Kingwood to Sugar Land (Houston, New Territory: home, established neighborhood, living)

[BEVH]

If a person has to live with Trees and a forest and will work in Sugar Land is Kingwood the answer (closest forest) Someone said it would take 2 hours to commute. Is that truly accurate? It is important to have 100% correct answers so we can househunt in a week.

I need trees or perhaps the coast is that possible?

[chris_ut]

from: Kingwood, TX to: sugar land, tx - Google Maps

A lot depends on where you live in Kingwood and where your work is in Sugar Land, if both are near to the highway than that can save you 30 minutes easy. I have driven onramp to offramp in 45 minutes but of course traffic is dependent on when you will be doing the drive. I can tell you that I would be hating life if I had to make that commute daily during rushhour.

[modster]

There are trees in a lot of different sections of Houston. Commuting from Kingwood to Sugarland would be HORRIBLE! Besides being totally unnecessary.

[EclecticEars]

The commute would be HELL! The coast is even farther away than forest. Sugarland is smack dab on coastal plain terrain. Try finding something in Meyerland, or maybe Northwest Houston off US 290 down to the Sam Houston Tollway even, but that would still be an hour easy.

You might just have to bite the bullet and live in Sugarland in a "special" community that regulates the destruction of trees. (In other words, find a neighborhood w/trees.)

[BEVH]

Thanks. I hate living without water or trees. I live 1/2 mile from the Ocean on the West Coast now. Bummer having to leave

[tstone]

Sugar Land has trees. They are the usual ash, tallow, oak and elm that shed leaves every fall. No foliage to speak of, just green to yellow to brown. This is the common scenery about 40-50 miles up the coast and also from Sugar Land to Katy to Cypress. It is what it is.

I know you've posted here before asking about things so I need to make an honest suggestion to you. You're gonna need to make a sacrifice and deal with it. Before you move here, you need to fully accept the fact that Houston and the West coast are two entirely different places altogether. What beauty you have there, you will never, I repeat NEVER find here. And those cheerleaders and apologists who tell you otherwise are just deluding themselves.

[BEVH]

Thanks TStone. I guess I will bite it and live near work. It is a hard decision to uproot and move there but paying cash for a home makes the decision easier. I am just upset.

[MDMontemayor]

Theres plenty or nice area in Sugarland with trees and it's not too far from the coast. As much as I like Kingwood, I wouldn't recommend living there if you have to drive to Sugarland daily. GL

[Topaz]

Although I haven't been there yet, this park in Sugar Land seems nice:

Parks and Recreation - Parks Facilities - Community Parks - Oyster Creek Park

Click on the aerial photos.

[sophie5]

I've posted this for you before on another thread. Kingwood to Sugarland takes over an hour in no traffic. That commute would be horrendous. If you want trees, you need to look in some of the more established neighborhoods (ie Greatwood, New Territory, First Colony). They will not be as tall as some places (we are in the process of relocating to SC this summer, and there are tall trees there), but they will be tall enough to provide some shade...

Sorry you are bumming...

Aside from that, we have lived in Sugar Land for 12 years and have loved every minute of it. We feel very fortunate to have lived in one of the nicest places in Houston.

BTW, where in sugar land will you be working?