What is life like in Conroe/Woodlands area? (Houston, The Woodlands: employment, utilities)

[Texas User]

Originally Posted by Christoph83

You can't honostly be serious... There aren't any areas in The Woodlands that I would even remotely be classified as slum areas.

What about Sawdust?

[AlexTx]

Originally Posted by Texas User

What about Sawdust?

Just vacuum it up when you're done with the project. And wear safty googles so it doesn't get in your eyes.

[Christoph83]

Originally Posted by Texas User

What about Sawdust?

I live in a really nice apartment complex on Sawdust Rd. How do you concider the Sawdust area a slum? A slum is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security; sometimes also refered to as a shanty town, favela, skid row, barrio, ghetto and "The Hood." Do you REALLY think this accurately describes the Sawdsut area of The Woodlands?

[Texas User]

Originally Posted by AlexTx

Just vacuum it up when you're done with the project. And wear safty googles so it doesn't get in your eyes.

I am not assigned to any project. I don't work for the city.

[Texas User]

Originally Posted by Christoph83

I live in a really nice apartment complex on Sawdust Rd. How do you concider the Sawdust area a slum? A slum is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security; sometimes also refered to as a shanty town, favela, skid row, barrio, ghetto and "The Hood." Do you REALLY think this accurately describes the Sawdsut area of The Woodlands?

I don't but it maybe the least classy area.

[Indianspringsguy]

I really have a hard time defining the Sawdust area as anything negative. Yes, there is an area near the freeway that has more crime and lower income families, yet very far from a slum. I know people who would love to live in that area and I know people who have businesses there. It is not The Woodlands but has close access to the amenities of The Woodlands.

[sablank]

lol! You got it!

Businesses are all over The Woodlands, Magnolia, Montgomery, Spring and Conroe - definitely not limited to The Woodlands Mall area. And its building up every day. From even 3 years ago until now, its changed drastically.

[westhou]

Originally Posted by Texas User

Don't forget Katy, Cypress and Shenendoah, Friendswood.

Clear Lake can't be beat. If I was ever going to move back to the suburbs it would definitely be Clear Lake.

[Texas User]

Originally Posted by westhou

Clear Lake can't be beat. If I was ever going to move back to the suburbs it would definitely be Clear Lake.

What about Beaumont?

[clh8712]

Have lived in The Woodlands MPC (master planned community) for 11 years. Used to be a nice place until the developer got out of control. Now bulldozing trees for excessive commercial development, sometimes right next to houses. Montgomery County Tax Assessor milks The Woodlands and county govt gives the money to other parts of the county. Property taxes are outrageous and county services are poor, unless you like speed traps and red light cameras set up all over the place to extract yet more money from the residents. The Township Board is in the pocket of the developer. Beware before you move here, in terms of making sure your house is completely surrounded by other houses. Otherwise, this developer might build a nuclear waste processing plant next to your house.