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Originally Posted by dc_denizen
I’m happier than colossal real estate investments in Houston have basically turned the inner loop from being parking lots and welfare housing into a fun and interesting , densely populated place, instead of being dropped on a a couple of trophy towers
Houston has 30000-50000 apartments under construction basically all the time, btw
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Were you thinking the inner loop close to downtown? Much of the Inner Loop (which is defined as within Loop 610) for many decades has been affluent homes, condos, townhomes, parks, the enormous med center, Museum district, even the Ship Channel (including the turning basin), etc. But close to downtown, e.g., Midtown, things didn't take off until relatively recently. Other parts of the Inner Loop are anything but nice. I think of the portions of the Inner Loop from southwest through northwest of downtown as the best (e.g., West University and surroundings, Museum District, Med Center, Montrose, Heights, Memorial Park district, Bellaire (within the loop) to name a few areas) and I would leave Austin in a heartbeat if I could afford to live in the nice parts of the Inner Loop of Houston. Those areas have been exploding with development for quite some time. Other parts of the Inner Loop have a very long way to go (if they ever do), although there are areas that are beginning to gentrify.