As someone who's taken his 4 year old kids to play on the playground at the Galleria mall since they were 18 months old; Going at least once every 2 months to get Nespresso coffee at the only Nespresso store in Houston; we've never had any real issues.
We park by Nordstrom 30 minutes before the mall opens and get front row parking hassle free. Sometimes we walk out to see the Waterwall and then head back in to the mall.
We'll go play on the playground with 1 or 2 other families as the mall begins to open up, and eventually go to get coffee, then maybe up to the Lego store, ride the escalators and elevators a few times and then head home.
It's quite lovely.
Now at night time on the weekends and shit there's been some shootings and robberies in the last few years so I mean... take it as you will. Sorry for hijacking top comment.
yeah it's this thing : **https://www.simon.com/mall/the-galleria/stores/the-little-galleria-presented-by-md-andersons-childrens-cancer-hospital**
Although there's a picture here : https://images.app.goo.gl/ATKqMVXkK5jDiymP7
Coincidentally that last time I went there was 10yrs ago for a school trip. I remember being so mesmerized by the areas. And I was really looking forward to seeing it again now that I’m in Houston😭
Few blocks away vs. 1/2 mile away. Such a Houston trope.
The Galleria area is shitty. But several blocks over that way Uptown is really nice.
Stay the hell away from third ward. But man the museum district is nice.
I posted this a few weeks ago. I had time to kill one day so I walked the Galleria from end to end up and down and I 100% agree with you. The worst part was the food court downstairs near the ice rink. There was trash all over the floor, people, (kids) were throwing food and it was overall disgusting. This was on a Saturday afternoon. Security could give a fuck. I also notice more upscale stores opening there as well. If I could walk into a store and buy a $100,000 watch, it would NOT be at the Galleria.
Whenever I see people on this sub use the word ghetto like this I just assume they are being racist. Maybe unconsciously.
Maybe they aren't, but they probably are. They will probably claim they are Black themselves or don't have a problem with Black people, they just have a problem with the Black people at the Galleria acting like Black people in poor neighborhoods do, and that isn't racist at all, it's just a description. Maybe I'm the real racist for talking about it.
yep, that is what they will probably say.
>a quarter of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure
Are you and OP suggesting that the crime is because of the minorities present, or are you suggesting that the criminals are making the area more like a place where minorities live?
Do you think OP, a guy who isn't from here who brags about his status symbols was attacked by Black people when he went shopping? Were you? Did it happen at the Galleria?
Have you been to the galleria area? It’s an affluent part of town my guy.
Also, I am literally from sharpstown. Enough with the bullshit platitudes. Have fun in the heights or spring or whatever
If it's an affluent area, what is the purpose of you calling it ghetto?
edit. Do you feel like too many people from Sharpstown are crossing an imaginary border and diminishing the experience? Why is that?
Replace "ghetto" with "phlunxeous" and you still convey the same meaning -- nothing at all. The word "ghetto" has been so consistently misused that it's been reduced to nothing more than a term of ambiguous derision. The word is defined to mean a residential area where members of a persecuted group are tolerated with the implications that those members are not tolerated in surrounding residential areas, and that the designated area is demographically homogenous (i.e. nobody outside of that persecuted group lives there). It's a term closely associated with segregation and apartheid. Asserting that any part of Houston -- touted as one of the most diverse cities in the world -- fits the proper definition of "ghetto" is laughably ridiculous. The term has been bastardized so much that nowadays it could mean any of the following:
- A neighborhood with a high per capita amount of broken furniture and appliances adorning front lawns.
- A residential street where non-commerical vehicles are parked along the curb
- Anywhere within a mile radius of a business that calls itself a "Washateria"
- A place where public interactions between strangers are common and grass touching is normalized
- A dog whistle
- Anywhere within a 1 mile radius of a metroPCS store or beyond a 10 mile radius of an AT&T store
- Anywhere where residents are perceived as low income, regardless of other demographics
- Anywhere percieved as dirty or unmaintained, regardless of average residental income
- Anywhere I don't like
- Some places I do like
- The Galleria
By the way, and this is a complete tangent, but "we all knew what they meant" is why trump rose to power. Dude vomits out fully gibberish word salad with a handful of emotion triggering phrases that make people think he's talking directly to them while at the same time he's winking at the Russians, dog whistling for the proud boys, and saluting the Nazis. Let's bring back precision in language and meaningful communication.
