Greenspoint-Houston

.50cal · #1 Posted **Jul 11, 2008, 10:07 PM**

Greenspoint is a 12 square mile district North of downtown Houston at the intersection of Beltway 8 and I-45. There is a mall, hotels, businesses, and thousands of apartment buildings in this area. According to Wikipedia the district is home to 3,000 businesses, 55,000 employees, and nearly 900,000 residents. It also has 18,000sf of office and retail space. Back in the 80's and early 90's it was called "Gunspoint" because of the high crime rate. The area is mainly low income and working class apartments. My sister used to live here, and I would not recommend it. Cheap rent, but you definitely get what you pay for.

There are a lot of oil and gas companies here along with many warehouses, because of it's location close to the airport.

Back to Montgomery County

theWatusi · #2 Posted **Jul 11, 2008, 10:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by .50cal

is this hell?

Michi · #3 Posted **Jul 11, 2008, 10:40 PM**

Yah, the only thing I like about Greenspoint are the fun freeway bridges to drive over. Other than that, it's a bit doomed...other than its proximity to the airport. Isn't Haliburton over there too? Ugg.

OhioGuy · #4 Posted **Jul 11, 2008, 11:29 PM**

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Yah, the only thing I like about Greenspoint are the fun freeway bridges to drive over. Other than that, it's a bit doomed...other than its proximity to the airport. Isn't Haliburton over there too? Ugg.

Yup, Haliburton is up in that area. I would see it right along the Beltway every time I was driving to/from the airport. And you're right, the only good thing about that area is that it is sort of "fun" driving over the freeway bridges.

(btw, what lead to your relocation to Houston, Michi?)

kcexpress69 · #5 Posted **Jul 11, 2008, 11:37 PM**

Nice shots!! It doesn't appear to be that densely populated. Maybe more so after you get off the highway!

Michi · #6 Posted **Jul 15, 2008, 3:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by OhioGuy

(btw, what lead to your relocation to Houston, Michi?)

Three equations really:
Michigan + Economy (- Michigan) = Texas
Michigan + Jobs (- Michigan) = Texas
Detroit - Detroit = Houston + Detroit
900,000 - 900,000 = 2,000,000 + 900,000 (= 2,900,000)

Ok, that makes no sense, but you get my point!

glowrock · #7 Posted **Jul 15, 2008, 2:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by Michi

Yah, the only thing I like about Greenspoint are the fun freeway bridges to drive over. Other than that, it's a bit doomed...other than its proximity to the airport. Isn't Haliburton over there too? Ugg.

Evil Empire! Evil Empire!

(This coming from a Schlumberger employee, of course!

)

Aaron (Glowrock)

Trae · #8 Posted **Jul 12, 2008, 4:46 AM**

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is this hell?

Yes.

Greenspoint sucks. Typical suburban business district. Except it has a ton of apartments. The Woodlands really hurt Greenspoint, but companies still like being close to a large international airport, so Greenspoint is still attractive.

They are trying to revitalize some of it though. Supposedly going to redevelop the mall into a big mixed-use development.

And I thought Haliburton's HQ were on the west side, near Westchase?

OhioGuy · #9 Posted **Jul 12, 2008, 5:07 AM**

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And I thought Haliburton's HQ were on the west side, near Westchase?

Maybe they have multiple buildings? Though I can't recall ever seeing it in the Westchase area. But I did always get a snickle and then ended up rolling my eyes whenever I drove by Haliburton on the Beltway (somewhere between I-45 and the airport exit).

Rail Claimore · #10 Posted **Jul 11, 2008, 10:54 PM**

Reminds me a bit of Schaumburg.

araman0 · #11 Posted **Jul 11, 2008, 11:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by .50cal

Greenspoint is a 12 square mile district North of downtown Houston ....

According to Wikipedia the district is home to 3,000 businesses, 55,000 employees, and nearly 900,000 residents.

75,000 ppsm?

Tom Servo · #12 Posted **Nov 29, 2010, 9:06 PM**

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75,000 ppsm?

LOLOLOL @ 900,000 people!

Greenspoint neighborhood in Houston, Texas, 77037, 77038, 77060, 77067:

Area: 8.139 square miles

Population: 40,580

Density: 4,986 ppsm

...lay off the wikipedia, bro

DTLA · #13 Posted **Jul 11, 2008, 11:35 PM**

^^aramanO, that must be a misprint, my guess is that it is 90,000 ppl cause otherwise that district would be denser than Manhattan & there is NO way that can be right especially since it looks like a pretty low density area

.50cal · #14 Posted **Jul 11, 2008, 11:38 PM**

900,000 seems like a misprint, but the number of apartment complexes in the area is really high. ? This area is not easy on the eyes, with the freeway, power lines, strip malls, warehouses, etc. The mall has been horrible for quite a while, and people generally go to the area to work, then go home.

weatherguru18 · #15 Posted **Jul 12, 2008, 1:23 AM**

The last two shots are from 45 approaching The Woodlands...far from a bad area...very affluent.

.50cal · #16 Posted **Jul 12, 2008, 2:35 AM**

That's why it says back to Montgomery County Captain Obvious.

flar · #17 Posted **Jul 12, 2008, 2:39 AM**

Thanks for the tour. It looks like a terrible place to live, definitely not human scaled.

Atlantan26 · #18 Posted **Jul 12, 2008, 3:24 AM**

Houston has that gritty northern city look. the freeway system looks cool though

STLgasm · #19 Posted **Nov 30, 2010, 1:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Atlantan26

Houston has that gritty northern city look. the freeway system looks cool though

??? Pass the bong, dude.

JivecitySTL · #20 Posted **Nov 30, 2010, 1:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Atlantan26

Houston has that gritty northern city look. the freeway system looks cool though

I assume you're joking. If you're not, I don't think you've ever been to a "gritty northern city."