Houston a good place to live?

You answered your own question. You don't get why people complain about commuting cause you don't commute. Unfortunately, the majority of folks in Houston DO commute. Some of them very long commutes. I used to work in Sugarland and commute from Champions. It was a 35 minute commute on days with no traffic and up to an hour one way when it was heavy. Thats about 1/5-2 hours a day in the car. And then there was the tolls/gas. I was paying approximately $18 per day. That adds up. And no, I wasn't going to move and it took 2 years to find a job that was closer.

Thank god for Sirius sattelite radio.

 

Move to Beaumont. It's awesome.

 

Well, those are the suburbs. I don't really consider Sugar Land part of Houston, those kinds of places are their own town. The fact is, if you really live IN Houston, its no different from any other city. Living in Sugar Land and complaining about the commute to Houston is like living in Long Island and complaining about the commute to manhatten

 

but that's exactly it... you worked in sugar land but lived in champions. name me another major city where you could live 30 miles from work and avoid a long commute? that's like living in cedar park and working in buda or living in san mateo and working in downtown SF... of course you have a long commute! and it's not like sugar land is just so expensive to live in and champions is the closest place you can afford... you simply chose to live far away from your office.

i'll never understand this. and i'm not picking on you specifically but i hear this all the damn time from people who b**** about houston traffic. find me another major city where you can live 30+ miles away from your office yet somehow avoid a lengthy commute and i'll find you a unicorn riding a moped.

 

Can't go wrong with Sugar Land, Katy, or Pearland.

If I was going to move to Houston for the first time and I had explored, I would try Cinco Ranch. That area still has a lot of development to go, and it's turned out great so far. Sugar Land isn't as great as it used to be (population growth has brought it down a little), but it's a good area. Pearland is solid too. Sugar Land is very diverse (as is most of Houston), so you're going to find a lot of Asians there.

 

you are missing the point. Generally speaking in a place like houston vs. say somewhere compact there is lots of driving. for example I have friends in pearland, champions, league city, sugarland, etc. The general joke and understanding of houston for those that know anything is is takes about 45 minutes to go pretty much anywhere. Sure you can live close to something but what are you going to tell the oddball friend that doesnt want to live in a small place in the heights and lives in pearland? or the other one that lives in champions? Not coming over too far?

Houston is a spread out place that requires lots and lots of driving. Texas is spread out. Texas is big. 'Everything is bigger in texas'

Its a mindset thing too and driving is part of the culture and lifestyle of houston. As much as you think its all inside the loop its not. Not sure why this is so hard to accept.

 

nice fix

 

Houston is a great city. I was born and raised here and I love it. The friendly people and atmosphere makes Houston a wonderful city. It has tons of jobs. It has a lot of good restaurants and shopping. Houston meet all the criteria.

I bet you will like here.

 

If your from Houston it is.. Nothing wrong with smoking the weed and bouncing by your rules.. Just Hipster/Hippy are rather negative things to most people.

 

What city and surrounding cities doesn't have that concept/problem?

 

My address in Champions when I lived there was Houston, TX 77070.

 

Years ago when I lived in Piscataway, NJ I used to commute longer than an hour by multiple modes of transportation to Manhattan. I had a 10 minute drive to the train staion, a 30 minute train ride from Dunellen, NJ to Newark, change trains and go into Penn Station on 34th street with about a 5 minute walk from there. Most of the commute I could read, sleep, finish paperwork or just zone out. It was almost a relaxing way to wind down from work.

Commuting in a car however is stressful as there is no precise estimate of when you will arrive, traffic is sometimes bumper to bumper for 15-25 minutes and you are sitting there wasting time.

I never made the claim that other cities don't suffer from the same problem. Of course its bad to commute anywhere. I do disagree with you that commuting in Houston is no worse than elsewhere. The distances you have to drive there which are longer than almost any city make that an obvious fact.

 

negative to most but they're wrong so clearly they have some catching up to do...

Houston actually has the potential to be a really interesting place with each opposing force (conservatism vs modern liberalism) each being driven by the necessary pursuit of capital. Texas as a whole, really. But that'll take a while before ppl in the boonies actually start reading books

 

77002 FTW.

 

I believe it comes from a worth ethic that is associated with people that live and move to Houston. For the most part it is a work hard for your family and live a righteous life. Houston is the most diverse large city in the world and has a disdain for people that associate themselves as non productive citizens.

 

Sugarland, League City, or Pearland.

Move here and open a restaurant. When you need a sales rep give me a call .

 

feels like september in January =(

 

^^^^^ btw...if youre really on top of ur ish...and have a budget of 600K for a new home...get two 300k homes...and see if u can rent one out...that way u can make a little change on the side...just depends on what u wanna do...

good luck on the move...