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Last: 3 mo ago by 94chem
Hopefully the OP has settled on El Paso
I know I would have
My caddie's chauffeur lives in Hunter's Creek. It's not bad in the daytime.
The house east of Gessner in question sent me down an HAR rabbit-hole and came across this thing: https://www.har.com/homedetail/57-carolane-trl-houston-tx-77024/3029271?lid=9611386
Billed as "Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired" I'm really struggling to make sense of everything going on here. I'm especially puzzled by an above-ground pool in the Memorial Villages.
Billed as "Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired" I'm really struggling to make sense of everything going on here. I'm especially puzzled by an above-ground pool in the Memorial Villages.
Any of you need investment homes in Cloverdale? Christmas is coming up, you could buy your maid a house!
TarponChaser said:
The house east of Gessner in question sent me down an HAR rabbit-hole and came across this thing: https://www.har.com/homedetail/57-carolane-trl-houston-tx-77024/3029271?lid=9611386
Billed as "Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired" I'm really struggling to make sense of everything going on here. I'm especially puzzled by an above-ground pool in the Memorial Villages.
Ain't no party like a diddy party
more like Frank Lloyd Wrong...am I wright?
Bunker Hill Elementary is ranked #185 in the state and is 50.7% white. Wilchester is #31 in the state and 72.4% white. King of Corpus is uninformed
Dude - no he's not. He lives in Bunker Hill and has a different opinion than you do. Lots of people would prefer Bunker Hill if they could afford it. And schooldigger is a good resource but their rankings aren't the be all end all - not totally objective at all. I don't live in either but know lots of people in both. I think they're both great places to live and can understand how someone would prefer either.
He said bad demographics are trending at Wilchester. How is that not wrong?
That's not what I was referencing - but I don't know how either of you could definitely prove that one way or the other unless you had a time machine. I was mainly just talking about his preference for BH vs Wilchester. He also wasn't talking about elementary schools only, but elementary through high school. I think Memorial HS has better demographics that Stratford (not that there's anything wrong with Stratford - and I can see how someone would prefer it to Memorial).
I respect your obvious passion for Wilchester. I can just understand how someone could prefer BH too is all.
I respect your obvious passion for Wilchester. I can just understand how someone could prefer BH too is all.
Was not in cloverdale but we did that once and it turned out great. They paid off the 15 yr note 4 years early and made every pmt on time.
Demographics are important to some folks. We fled Atascocita 17 years ago when the pit bull neighbors moved in. Went to kings point which had 98 percent white- the 2 percent were kids of our Asian pediatrician. Was a good move as there have been numerous shootings and other events in our old Walden hood.
Demographics are important to some folks. We fled Atascocita 17 years ago when the pit bull neighbors moved in. Went to kings point which had 98 percent white- the 2 percent were kids of our Asian pediatrician. Was a good move as there have been numerous shootings and other events in our old Walden hood.
I mean, its a gated community between the Hills at Sims and the Kipp school. its gentrifying very quickly. if anyone was really looking at investments, its doing great in that regard so far.
4 pages arguing over neighborhoods
TarponChaser said:
The house east of Gessner in question sent me down an HAR rabbit-hole and came across this thing: https://www.har.com/homedetail/57-carolane-trl-houston-tx-77024/3029271?lid=9611386
Billed as "Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired" I'm really struggling to make sense of everything going on here. I'm especially puzzled by an above-ground pool in the Memorial Villages.
Looks like it's inspired by the school of, "Sure honey, have fun with it."
EclipseAg said:
I've been helping a family member look for a home. We've spent a lot of time in 77096 (any recommendations or insights?).
One thing that amazes me is how quickly neighborhoods and even streets transition from nice to yikes.
I'd be interested in hearing about other closer-in areas that are affordable for first-time homebuyers other than the Heights.
Midtown is a recent example and idk if it will ever come back. 2010s till about 2017-18 or so, where the young professionals right out of school night life was. Spent many CFB saturdays bar hopping with buddies and GFs all day. Whole Foods just opened in the Morgan apartment deal. Development sites setting records outside of DT. In the high 100s psf.
2025- Whole Foods vacated already. Crime rampant. Blocks abandoned. Couldn't sell that high 100s psf land for 100 flat today and don't see it coming back this generation at least.
Similar could be said about Washington corridor but to a lesser degree. Hood as hell though and multiple shootings a weekend.
El Gallo Blanco said:Ducks4brkfast said:
If I were working in Memorial City and looking to move close, it would be a toss-up between Piney Point or Hunters Creek. There are a handful of lots for same in the area, the only issue is most are an acre or less, and you'll definitely want at least 2 acres since you have young kids.
Yep, we are here in Hunter's Creek and love it...even though we are only on 1 1/3 acre. We lived in the 079 for a few years bc I wanted my children to grow up with more of a working class, down to earth mentality, and honestly, I hated it.
Constant drama, gossip...and just a sleazy vibe from a lot of the moms in the area. Just scandalous...constant advances from drunk or pilled out soccer moms...to the point my wife actually got suspicious a few times...had to get ot of there.
Also, sometimes I just want to go to a place like Los Tios and enjoy some nice quiet Tex-Mex to myself. Got sick of being approached by people who wanted to talk shop or chit chat and act like we're best buds. "Hey mayannn, haven't seen you at Lakeside in a while!"...had to hit eject and couldn't be happier.
This might be the funniest post on this thread.
Cibalo said:
Maybe that was true 10 years ago but now a lot of families living there are fed up with the lower academic standards compared to private schools. A lot have moved to private or just sticking it out with their oldest because they just have a few years of high school left but moved their younger ones.
