Would you live in Galveston? (Port Arthur, Texas City: condo, homes, casino)

[camntx]

Nope. I like visiting some parts of it, but I couldn't see myself ever living there in the state that it's presently in.

[TXRyan23]

Originally Posted by Lee W.

Never! Visit, yes. But it's not safe to live there. I'm not wanting to risk my life trying to survive major hurricanes! Not to mention owning a house that ends up flooded or washed away.

I was thinking the same thing about trying to survive gunshots in North Houston..

I would live in Galveston over Houston. You can evacuate from a Hurricane.. It's hard to dodge a bullet.

[annie_himself]

If the city had things to actually keep me on the island, yes. Presently, I would get very bored unless it was more like Daytona or South Padre.

[bamba_boy]

Not only WOULD live there but I DID live there for two years. Didn't have kids then. I think you'd want to make sure you could give them plenty of home enrichment or have income for a private school if you came here with kids. Not the best public schools from what I've been told.

You also have to have a certain sort of non-materialistic attitude to be here. If you buy a house, you have to be willing to pay for good flood and windstorm insurance and be willing to leave whenever a hurricane threatens - potentially saving just whatever you can fit into your car or truck. It's a sandbar 3 miles off into the ocean, after all. Beautiful and fun to live on the other 99.9% of the time but perilous in a big hurricane.

[eepstein]

If there truly was an "armpit" of Texas, Galveston would be it.

Originally Posted by An0nym0us88

I'm just curious if anyone would live in Galveston and work there?

Galveston is where I go every summer and I love it. I know the water is not so great but it's fun! The seafood there are the best.

I'm aware most of the jobs there are tourism, right?

[DanielWayne]

I am surprised at how many people actually -want- to live in Galveston.

[Dr.Mcninja]

Had the option, and turned it down. Galveston was just too much of an enigma for me. I don't want to raise my kids in a town with biker festivals, cruise ships, and not much else.
I still visit though.

[TXRyan23]

Originally Posted by Dr.Mcninja

Had the option, and turned it down. Galveston was just too much of an enigma for me. I don't want to raise my kids in a town with biker festivals, cruise ships, and not much else.
I still visit though.

Not to sound like an ass, but what exactly is there to do in Corpus other then the beach ?

[Trainwreck20]

I lived on Galveston for the better part of a year while on a work assignment. It is a unique place and I enjoyed living there for about 9 months, but then it started to get old for a couple of reasons:
- constant tourism factor - it gets really old when half the people there are tourists. It is amazing that people can be 'ugly Americans' in their own country.
- high alcohol consumption/low motivation - obviously, it does not apply to everyone, but it often seems like it does. There is a large voluntarily under-employed, just-getting-by, heavy drinking crowd of people with next to no motivation. Fun to drink with , but not the material for long-term friendship.
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The city council is laughable and as crooked as they come

- Well, not sure it is just the city council. The island politics are old-school Louisiana style politics, semi-mafi-like. A few people own/run everything, pretty much.

I really like Galveston and lament the fact that it could do so much better.

[tstone]

Originally Posted by eepstein

If there truly was an "armpit" of Texas, Galveston would be it.

With that comment, I'm assuming you've never been to Port Arthur / Sabine Pass.