Quote:
Originally Posted by TexasPlaya
Seems about right.... Central Houston has more in common with Detriot than its sun belt peers. It's cut apart by freeways and a massive economic downturn in the 80s bombed out the core. There's still significant heavy industry nearby to the east and lots of freight traffic that further dissects the neighborhoods.
|
Many SunBelt cities have in fact more in common with Detroit in this regard. I intend to post Dallas and Fort Worth soon, and it's not that different from Houston, at least regarding numbers. Atlanta is the outlier here, but even for them is a more recent phenomenon.
But Houston, if we ignored the parts of Loop north of CBD, where the university campus is, they have grown quite decently. I imagine they're replacing the (in)famous parking lots with highrises.