Comments on: Comment of the Day: The Townhome Effect http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-the-townhome-effect/2009-09-25/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:36:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: John (yet another) http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-the-townhome-effect/2009-09-25/#comment-45178 John (yet another) Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:17:31 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=12551#comment-45178 Yay! A deed restrictions = Nazism comment! We have reached complete idiocy and can all go home now. Yay! A deed restrictions = Nazism comment! We have reached complete idiocy and can all go home now.

]]> By: Tangyjoe http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-the-townhome-effect/2009-09-25/#comment-45064 Tangyjoe Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:33:29 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=12551#comment-45064 Nate, I think you may be a lot funkier than you realize. Nate, I think you may be a lot funkier than you realize.

]]> By: Random Poster http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-the-townhome-effect/2009-09-25/#comment-45062 Random Poster Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:02:56 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=12551#comment-45062 Nate: Sure, 6 months out of the year it is normally below 70 degrees in the morning. But it is still freaking hot every evening for 10 or so months out of the year. Nate:

Sure, 6 months out of the year it is normally below 70 degrees in the morning.

But it is still freaking hot every evening for 10 or so months out of the year.

]]> By: Postmaster http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-the-townhome-effect/2009-09-25/#comment-44994 Postmaster Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:26:15 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=12551#comment-44994 I too live in the Heights, right off the new bike trail into downtown. I just can't make the logistics work. I could shower at 24 hour fitness on my way in, but that would still require, at minimum, 3 outfits per day, 2 showers, and I would have to carry dress clothes in a backpack. (Not to mention the $50/month that Midtown 24hr Fitness charges.) It's just not practical. I've always cut my own grass, I'm in shape, and I still sweat. I too live in the Heights, right off the new bike trail into downtown. I just can’t make the logistics work. I could shower at 24 hour fitness on my way in, but that would still require, at minimum, 3 outfits per day, 2 showers, and I would have to carry dress clothes in a backpack. (Not to mention the $50/month that Midtown 24hr Fitness charges.) It’s just not practical. I’ve always cut my own grass, I’m in shape, and I still sweat.

]]> By: Harold Mandell http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-the-townhome-effect/2009-09-25/#comment-44992 Harold Mandell Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:22:10 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=12551#comment-44992 Too great, Nate. (Gus, give that guy a Comment Du Jour for that one!) Too great, Nate.
(Gus, give that guy a Comment Du Jour for that one!)

]]> By: nate http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-the-townhome-effect/2009-09-25/#comment-44987 nate Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:20:45 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=12551#comment-44987 I work at a major oil company. A lot of my coworkers bike into work. Every major I know has a gym on premises. Very easy to shower and clean up. Plus, if you are actually in shape, Tangyjoe, you don't get that funky riding a bike into work. This ain't the Tour De France, son. And, the 6 months a year it is below 70 in the morning here is just sweet. Mow your own lawn every once in a while, so sweating wont be such a foreign concept... I work at a major oil company. A lot of my coworkers bike into work. Every major I know has a gym on premises. Very easy to shower and clean up. Plus, if you are actually in shape, Tangyjoe, you don’t get that funky riding a bike into work. This ain’t the Tour De France, son. And, the 6 months a year it is below 70 in the morning here is just sweet. Mow your own lawn every once in a while, so sweating wont be such a foreign concept…

]]> By: Postmaster http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-the-townhome-effect/2009-09-25/#comment-44981 Postmaster Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:27:28 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=12551#comment-44981 I too live in the Heights, right off the new bike trail into downtown. I just can't make the logistics work. I could shower at 24 hour fitness on my way in, but that would still require, at minimum, 3 outfits per day, 2 showers, and I would have to carry dress clothes in a backpack. (Not to mention the $50/month that Midtown 24hr Fitness charges.) I too live in the Heights, right off the new bike trail into downtown. I just can’t make the logistics work. I could shower at 24 hour fitness on my way in, but that would still require, at minimum, 3 outfits per day, 2 showers, and I would have to carry dress clothes in a backpack. (Not to mention the $50/month that Midtown 24hr Fitness charges.)

]]> By: Jerry Talent http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-the-townhome-effect/2009-09-25/#comment-44978 Jerry Talent Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:19:10 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=12551#comment-44978 I live in the Heights and would regularly bike to work (Houston Ave to Dallas was my preferred route) and shower at the downtown Y. So you could do that. oh wait.... I live in the Heights and would regularly bike to work (Houston Ave to Dallas was my preferred route) and shower at the downtown Y. So you could do that. oh wait….

]]> By: Nord http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-the-townhome-effect/2009-09-25/#comment-44977 Nord Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:18:55 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=12551#comment-44977 I'm a lawyer, and I biked to work fairly regularly from Oak Forest to Greenway before Old Man Ike destroyed the freight elevator in our building. As there are no suitable bike facilities at the office, I'm only comfortable bringing the steed up to the top floor where I can leave it in the office. We have a shower. I also have a gym around the corner where I can enjoy a shvitz after a brisk early morning ride. I will concede that court appearances are tough to pull off as a bicycle commuter. But the freight is back in business, and I'll be as well come Friday. I’m a lawyer, and I biked to work fairly regularly from Oak Forest to Greenway before Old Man Ike destroyed the freight elevator in our building. As there are no suitable bike facilities at the office, I’m only comfortable bringing the steed up to the top floor where I can leave it in the office. We have a shower. I also have a gym around the corner where I can enjoy a shvitz after a brisk early morning ride.

I will concede that court appearances are tough to pull off as a bicycle commuter.

But the freight is back in business, and I’ll be as well come Friday.

]]> By: Postmaster http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-the-townhome-effect/2009-09-25/#comment-44976 Postmaster Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:07:48 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=12551#comment-44976 Ditto Tangyjoe, I've always pondered the same question. I love the "thought" of jogging or biking to work. Think of the great shape you'd be in and all the money you'd save on transportation. But we are literally living on top of a swamp. Ditto Tangyjoe, I’ve always pondered the same question. I love the “thought” of jogging or biking to work. Think of the great shape you’d be in and all the money you’d save on transportation. But we are literally living on top of a swamp.

]]> By: Jerry Talent http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-the-townhome-effect/2009-09-25/#comment-44975 Jerry Talent Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:01:46 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=12551#comment-44975 Who bikes to work? Montrose-area hipsters. No one can tell if they've showered anyway. Wha-Boosh!!! (I keeed, I keeed) Who bikes to work? Montrose-area hipsters. No one can tell if they’ve showered anyway.

Wha-Boosh!!!

(I keeed, I keeed)

]]> By: Tangyjoe http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-the-townhome-effect/2009-09-25/#comment-44965 Tangyjoe Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:03:23 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=12551#comment-44965 Who are all you people who bike to work? I don't know anyone except my mechanic and lawn crew that can come to work all sweaty and no one I know works in a place that has showers. Same reason I'm not going to stand at a bus stop in work attire when its 95 degrees and 90% humidity. Who are all you people who bike to work?

I don’t know anyone except my mechanic and lawn crew that can come to work all sweaty and no one I know works in a place that has showers.

Same reason I’m not going to stand at a bus stop in work attire when its 95 degrees and 90% humidity.

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