Why did Kingwood not become an independent municipality to avoid annexation by Houston? (Dallas: sales, home)

[Truth713]

Originally Posted by Zhang Fei

From the artilce:It's clear that the Woodlands is paying for the services it receives from Houston. It would be interesting to find out what makes the Woodlands different from Sugar Land, which has a smaller population, and a median property tax 18% over the Woodlands, yet somehow manages to thrive as an independent city.

Paying for it and having to build and maintain your own have two diffrent cost to it... paying for a fire dept is cheaper than funding one around the clock 365 days

[Zhang Fei]

Originally Posted by Truth713

Paying for it and having to build and maintain your own have two diffrent cost to it... paying for a fire dept is cheaper than funding one around the clock 365 days

I'd liken the Woodlands's contract with Houston to purchasing a product instead of building a factory for the product. The company that's selling the product isn't subsidizing its customer - it's just selling a product. The reason it can provide that product for less than the customer can make it himself is due to scale economies. It's also possible that the Woodlands is badly managed compared to Sugar Land, and that it will eventually need to remove the people who are running it, who may be either incompetent or corrupt.

[Truth713]

Originally Posted by Zhang Fei

I'd liken the Woodlands's contract with Houston to purchasing a product instead of building a factory for the product. The company that's selling the product isn't subsidizing its customer - it's just selling a product. The reason it can provide that product for less than the customer can make it himself is due to scale economies. It's also possible that the Woodlands is badly managed compared to Sugar Land, and that it will eventually need to remove the people who are running it, who may be either incompetent or corrupt.

true there is no real reason that the woodlands could not continue to pay for these services even after becoming it own city..
The reason may not just be money related.. they may feel at the time the vote is just to close split and want to hold off

[Kerby W-R]

Kingwood could work to detach itself from Houston and become independent again.

[PedroMartinez]

Are there any Kingwood residents that lived in the area prior to annexation that can comment on services and taxes since the annexation? I'd be interested to hear what residents think.

[JasonAndJulie]

I know people who say it was much better. The infrastructure as far as power grid is bad. Same with cable lines. They also have q hard time getting the trees maintained but not sure if that is a COH thing? I have heard response times for 911 is slow. The people we know that have lived there before and after really despise the after.

[dd1153]

After reading this thread it makes me wonder how such a small city like Jersey Village can remain a true city while providing services, and something so large like the Woodlands can not.

[DrPhil123]

How can a development like Sienna Plantation go about becoming a city of its own if it's already in the ETJ of Missouri City?

[LocalPlanner]

Originally Posted by DrPhil123

How can a development like Sienna Plantation go about becoming a city of its own if it's already in the ETJ of Missouri City?

It can't, unless Missouri City releases it.

[Failed Engineer]

Originally Posted by LocalPlanner

It can't, unless Missouri City releases it.

And furthermore, Missouri City would never make any sort of deal that would allow it to happen. The potential tax revenues would be too great once infrastructure costs have been absorbed by the MUDs.

The same goes for all of these MPCs in ETJs in the Houston area.