The mission is cool, and I definitely agree with the assertion in the title.
We lived in the suburbs of Houston for two years, and it was terrible. Nothing was walkable. The community had a walking path around a drainage reservoir, but walking to a business? lol, I hope you have two hours to spare.
Roads were HUGE and empty but had low speed limits, so most folks sped and drove dangerously. By dangerously, I mean "driving 20+ above limit with one hand on the 12 and scrolling TikTok on the other".
Nothing but chain restaurants for miles, with some exceptions here and there.
Basically zero sense of community unless you had kids or went to church. Meetup events? social sports leagues? Events around town? lol.
We moved into Houston proper this year and it's been unbelievably refreshing. I'm typing this from a bar that's five mins away walking distance. I can run and ride my bike to places that are interesting. Shit, I can run and ride my bike without worrying about a distracted driver mowing me over. There's stuff to do here. There are events for everybody. It's great.
I do take issue with one statement:
> “We look back nostalgically at college, because it’s the only time most people have lived in a walkable neighborhood."
Come on, dudes. The reason why people opine for their college years is because they were younger, didn't have to work, didn't have families and could spend most of their time having fun.
We lived in the suburbs of Houston for two years, and it was terrible. Nothing was walkable. The community had a walking path around a drainage reservoir, but walking to a business? lol, I hope you have two hours to spare.
Roads were HUGE and empty but had low speed limits, so most folks sped and drove dangerously. By dangerously, I mean "driving 20+ above limit with one hand on the 12 and scrolling TikTok on the other".
Nothing but chain restaurants for miles, with some exceptions here and there.
Basically zero sense of community unless you had kids or went to church. Meetup events? social sports leagues? Events around town? lol.
We moved into Houston proper this year and it's been unbelievably refreshing. I'm typing this from a bar that's five mins away walking distance. I can run and ride my bike to places that are interesting. Shit, I can run and ride my bike without worrying about a distracted driver mowing me over. There's stuff to do here. There are events for everybody. It's great.
I do take issue with one statement:
> “We look back nostalgically at college, because it’s the only time most people have lived in a walkable neighborhood."
Come on, dudes. The reason why people opine for their college years is because they were younger, didn't have to work, didn't have families and could spend most of their time having fun.