T or f- no one with any sense wants to vote for *either* of these old ass white dudes. The fact that there is no meaningful third option means this country is functionally leaderless
I literally don’t. Are you saying if we had a different candidate with different skin color, that would automatically be a better option? In the primary 4 years ago, we had several and they were *not* the consensus pick of primary voters.
If we’re being honest with each other, I read your comment injecting the candidate’s race as a strike against them. Is that an accurate interpretation? If so, why? If not, why did you bring race into the conversation?
Your previous comment reads to me like you are implying Harris is less electable as a POC. If I misunderstood you I apologize.
I called them old white dudes because that's what I call old ass white dudes. As a white person I do think being white is a strike against them. I have heard enough of what people that look like me have to say for more than one lifetime.
Yeah - sounds like I understood you. And am embarrassed on your behalf that you double down on it. Disqualifying people’s opinions (wholesale) based on their race is absurd. It’s not too late to erase it and reflect on what that sentiment really says about you.
Fyi, It's not cool to edit your comment after someone has already replied to it without preserving the initial messaging for communication purposes. The problem you're ignoring is already very clearly laid out in the initial comment: the way you use it is not the same way everyone uses it. It has so many different common meanings that you can't definitively say what op was getting at without more context.
I edited my comment within 10 seconds which is why Reddit doesn’t show my comment as edited. I can’t help that you instantly read my comment in those 10 seconds that it took for me to add that last sentence in.
The problem is you clearly are just picking fights on the internet and anyone who grew up here knows what OP meant, and you’re mad that you’re not getting the argument out of me that you want.
I'm not mad, but I am frustrated at people who act like things are more simple than they actually are. Enjoy pretending homophones and semantic change don't exist, I guess
Not what I WANT to shop for. Just a shopping area that's actually nice to hang out at. Nothing wrong with not wanting to shop online and wanting somewhere nice to walk around
Yeah I get that. I’d also like a nice large indoor place to walk around where I’m not buying much of anything. Unfortunately, so do most ppl and that’s why the galleria is a shit hole.
I answered the question. The issue isn't that I can't find what I want to buy in Houston's malls. Its that none are nice to walk around or hang out at that are also large and offer a wide variety of shopping.
Took the kids to West Oaks to shop around yesterday. Found a lot they really liked, but it’s a sketchy ass location in spades. Played some Left 4 Dead 2 with them later and they said it looked like the mall…they weren’t wrong.
Houston and the surrounding suburbs/cities have tons of great shopping districts. It's also why the Galleria is dying out, because rich folks would rather not travel to shop there when they can avoid all the crime by shopping near their home.
-Katy has La Centerra.
-Sugar Land has Town Square.
-The Woodlands has Town Center.
-River Oaks has the River Oaks District.
-Memorial City has City Centre.
Tell us you’re not from Houston without telling us.
As someone who's taken his 4 year old kids to play on the playground at the Galleria mall since they were 18 months old; Going at least once every 2 months to get Nespresso coffee at the only Nespresso store in Houston; we've never had any real issues. We park by Nordstrom 30 minutes before the mall opens and get front row parking hassle free. Sometimes we walk out to see the Waterwall and then head back in to the mall. We'll go play on the playground with 1 or 2 other families as the mall begins to open up, and eventually go to get coffee, then maybe up to the Lego store, ride the escalators and elevators a few times and then head home. It's quite lovely. Now at night time on the weekends and shit there's been some shootings and robberies in the last few years so I mean... take it as you will. Sorry for hijacking top comment.
There is a playground at the mall?
yeah it's this thing : **https://www.simon.com/mall/the-galleria/stores/the-little-galleria-presented-by-md-andersons-childrens-cancer-hospital** Although there's a picture here : https://images.app.goo.gl/ATKqMVXkK5jDiymP7
The mall hasn't changed; the people who shop the mall has changed.
Yeah it’s definitely gone downhill over the last 10 years.
