Can I say it? Sugar Land is Agrestic without the excitement of weed, the opposite of New York City in every way, shape and form. Every store is a chain and every house is a replica, sprawling over thousands more square footage than they have a right to. In New York, I used to revel when I found a store I recognized - a Banana Republic tucked into a corner or the rare Chipotles on a busy street. Even the Duane Reade's, the city's version of CVS, was a unique treasure - repetitive, but still with an "only in New York" flair. Instead, in Sugar Land, I cringe at the rows of Best Buys, Targets, Walmarts, Panera Breads, Bank of Americas and Dennys...begin again 4 blocks later.
Where is the individuality? The uniqueness? Sugar Land tried so hard to create flair, that it ended up with none. It's like the annoying kid who tried to get in with the popular group ... sadly, he had everything, but individuality.
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