Is Sugar Land a good place to raise a family? how about the... (Houston: crime rate, good schools)

[zainuby]

Thank you all for your insight and suggestions!
Very helpful.

[honeyinhouston]

You're leaving Northern California for Houston? Get ready for a culture shock.

[Htown2013]

Sugar Land is probably the area in Houston metro that is most similar to Northern Cal, but it is still very different. Weather is completely different. Sugar Land is a mulicultural suburb/satellite city with great schools and overall good place to raise family where diversity exists and is welcome much more than other places.

[PinkLadyK]

Originally Posted by Htown2013

Sugar Land is probably the area in Houston metro that is most similar to Northern Cal, but it is still very different. Weather is completely different. Sugar Land is a mulicultural suburb/satellite city with great schools and overall good place to raise family where diversity exists and is welcome much more than other places.

Really? Care to expand on this? I'm no expert on either, but I would not have guessed this.

[ipuck]

Originally Posted by PinkLadyK

Really? Care to expand on this? I'm no expert on either, but I would not have guessed this.

Sugar Land is the most diversified area and suburb in Houston. A big part of that is due to the Asians living there of course. In certain areas and schools, Asians actually are the majority population. These make the area very unique in that perspective as there are no other areas with high income that are not white majority.

There also seem to be quite a bit other well off immigrants (not just Asians) living in Sugar Land so the area have quite a few ethnic shops and restaurants than other places.

Because of all those factors, I think immigrants tend to feel more at home in these area than other places as there are so many of them.

[zainuby]

Lollll

[LocalPlanner]

Originally Posted by ipuck

Sugar Land is the most diversified area and suburb in Houston. A big part of that is due to the Asians living there of course. In certain areas and schools, Asians actually are the majority population. These make the area very unique in that perspective as there are no other areas with high income that are not white majority.

There also seem to be quite a bit other well off immigrants (not just Asians) living in Sugar Land so the area have quite a few ethnic shops and restaurants than other places.

Because of all those factors, I think immigrants tend to feel more at home in these area than other places as there are so many of them.

Pearland is equally or maybe more diverse than Sugar Land ethnically (measuring it quantitatively). I don't think it has any majority-Asian areas however (though there might be individual streets or subdivisions that are). Of course any one group having a majority over a large area means less diversity, in reality.

[detachable arm]

Originally Posted by LocalPlanner

Of course any one group having a majority over a large area means less diversity, in reality.

"Diverse" means not white. So when someone is asking for a diverse area, they are looking for places that don't have too many white people.

On the flip side when someone who lives in an overwhelmingly white part of the city such as Oak Forest or Montrose, when they talk about other areas' "diverse populations" they are really talking about "colored people." Except you can't use that term nowadays unless you are telling someone what NAACP means. Diverse is the latest term for colored.

[NYC_transplant_in_Houston]

Originally Posted by detachable arm

"Diverse" means not white. So when someone is asking for a diverse area, they are looking for places that don't have too many white people.

On the flip side when someone who lives in an overwhelmingly white part of the city such as Oak Forest or Montrose, when they talk about other areas' "diverse populations" they are really talking about "colored people." Except you can't use that term nowadays unless you are telling someone what NAACP means. Diverse is the latest term for colored.

Diverse does not mean not white. It mean a mix of race / ethnicities and that can includes whites. It also does not necessarily mean "don't have too many white people.".

[ToyYot]

Originally Posted by Htown2013

Sugar Land is probably the area in Houston metro that is most similar to Northern Cal, but it is still very different. Weather is completely different.

Wow! Didn't know this, guess I'll plan my August vacation for Sugar Land instead of the Canadian Rockies !