Sugar Land - The good, the better, and the awesome

Having grown up in Sugar Land, I can attest to the fact that it is suburban hell. It's nothing but miles of strip shopping centers, soccer moms, and bad traffic. It's a decent place to live if you have kids and stuff, I guess. But, I always dread visiting my family during the holidays, as I'll have to spend the time over there.

Personally, I like it when I go back and go to Sam's Boat or Baker St. Pub, and run into people I knew from high school. And it's always the same losers who are still living at home at age 25, and "working and taking a few classes at Wharton JC."

 

Agreed. Can never fathom why, if one works in the downtown area, and given the financial resources, anyone would choose Sugar Land over Bellaire, University, River Oaks (!), Galleria, or any other one of the nicer inner loop districts. Added bonus that real estate should appreciate faster since there's no massive amount of land to build on in there.

 

Baqui, where you picked on in school in Houston? lol.

 

I live in an area similar to Sugar Land in the Dallas area. The one reason I'd rather live outside than inside is because I work inside and the last thing I want is the hustle and bustle of people, traffic, etc. all around me 24 hours a day. I want to get away from that when I go home. I just want to see my neighbors and not high rises and workplace buildings. Some areas of the "inside" aren't friendly to kids running around and playing, for example. A lot of people when they get in their 30's and beyond don't care about clubs, partying, etc. anymore. Also, for a lot of people a house is a home (thanks Luther!) and not a financial investment they're trying to flip for profit every few months or years.

It's all good though... different strokes for different folks, and none are really wrong.

 

That's what I love about those high school girls man. I get older, they stay the saaame age.

 

You thilly thavage!!

 

There is a big difference in house prices between the areas you mentioned and Sugar Land. A house that costs $250,000 in Sugar Land will easily be $700,000 plus in the areas you mentioned.

I've looked at tear-downs in West U that started at $300,000.

 

Seems that in Houston housing is:

a) nice homes in good family neighbourhoods
b) close to downtown and all the cool stuff
c) inexpensive.

You get to choose any two of the above

 

That sums it up perfectly.

 

But bigtexxx, did you notice that he asked the question? The need for rail, not busses, is evident.

vwiggin, the rail system is just being built. They only have 7 miles running now. Construction of the next 20 miles should get underway in a year or two. Rail will likely not go to the burbs anytime soon as they have to built the interior systems first. However, commuter rail to Sugarland and up 290 is currently being planned.

 

West U/Bellair is the most expensive area in Houston (except River Oaks). There are dozens of other neighborhoods, including several areas between West U and Hermann Park that are cheaper.

 

vwiggin,

http://www.hammondshomes.com/cgi-bin/display_flash.pl?metroplex=houston

Check out the above site, it will show you a simple map of where all these suburbs (Woodlands, SugarLand, and Pearland) are located at.

 

Not necesarily true. It depends on the location of the house. We sold our house for about 30% more than we paid for it, and bought a nicer one on the other side of the subdivision.

 

Hey dudes, On a personal note... moes himself is also thinking about getting the hell out dodge (aka 900 a month for a 1 bedroom California) I was thinking about just transfering to maybe UCSB, but I realized I don't really like anything about this place (besides maybe the weather)

I want to continue my education but I realize if I move out of state I'd probably have to work my first year to save up money and establish residency get the in-state tuition break.

Not 1, but 2 of my best friends will be moving to Texas within the next 6 months or so (Marshall and Dallas Area) I would love to still be able to see them every once in a while, but also be close to H-town to chill with all you cool people who I've never met and of course, to catch some r0x games. Being out here with no TV, i haven't been able to follow my team as well as I would have liked.

I just want to go somewhere were the odds aren't completely stacked against me right off the bat. Even if I get a decent job out here within the first year of completing my degrees, I still have to pay out the ass for a decent place to live. Tell me great stories of modern texan life.

 

I lived in Sugar Land for 5 years. It's a nice community if you are 60 years old and retired. Not much to do in that area, and it's a long drive to downtown on the week days.

 

There is a high security federal prison located on hte northern border of sugar land.

Other than that, it's a good community with everything you want to raise a family.