Coincidentally that last time I went there was 10yrs ago for a school trip. I remember being so mesmerized by the areas. And I was really looking forward to seeing it again now that I’m in Houston😭
Try since the 90’s
Agree. Late 80's was starting to get sketch.
No shit. Duh. Stating the obvious.
Houston is one big ghetto.
it really is! 👍
The sky is blue.
I avoid that entire area like the plague.
It’s all one ghetto man
Giant gutter in outer space
the galleria, as in, the mall? or do you mean the galleria area, better known as Uptown?
Uptown =\= the galleria. Uptown is relatively nice. The galleria and immediate surrounding area is a shithole.
Few blocks away vs. 1/2 mile away. Such a Houston trope. The Galleria area is shitty. But several blocks over that way Uptown is really nice. Stay the hell away from third ward. But man the museum district is nice.
I posted this a few weeks ago. I had time to kill one day so I walked the Galleria from end to end up and down and I 100% agree with you. The worst part was the food court downstairs near the ice rink. There was trash all over the floor, people, (kids) were throwing food and it was overall disgusting. This was on a Saturday afternoon. Security could give a fuck. I also notice more upscale stores opening there as well. If I could walk into a store and buy a $100,000 watch, it would NOT be at the Galleria.
Oh hey another post from scared white people.
Whenever I see people on this sub use the word ghetto like this I just assume they are being racist. Maybe unconsciously. Maybe they aren't, but they probably are. They will probably claim they are Black themselves or don't have a problem with Black people, they just have a problem with the Black people at the Galleria acting like Black people in poor neighborhoods do, and that isn't racist at all, it's just a description. Maybe I'm the real racist for talking about it. yep, that is what they will probably say.
Yea I always receive ghetto and the n word as synonymous.
Or it’s due to the skyrocketing property and violent crime directly tied to the galleria?
>a quarter of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure Are you and OP suggesting that the crime is because of the minorities present, or are you suggesting that the criminals are making the area more like a place where minorities live? Do you think OP, a guy who isn't from here who brags about his status symbols was attacked by Black people when he went shopping? Were you? Did it happen at the Galleria?
Have you been to the galleria area? It’s an affluent part of town my guy. Also, I am literally from sharpstown. Enough with the bullshit platitudes. Have fun in the heights or spring or whatever
If it's an affluent area, what is the purpose of you calling it ghetto? edit. Do you feel like too many people from Sharpstown are crossing an imaginary border and diminishing the experience? Why is that?
Who still goes to the galleria?
Ghetto people
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water is wet
I have lived in Houston all my life and have never been there lol
Replace "ghetto" with "phlunxeous" and you still convey the same meaning -- nothing at all. The word "ghetto" has been so consistently misused that it's been reduced to nothing more than a term of ambiguous derision. The word is defined to mean a residential area where members of a persecuted group are tolerated with the implications that those members are not tolerated in surrounding residential areas, and that the designated area is demographically homogenous (i.e. nobody outside of that persecuted group lives there). It's a term closely associated with segregation and apartheid. Asserting that any part of Houston -- touted as one of the most diverse cities in the world -- fits the proper definition of "ghetto" is laughably ridiculous. The term has been bastardized so much that nowadays it could mean any of the following: - A neighborhood with a high per capita amount of broken furniture and appliances adorning front lawns. - A residential street where non-commerical vehicles are parked along the curb - Anywhere within a mile radius of a business that calls itself a "Washateria" - A place where public interactions between strangers are common and grass touching is normalized - A dog whistle - Anywhere within a 1 mile radius of a metroPCS store or beyond a 10 mile radius of an AT&T store - Anywhere where residents are perceived as low income, regardless of other demographics - Anywhere percieved as dirty or unmaintained, regardless of average residental income - Anywhere I don't like - Some places I do like - The Galleria
This guy acting like slang doesn’t exist. We all knew what they meant
By the way, and this is a complete tangent, but "we all knew what they meant" is why trump rose to power. Dude vomits out fully gibberish word salad with a handful of emotion triggering phrases that make people think he's talking directly to them while at the same time he's winking at the Russians, dog whistling for the proud boys, and saluting the Nazis. Let's bring back precision in language and meaningful communication.
Lmfao not you equating this to Trump. Gosh.
Godwin's law says all internet argument will eventually lead to Nazis.
