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#1 Post by geoffil » Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:21 pm

I just came back from visiting my parents in The Woodlands. What a beautiful town. Are there any BB's who live in The Woodlands? If so, you are so lucky.

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#2 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:33 pm

IIRC, beebs is from The Woodlands, and somebody else moved down there a few years ago.
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#3 Post by Beebs52 » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:18 pm

I be The Woodlands person. In fact, I work for the Community Associations.
Where'dja visit?
Well, then

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#4 Post by ulysses5019 » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:41 pm

I be The Woodlands person. In fact, I work for the Community Associations.
Where'dja visit?
I think they snuck in past the Community Association retired Walmart greeting guards.
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#5 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:45 pm

Where is The Woodlands?

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#6 Post by Ritterskoop » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:49 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Where is The Woodlands?
Houston
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#7 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:53 pm

Ritterskoop wrote:
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Where is The Woodlands?
Houston
Thank you. I didn't know if it was a new place in CA that I hadn't heard of.

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#8 Post by Beebs52 » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:55 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Where is The Woodlands?
To correct the Uly, north of Houston. We're what's called a "master planned community." Like Columbia, Md or Reston, VA. We've also recently undergone some governmental changes that will transition the 87,000 or so residents' services under what's called The Woodlands Township, etc. etc.

I work for the entities that provide municipal services. If we were a city, we'd be city hall. We're not a city. We're a special purpose district.

And it IS a great place to live. If I do say so myself.
Well, then

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#9 Post by Beebs52 » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:58 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
I be The Woodlands person. In fact, I work for the Community Associations.
Where'dja visit?
I think they snuck in past the Community Association retired Walmart greeting guards.
I'm sorry. I'm sure they had to check their non-designer shoes and regular cars in order to enter the inner sanctum and all. OUR greeters are attired in golf shirts.
Well, then

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#10 Post by SportsFan68 » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:26 pm

Since Merv lives there, it's probably the bestest community association in Texas.
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#11 Post by ulysses5019 » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:36 pm

Since Merv lives there, it's probably the bestest community association in Texas.
But is the evil squirrel population under control?
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#12 Post by andrewjackson » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:23 am

I think I'm going to try out my downtown-Houston-snob-voice.

The Woodlands? That's halfway to Dallas, isn't it?
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#13 Post by Beebs52 » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:44 am

andrewjackson wrote:I think I'm going to try out my downtown-Houston-snob-voice.

The Woodlands? That's halfway to Dallas, isn't it?
Nah. Just halfway to Conroe. Now THERE's a destination.
Well, then

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#14 Post by peacock2121 » Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:33 am

andrewjackson wrote:I think I'm going to try out my downtown-Houston-snob-voice.

The Woodlands? That's halfway to Dallas, isn't it?
This made me laugh and I am sure I don't get half the reference - just the downtown snob voice is precious.

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#15 Post by geoffil » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:09 am

My parents moved to Creekside Park and it is so beautiful. No squirrels so far, but a frog and a lizard visited the yard. Traffic is a little heavier than I thought, but doesn't compare to the Katy Freeway during rush hour or any interstate in Chicago. Any suggestions for restaurants and shopping? We went to Pappasitos, Taste of Texas, PF Changs, pot bellies and they were great. Greenspoint Mall disappointed us, but the Woodlands Mall was very nice.

I would love to move there, but my husband loves Chicago and all the cold and snow for some reason.

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#16 Post by Bixby17 » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:11 am

andrewjackson wrote:I think I'm going to try out my downtown-Houston-snob-voice.

The Woodlands? That's halfway to Dallas, isn't it?
LOL.

Spot on.

I think we will be going to the Woodlands for a Radiohead concert in May.

We are thinking of taking the kids. They love Radiohead, can recognize their music on the radio, and have favorites among their CDs.

The concert is going to happen on my son's birthday. He says he wants to go to the concert as his present.

