about a central market? THAT would get me excited! I don't really want recycled toilet paper.... I don't think recycled TP is recycled from TP. Is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 They closed the HEB. I doubt they'll open their high end market in The Heights if the Pantry wasn't even viable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeightsGuy Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 As President Reagan often said, there you go again. I've heard you infer before that those who buy in the Heights are wealthy people. Many people purchase in the area because they too feel they are getting a good deal on a house. As you drive the Heights you will see that the vast majority are not wealthy.People spend money on things that are important to them. A very large part of my budget goes to housing because I think the long term investment is good, not because I am wealthy.Yes, I have on a few occasions inferred that wealthy people buy $450k homes in the Heights. You got me dead-on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 As to Whole Foods, I caught on to those guys a few years ago. They were cute and all when they had a coupla stores in Austin and Houston. Now they are becoming just another conglomerate. The amount of energy used to ship a "natural" tomato halfway around the world to a Whole Foods kinda negates the "saving the environment" thing. Thank you HeightsGuy for catching on to this. Its one thing to take a position on an issue, but I can't stand it when environmentalists/vitalists go nuts over something because its only branded as environmentally friendly. Think, people! I know one of my neighbors is a doctor, but he drives a Prius. I think non-pretentious is the best description... Since when is driving a Prius an act of non-pretentiousness? I don't think recycled TP is recycled from TP. Is it? No. All TP gets flushed. Recycled = uncomfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Thank you HeightsGuy for catching on to this. Its one thing to take a position on an issue, but I can't stand it when environmentalists/vitalists go nuts over something because its only branded as environmentally friendly. Think, people!Actually, I was under the impression that most environmentalists have known this for awhile. I didn't think real environmentalists went to Whole Foods anymore...just the poser variety.I could be wrong. Just what I'd heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 While we're dreaming, how 'bout a Trader Joe's in the old HEB or Eckerds or whatever it was on 11th? A Trader Joe's would be a better match for your average bungalow owner, me thinks. I know $2 bottles of wine are more of my style. Isn't that building located in the 'dry' portion of the Heights? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Isn't that building located in the 'dry' portion of the Heights? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovehouse Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I think people start these "WFM is coming to _______" threads just to watch everyone get riled up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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