Will The Woodlands ever get rid of all the chain restaurants? (Conroe: college, income)

[tstone]

Originally Posted by testmo

yes it is but you don't see it as being weird an area being 92% the same skin color in a city where white is nearly a minority? ....

There are large swaths of Houston that are 92% white, black or Hispanic.. Is that weird, too?

[DejaBlue]

Originally Posted by HoustonBornNRaised

Forget Starbucks. I say we need a Marble Slab every five blocks. Finding one of those is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

I thought they all closed down. Really finding an ice cream shop is hard. I see a Baskin Robbins every 45 minutes driving but that's about it.

Originally Posted by Dopo

Try a McDonalds hazelnut ice coffee and you'll change your mind about that.
You can barely taste the coffee in it.

I might have to try that. MDs only gets my money on McFlurries or if I'm in a high blood pressure developing mood I'll order some fries, lol.

[HoustonBornNRaised]

Originally Posted by DejaBlue

I thought they all closed down. Really finding an ice cream shop is hard. I see a Baskin Robbins every 45 minutes driving but that's about it.

The one at FM 1960 and TC Jester did, but the others that I know of (the few) are still alive and kicking.

[testmo]

Originally Posted by tstone

There are large swaths of Houston that are 92% white, black or Hispanic.. Is that weird, too?

yes

but a little easier to understand from new immigrant populations which is what history shows us

[tstone]

Originally Posted by testmo

yes

but a little easier to understand from new immigrant populations which is what history shows us

At least for Hispanic immigrants I can completely understand it. But otherwise, if whitey wants to live with whitey then so be it. I know first-hand, that's a major reason some people choose The Woodlands.

Also there was a comment about mom & pop businesses not surviving in the burbs. I can't speak for any other burb, but when I take a few minutes to look within the strip malls nestled between the neighborhoods here, there are plenty of independently owned businesses, most of which have been there a long time. Posts like these make me want to hop on the bike, break out the camera and put together a collage. If these don't exist in The Woodlands, it's a clientele thing more than it is a suburb thing.

[Ellen Pitts]

Originally Posted by testmo

yes it is but you don't see it as being weird an area being 92% the same skin color in a city where white is nearly a minority? ....

You are assuming that people are moving there BECAUSE of the skin color. I think many people move to the Woodlands because it is walkable, has many parks, it is family friendly (all the social activities designed for families) and they've done *something* to manage the extreme ugliness of the Houston area by not cutting down all the trees. At least that is why we are thinking about moving.

Do these types of things attract fewer families of color? I don't think so, not generally speaking, or at least not where I'm from it wouldn't. But the local culture of ethnic families might not be attracted to these types of amenities. There is some reason that The Woodlands is not attractive or attracting people of color, but I don't think it's because all the white people are prejudiced.

[Ellen Pitts]

Originally Posted by tstone

Also there was a comment about mom & pop businesses not surviving in the burbs. I can't speak for any other burb, but when I take a few minutes to look within the strip malls nestled between the neighborhoods here, there are plenty of independently owned businesses, most of which have been there a long time. Posts like these make me want to hop on the bike, break out the camera and put together a collage. If these don't exist in The Woodlands, it's a clientele thing more than it is a suburb thing.

I regularly grocery shop at Neal's Berry Farm. I know this isn't a restaurant, but it is a locally owned, mom and pop shop on Gosling Road...almost in the Woodlands. They appear to do a very good business. There is a huge market for locally owned and produced food in this area in both the grocery and the restaurant end. What about Hubble and Hudson's? They aren't a chain and they do very well. They have both a grocery and a restaurant.

[David Dollar]

Some of you guys have made some pretty good points. I somewhat agree with the statement somebody made that white people move to the Woodlands because it has a lot of the things that (upper-class) whites value but not necessarily because it is mostly white. However, I am sure that being mostly white is a byproduct that not many people are bothered by. If it were, then not many of those people would be living there.

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by David Dollar

Some of you guys have made some pretty good points. I somewhat agree with the statement somebody made that white people move to the Woodlands because it has a lot of the things that (upper-class) whites value but not necessarily because it is mostly white. However, I am sure that being mostly white is a byproduct that not many people are bothered by. If it were, then not many of those people would be living there.

I rather call them "people that are annoyed or afraid of people that make minimum wage"
That would be a much more accurate stereotype.

[NewtoSpringTx]

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