This is sad. Back, longer than I care to admit, far more than 10 years ago, Memorial was on par(ish) with the lower level private schools. Bummer they have let that slide.
And woah, why has Bunker Hill fallen so far?
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one MEEN Ag said:Tex117 said:
Just go live in Memorial and send your kids to Bunker Hill/Frostwood/Hunter's Creek elementary, Memorial Middle/Spring Branch Middle School, and then Memorial High School. No worries about private school.
Can do it slightly cheaper outside the loop and do the Stratford high school route.
You can justify the higher price tag by not sending kids to private school.
Memorial 'private school in a public school' only really address one of the three pillars of private school over public.
-Removal of disruptive kids from the learning environment (price point takes care of that)
-Emphasis on classical education model (can't really do that with state testing requirements)
-Emphasis on christian education (can't really do that either).
I'm not a part of any memorial network but from the outside looking in it looks like its tougher to actually network than through a private school. Private schools generally are overflowing with opportunity for parents to get involved, over involved, and do fundraisers. Private schools are constantly trading access for money, nice big galas to see and be seen. Public schools generally just go, eh - bond referendum? Not saying the memorial area PTA boards aren't absolute catfights though.
I will say this, from the friends and family who do live in the memorial area, the youth sports leagues are where networking and the cultural epicenter are. Going to an extended families kids youth baseball game at memorial was like being transported back to my childhood.
I guess things have just changed a whole lot in the decades.
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They haven't. As long as your kid isn't a dumbass and can handle the honors or duel credit classes, Stratford and Memorial are perfectly fine.
Mikeyshooter said:
They haven't. As long as your kid isn't a dumbass and can handle the honors or duel credit classes, Stratford and Memorial are perfectly fine.
Right they are perfectly fine. But people like to point to memorial as equivalent to a private school and it's not. It can't be because of the state limitations on curriculum.
There are plenty of bright kids at those schools. It's just not a classical or religious education. Those are important parts of private school.
I do wish public schools had more wiggle room on curriculum so they could do a classical model that isn't charter based.
one MEEN Ag said:Mikeyshooter said:
They haven't. As long as your kid isn't a dumbass and can handle the honors or duel credit classes, Stratford and Memorial are perfectly fine.
Right they are perfectly fine. But people like to point to memorial as equivalent to a private school and it's not. It can't be because of the state limitations on curriculum.
There are plenty of bright kids at those schools. It's just not a classical or religious education. Those are important parts of private school.
I do wish public schools had more wiggle room on curriculum so they could do a classical model that isn't charter based.
Guess all the curriculum stuff got super charged over the decades. I mean, I understand the political climate, but still.
To live in Memorial and then have to send your kid to Kincade/Duchese/Strake/St.agnus is a kick in the knackers. (St John's is in a different league).
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You definitely don't. We are at MHS and so far it seems great. Houston Christian was the school that a lot of MMS families went to but that was still a small minority.
Also, pretty should OP gave us the hard count and we all jumped.
Just go live in old town Katy area. Not great but a tolerable commute to most. You'll be much happier.
Tex117 said:one MEEN Ag said:Mikeyshooter said:
They haven't. As long as your kid isn't a dumbass and can handle the honors or duel credit classes, Stratford and Memorial are perfectly fine.
Right they are perfectly fine. But people like to point to memorial as equivalent to a private school and it's not. It can't be because of the state limitations on curriculum.
There are plenty of bright kids at those schools. It's just not a classical or religious education. Those are important parts of private school.
I do wish public schools had more wiggle room on curriculum so they could do a classical model that isn't charter based.
Guess all the curriculum stuff got super charged over the decades. I mean, I understand the political climate, but still.
To live in Memorial and then have to send your kid to Kincade/Duchese/Strake/St.agnus is a kick in the knackers. (St John's is in a different league).
Yeah that's just showing off at that rate.
I mean you're buying a $3 million house but can't (or don't want to) afford private school?
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To live in Memorial and then have to send your kid to Kincade/Duchese/Strake/St.agnus is a kick in the knackers. (St John's is in a different league).
IMHO Kinkaid is about social capital, networking, signaling, status, etc as much as academics. It's also nearly impossible to get into in 2025 without legacy status or an extremely large donation way into the middle 6 figures and beyond. There are people who are double or triple legacies that are sweating out the admissions process.
So I don't think Kinkaid is a backup plan that someone would "have to send their kid to" in the same way that Princeton wouldn't be a backup plan for someone planning on going to Rutgers or NYU.
Diggity said:
I love these drive by threads where the OP asks some open-ended question...gets a bunch of follow-up questions...and never responds.
LOL, totally agree. OP never had any follow up posting(s). Why place that question to not interact with the thread? SMH.
Because it was a clever troll?
Show me on the doll where that post hurt your ego.
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Tex117
Tex117 said:
Show me on the doll where that post hurt your ego.
Serotonin said:Quote:
To live in Memorial and then have to send your kid to Kincade/Duchese/Strake/St.agnus is a kick in the knackers. (St John's is in a different league).
IMHO Kinkaid is about social capital, networking, signaling, status, etc as much as academics. It's also nearly impossible to get into in 2025 without legacy status or an extremely large donation way into the middle 6 figures and beyond. There are people who are double or triple legacies that are sweating out the admissions process.
So I don't think Kinkaid is a backup plan that someone would "have to send their kid to" in the same way that Princeton wouldn't be a backup plan for someone planning on going to Rutgers or NYU.
Teach your kid to play sports. Kinkaid will call monthly offering a spot at the front of the line. Tuition goes down every call. My caddy ain't driving that far and their football team sucks.
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