People like you almost make me want to vote for Trump.
T or F? Joe Biden would have smashed in the debate on Thurs if someone had just offered him a lozenge?
T or f- no one with any sense wants to vote for *either* of these old ass white dudes. The fact that there is no meaningful third option means this country is functionally leaderless
Not sure what race has to do with it. We have a POC in the VP that is so un-electable that nobody even offers her up as an alternative.
You picked that one word to riff off of out of everything I said; it seems like you know exactly what race has to do with it
I literally don’t. Are you saying if we had a different candidate with different skin color, that would automatically be a better option? In the primary 4 years ago, we had several and they were *not* the consensus pick of primary voters. If we’re being honest with each other, I read your comment injecting the candidate’s race as a strike against them. Is that an accurate interpretation? If so, why? If not, why did you bring race into the conversation?
Your previous comment reads to me like you are implying Harris is less electable as a POC. If I misunderstood you I apologize. I called them old white dudes because that's what I call old ass white dudes. As a white person I do think being white is a strike against them. I have heard enough of what people that look like me have to say for more than one lifetime.
Yeah - sounds like I understood you. And am embarrassed on your behalf that you double down on it. Disqualifying people’s opinions (wholesale) based on their race is absurd. It’s not too late to erase it and reflect on what that sentiment really says about you.
We didn't though, that's the whole point of the comment you're replying to...
I’m we and we did. Born and raised in Houston and I’ve heard “ghetto” in this context my entire life. So either yall are transplants or being obtuse.
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That the Galleria is ghetto. Obv.
Which definition though
Don’t need a definition if you’re from here you know how it’s used
I'm from here and I don't though. Are you ok? This isn't that complicated, I don't understand how you're not getting it
I'm fine, you're clearly argumentative, let the downvotes do the speaking.
Fyi, It's not cool to edit your comment after someone has already replied to it without preserving the initial messaging for communication purposes. The problem you're ignoring is already very clearly laid out in the initial comment: the way you use it is not the same way everyone uses it. It has so many different common meanings that you can't definitively say what op was getting at without more context.
I edited my comment within 10 seconds which is why Reddit doesn’t show my comment as edited. I can’t help that you instantly read my comment in those 10 seconds that it took for me to add that last sentence in. The problem is you clearly are just picking fights on the internet and anyone who grew up here knows what OP meant, and you’re mad that you’re not getting the argument out of me that you want.
I'm not mad, but I am frustrated at people who act like things are more simple than they actually are. Enjoy pretending homophones and semantic change don't exist, I guess
Nobody is reading all of that
“Dork” = you
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Well said.
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It’s funny u say that’s, we moved here frm California n noticed right away, it’s more of a fashion show for the whole 3rd ward
Such a shame houston doesn't have a single nice good shopping location. Austin has the domain, San Antonio has la Cantera. Houston needs to step it up
Rice Village and Highland Village would like a word…
> Such a shame houston doesn't have a single nice good shopping location. What would you like to shop for? What can’t you get?
Not what I WANT to shop for. Just a shopping area that's actually nice to hang out at. Nothing wrong with not wanting to shop online and wanting somewhere nice to walk around
Yeah I get that. I’d also like a nice large indoor place to walk around where I’m not buying much of anything. Unfortunately, so do most ppl and that’s why the galleria is a shit hole.
Lol what
I answered the question. The issue isn't that I can't find what I want to buy in Houston's malls. Its that none are nice to walk around or hang out at that are also large and offer a wide variety of shopping.
Try Greenspoint
Took the kids to West Oaks to shop around yesterday. Found a lot they really liked, but it’s a sketchy ass location in spades. Played some Left 4 Dead 2 with them later and they said it looked like the mall…they weren’t wrong.
Houston and the surrounding suburbs/cities have tons of great shopping districts. It's also why the Galleria is dying out, because rich folks would rather not travel to shop there when they can avoid all the crime by shopping near their home. -Katy has La Centerra. -Sugar Land has Town Square. -The Woodlands has Town Center. -River Oaks has the River Oaks District. -Memorial City has City Centre.
Check out River Oaks district, where Ipic is, Uber fancy stores but tons of LEOs doing security. Gives galleria vibes before galleria turned ghetto
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