pineda Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 (edited) story from Houston Chronicle Edited July 4, 2006 by pineda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 These indoor flea markets, to me, represent a downturn retail-wise in an area. They're just filled with the cheapest, tackiest stuff. I expect a strip mall with a dollar store and a check cashing/ money transfer/payday loan place to spring up somewhere close by.Alright, now I'm really being negative, but it could be seen as the further expansion/infiltration of the Greenspoint/Airline ghettopolis. Insidious infill, if you will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfootball Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Is that the Garden Ridge over there by Rankin and I-45?That area was never very nice, so its hard to say that its declining any more than its always been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Hell, I thought that society has been going down hill since the truck and gas stops pretty much turned themselves into the poor man's walmarts by offering to sell so much crap inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAHLA FAN 101 Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 I wonder why they close down all the Garden Ridge in Houston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 That link did not work for me. KPRC Stroy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 These indoor flea markets, to me, represent a downturn retail-wise in an area. They're just filled with the cheapest, tackiest stuff....you mean, like Garden Ridge?I tride GR a couple of times, but I can see why they weren't making good money in many of their locations. They are single-operator flea markets for the middle class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 ...you mean, like Garden Ridge?I tride GR a couple of times, but I can see why they weren't making good money in many of their locations. They are single-operator flea markets for the middle class.LOL. I went in there once. That was one time too many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDeb Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 LOL. I went in there once. That was one time too many. I was dragged there enough times as a child that I'm glad to see the place gone! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 LOL. I went in there once. That was one time too many. Come on musicman, fess up. I bet that one time you walked out of there with at least one tin rooster. No, I agree. That was one place that I could walk for what seemed like a mile and leave empty handed. But to go from that to an indoor flea market is a warning sign of impending ghettodom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Come on musicman, fess up. I bet that one time you walked out of there with at least one tin rooster. No my Garden Ridge equivalent must be the habitat store. I always come home with something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westguy Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 What else are you supposed to do with retail space that big? A lot of big box retailers are going down, and it is unrelated to the state of the neighborhood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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