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Originally Posted by live-fit
Greetings! I grew up in Buffalo, NY got married in my early 20's and we moved to the Northern VA area, started our family there and was there for 10 years. We really loved it there but we also really missed family so decided to sell our house and move back to Buffalo this past November BAD MOVE!
Love my family, can't tolerate living here. LOVED visiting here over the past 10 years but living here is SO different. Cold, Grey, really ugly parts of the city...people leaving in droves..it's depressing. Buffalo has a lot of great things to offer but high taxes, big government, and lack of jobs has hit the city hard. It's been 6 months and we're ready to leave - our family can jump on a plane to see us!
Any ways, we've narrowed the field of options to three cities, Charlotte, NC - Atlanta, GA - Houston, TX I'm familiar with Charlotte and Atlanta but never been to Houston but it looks great on paper and in pictures. I have 5 very active kids and need a big house, a lot of parks, fitness facility, and lots of things to do.
Are there any other transplants living in Houston? What advice can you give a busy family on your experience with culture, neighborhoods, schools, etc. in Houston. We're planning a visit out there in the next few weeks to scope it out. Thanks in advance!
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Yes, my family is considering moving to Houston in October '08. My wifes company has offered to relocate our family and promote her from middle to upper management.
It's going to be hard because our immediate family is up here, but I do have a cousin in the Houston area. One thing for sure, I won't miss winter for 6 months of the year...or Buffalo economy, or pollitics.
As you know, Buffalo is where great dreams come to die...and if they won't die, the politicians do their best to make it impossible for any real developement, or revitialization. No payola, no dream. Heck we even gave Bass Pro $13 Million dollars to consider locating to our city, then when they said; "No thanks", we said, OK, thanks for the consideration! HELLO!
No wonder its the second poorest city in our nation. As you mentioned it is cold, grey, bleak and dirty. 15 years ago we moved into a nice middle income neighborhood...5 years later all the homeowners sold, and now its become a nasty neighborhood...crackheads, etc...so much for property values.
Heres a city that gets $500 million a year for school and can''t mantain a decent public school district, they say they need more money! HELLO! That's $26,000 per student and another $10,000 a year that could be put away for college...if paided directly to the students.
I'm lookin forward to the move...we need to think of our childerns future, and WNY holds nothing for them.
As far as NY state....we'll lets think of an assinine law and pass it so we can collect a larger tax base. How about if you smoke in a car, or bar, or in public, we'll fine you. If you have a crooked licensse plate thats $120! Beleive me, I just got nailed! We'll permit native americans to have casino's, but just don't build them anywhere. For get a handgun, possing fireworks, or getting cheap gas at the reservations...cause we'll tax that too...
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05-07-2008, 03:27 AM
WNY to Northern VA to WNY to Houston? Any transplants out there? Interested in your experience living in Houston
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