Towns and communities with liberal bent (Houston, Pasadena: fit in, apartment complexes, home)

[jimdc58]

What are some of the more liberal areas around Houston? What towns/suburbs/communities have a liberal rather than a conservative bent? I started looking at Sugar Land, based on property values, only to find that it is the home of ultraconservativism.

Any input would be appreciated.

[City Love]

Midtown, Montrose, Upper Kirby. The inner loop west area.

What are you looking for? Lifestyle, schools, or overall atmosphere?

[tstone]

Suburban = none. Well, maybe in the predominantly black parts of Missouri City. However that's going to be a different type of 'liberal'. The ones I know out there are still church-going & extremely family oriented. That's a different type of liberal vs. a young white guy who moved to a home in the inner-city ghetto to fix it up for a potential profit.

I do know in Clear Lake there were a couple of precincts that voted almost 50/50. But those precincts were essentially groups of apartment complexes, lots of college (UHCL) students, and they had a horrible voter turnout to boot. In the neighborhoods it was still a good 60/40 'conservative.' Not like these Republican hacks today are true conservatives....

I never thought Sugar Land was 'ultra' conservative. More like a red shade of purple. Ultra-conservative would be more like the Texas Panhandle.

[modster]

Sugarland gave us Tom DeLay, so I would say it was conservative.

The more progressive areas would be closer in. Montrose, Heights, Bellaire, those would probably top the list, although most closer in areas would probably be more liberal. I would include Westbury & Meyerland too. Of course that is painting with a broad brush of generalizations. Your mileage may vary.

[LostInHouston]

This may be of some help... here are some maps showing how the precincts in Harris County voted in the last two presidential elections: http://images.chron.com/content/news.../obamamaps.pdf

[jfre81]

Outside of the city proper nothing comes to mind. Inner Houston ends and Texas begins quite quickly.

[tstone]

Originally Posted by LostInHouston

This may be of some help... here are some maps showing how the precincts in Harris County voted in the last two presidential elections: http://images.chron.com/content/news.../obamamaps.pdf

Great info!

Looks like if you're in the "trendy" spots inside the loop and west of S Shepherd / Greenbriar, you're in the moderate red-zone. Even then, what's "blue" in the trendy zone is still moderately blue.... not like some people here would like you to believe. It does appear a good majority of the solid blue areas are ghetto. No surprise there.

And those Memorial Villages seems to be the 'reddest' part of the city limit. They have something in common with the outer hick-ville areas. Hmm... BTW do I see some segregation way out east? (You don't say... )

Though I am surprised heavily Hispanic Pasadena is completely moderate red. Lots of barrio on the SE side is moderately red, too.

[jfre81]

Personally I wouldn't use the results of a single election to be the definitive political litmus test of any location. There were a lot of unique factors in the '08 presidential election. Then of course mixed in there are some political freaks of nature like myself who don't fit into any partisan divisions

[MrSykes]

Originally Posted by modster

Sugarland gave us Tom DeLay, so I would say it was conservative.

The more progressive areas would be closer in. Montrose, Heights, Bellaire, those would probably top the list, although most closer in areas would probably be more liberal. I would include Westbury & Meyerland too. Of course that is painting with a broad brush of generalizations. Your mileage may vary.

Haha, Bellaire??

Surely you jest.

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by MrSykes

Haha, Bellaire??

Surely you jest.

Yeah, this is where you get shot by cops in your own driveway if you're black.