Thinking about moving to Galveston (Houston, Howe: homes, middle school, to live in)

[crone]

That salt water breeze plays he77 with paint. Galveston has always been in a state of not so genteel decline. That is just the way it looks driving down the road. Inside some of those houses will surprise you.

We lived there a hundred years ago and loved it. Being a resident and being a visitor or vacation home owner were very different.

[k28mas]

If you like the beach and/or fishing it is a nice place to live. You should check out which schools are better.

Galveston was once a large slave colony and many haven't left. If you know the schools and neighborhoods. You'll do fine. I suggest driving around all the neighborhoods first.

[Sunderpig2]

Yeah right; "once a large slave colony". What a bunch of &^#$. There's no truth to that, and I challenge anyone to come up with such data...

[k28mas]

Originally Posted by Sunderpig

Yeah right; "once a large slave colony". What a bunch of &^#$. There's no truth to that, and I challenge anyone to come up with such data...

Wow, you don't know your hisotry and have never worked on Galveston Island, such as I have done.

History of Galveston, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Black Genesis Galveston - SoulOfAmerica

SLAVERY, URBAN | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)

Table of Contents and Excerpt, Cotham, Battle on the Bay

[crone]

Originally Posted by Sunderpig

Yeah right; "once a large slave colony". What a bunch of &^#$. There's no truth to that, and I challenge anyone to come up with such data...

Sunderpig, what I am about to tell you is the honest to God truth. In 1965 my mother married a man who was a Galveston native. He did well and bought a house in Cedar Lawn Circle. While negotiating for the house he was told "Old Shep comes with the house". He thought Old Shep was a dog and said OK. Old Shep was a very old and very fragile man who had been a slave as a child. He never left Galveston. Don't know how he ended up at that house. He lived in the apartment over a 4 car garage. By the time my mom was there, he was very close to death. He was always cared for by the owner of that house. Don't know anything about slaves and Galveston, but I remember Old Shep, because my mom made his breakfast, lunch and dinner and saw to it that it was consumed.

[jdw7337]

When it comes to Galveston, the schools are terrible, to get into a nice home, it won't be cheap and the beaches aren't worth it. If your in it for any of these reasons it might be better to look at homes in Bayside communities closer to Houston were schools are better, homes are cheaper, and the water is bluer. That's what my family did. Galveston, for most people, is just a vacation spot that they would hate to live in. You might want to research the clear lake area (expensive), Baytown, or even the Chambers County area.

If you just have to live in Galveston, you need to look westward, but not past the seawall's end. The Schools here are average & the homes are newer and more affordable. Plus you don't have a huge tourist surge in that area until you get close to Moody Gardens.

[texas7]

Originally Posted by Sunderpig

Yeah right; "once a large slave colony". What a bunch of &^#$. There's no truth to that, and I challenge anyone to come up with such data...

I dined at a really nice restaurant prior to Ike and learned the history of that area of Galveston - all the grocery stores were on corners with alleys so that the slaves (and later black help) could go through the alley and backdoor because they didn't want them using the front entries of the stores.

[Sunderpig2]

Originally Posted by k28mas

Wow, you don't know your hisotry and have never worked on Galveston Island, such as I have done.

History of Galveston, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Black Genesis Galveston - SoulOfAmerica

SLAVERY, URBAN | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)

Table of Contents and Excerpt, Cotham, Battle on the Bay

Just because slaves existed in Galveston at one time, didn't make it a "slave colony". Slaves existed throughout the US in the 19th century, and to a lesser degree in the 18th century.

By your twisted definition, that would have made entire US a "slave colony".

[Sunderpig2]

Originally Posted by texas7

I dined at a really nice restaurant prior to Ike and learned the history of that area of Galveston - all the grocery stores were on corners with alleys so that the slaves (and later black help) could go through the alley and backdoor because they didn't want them using the front entries of the stores.

Man, from where do pull out this kind of stuff?!?

Since the end of slavery, most of the city has been wiped clean due to the 1900 and 1915 hurricanes, Hurricanes Carla, Alicia, and Ike, and over 100 years of decay in a hot humid environment. The only few exceptions are some brick buildings (homes, churches, etc.) that still exist, but have never been "grocery stores".

And the notion that alleyways around Galveston were created for slaves, is also utterly laughable.

Reading between the lines, your posts are essentially an avenue for subtly promoting racism.

[k28mas]

Originally Posted by Sunderpig

Just because slaves existed in Galveston at one time, didn't make it a "slave colony". Slaves existed throughout the US in the 19th century, and to a lesser degree in the 18th century.

By your twisted definition, that would have made entire US a "slave colony".

You should just quit. What is the offical defintion of a slave colony?

Anyways, go live in Galveston if you like.