The concert will be late, and likely loud. We will do the earplug things and try to get them to sleep early the night before. It will be a grand experiment.

I think we will spend the night at the in laws house in Conroe to make the drive shorter. The Woodlands is a hike.

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#17 Post by marrymeflyfree » Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:55 pm

Bixby17 wrote: I think we will spend the night at the in laws house in Conroe to make the drive shorter. The Woodlands is a hike.
But isn't everything a hike in Houston?!

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#18 Post by andrewjackson » Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:11 pm

marrymeflyfree wrote:
Bixby17 wrote: I think we will spend the night at the in laws house in Conroe to make the drive shorter. The Woodlands is a hike.
But isn't everything a hike in Houston?!
Nope. Work, baseball stadium, basketball/hockey arena and the rest of downtown are a short walk to me. The Museum District, the Medical Center, and the football stadium are a short train ride. The university football/MLS soccer stadium and my favorite soccer bar are 5 minute drives away.

And soon, hopefully, the new soccer stadium will be right out my window. Not everything in Houston is a hike if you live in the right place.
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#19 Post by ulysses5019 » Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:32 pm

And soon, hopefully, the new soccer stadium will be right out my window.
I can see the USC women's soccer field from my window. Oh yes, they're the NCAA 2007 champions. But I get better pictures if I walk across the street.
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#20 Post by Ritterskoop » Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:47 pm

To the original question, I answered "Houston" because for the rest of us, there is little point in saying The Woodlands is x miles outside of town. My folks live in Indian Trail, N.C., but that is meaningless to anyone outside of Charlotte (and many people INSIDE Charlotte), so I tell people they live in Charlotte.

But looking at the map just now was fun, because I saw Humble, TX, to which I sent a book proposal the other day, and dint know where it was exactly.
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#21 Post by silverscreenselect » Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:17 am

The area where I live used to be unincorporated and had an Atlanta mailing address. Two years ago it became the city of Sandy Springs. However, they still recognize an Atlanta mailing address which I use on all my correspondence (so I won't need to print up new business cards, etc., which I had to do a few years earlier when they changed my street name). I figure it eliminates a lot of confusion for most people, and we only live about two miles outside the Atlanta city limits.

The only time I listed my address as Sandy Springs was on my Jeopardy application. I figured that they would be more likely to pick a contestant from Sandy Springs than the millionth contestant from Atlanta so I'd have an original hometown howdy. It hasn't seemed to have done much good though.

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#22 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:14 am

andrewjackson wrote:
marrymeflyfree wrote:
Bixby17 wrote: I think we will spend the night at the in laws house in Conroe to make the drive shorter. The Woodlands is a hike.
But isn't everything a hike in Houston?!
Nope. Work, baseball stadium, basketball/hockey arena and the rest of downtown are a short walk to me. The Museum District, the Medical Center, and the football stadium are a short train ride. The university football/MLS soccer stadium and my favorite soccer bar are 5 minute drives away.

And soon, hopefully, the new soccer stadium will be right out my window. Not everything in Houston is a hike if you live in the right place.
You don't seem like the Galleria type, so that doesn't count.
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#23 Post by geoffil » Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:24 am

Humble is pronounced UMBLE, with no H.

The Woodlands is so different than the rest of Houston. Most of the businesses are hidden behind trees.

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#24 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:33 am

Ritterskoop wrote:But looking at the map just now was fun, because I saw Humble, TX, to which I sent a book proposal the other day, and dint know where it was exactly.
Funny the things you can learn by reading Harry Turtledove's alternate history novels! :)

But the good folks of Humble probably don't like their role in his Settling Accounts series.

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#25 Post by andrewjackson » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:10 am

I used to live north of Humble but still within the city limits of Houston. The city of Houston went around Humble to annex Kingwood.

31 miles from downtown and I was still inside the city limits.

Hmmm. I just checked. That's pretty much the same distance as from The Woodlands to downtown. Seems farther to The Woodlands.
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