Texas bound (West, Plains, New Waverly: house insurance, house, movie theaters)

[Schlick]

Hi Everyone,

My family and I are looking into moving to Texas, around the New Waverly area.
I have never been to Texas , but my husband does lots of buisness in this area, and feels this would be a nice area for our growing family.

I am hoping someone out there can answer a few Questions that I have about this town and area.
1. Is New waverly a nice town?
2. We have 3 girls (11-16) and they are into all kinds of sports and shopping.... would this be a good town for them?
3. I would like a town that offers good shopping and good jobs. And other activities like movie theaters and swimming etc.
4. what would be the surrounding towns that would be good commuting distance and family friendly?
5.A safe town and neighbourhood,and good schools.
6. is there on area of texas that has more tornados or more bugs?
7. and which area has the higher house taxes? or higher house insurance?

Thanks for all your help, if there is any other information that you feel would be important to this move please feel free to voice it.

Schlick

[KewGee]

Originally Posted by Schlick

Hi Everyone,

My family and I are looking into moving to Texas, around the New Waverly area.
I have never been to Texas , but my husband does lots of buisness in this area, and feels this would be a nice area for our growing family.

I am hoping someone out there can answer a few Questions that I have about this town and area.
1. Is New waverly a nice town?
2. We have 3 girls (11-16) and they are into all kinds of sports and shopping.... would this be a good town for them?
3. I would like a town that offers good shopping and good jobs. And other activities like movie theaters and swimming etc.
4. what would be the surrounding towns that would be good commuting distance and family friendly?
5.A safe town and neighbourhood,and good schools.
6. is there on area of texas that has more tornados or more bugs?
7. and which area has the higher house taxes? or higher house insurance?

Thanks for all your help, if there is any other information that you feel would be important to this move please feel free to voice it.

Schlick

Historical tornado activity in the New Waverly area is near Texas' state average. It is 88% greater than the entire country's average.

Since 1950, Walker County has only had 13 tornadoes, not bad for Texas. East Texas is not in what is called the "Tornado Alley" part of Texas. Be prepared for much humidity and heat.

Texas is pretty much full of bugs; one can't escape them. In the more humid areas, I believe they might even be more plentiful than in the drier areas of west Texas.

Try www dot greatschools dot net for information about the schools in the district.

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Good luck, and hopefully someone who lives there will respond to your post.

[Just Lookin]

Quote:
East Texas is not in what is called the "Tornado Alley" part of Texas. Be prepared for much humidity and heat.

Thank you, thank you. So many people told me that East Texas was Tornado Alley. PHEW!!! So glad to hear it isn't.

[Vicman]

http://www.new-waverly.k12.tx.us/ = New Waverly ISD

The district includes:
* New Waverly Elementary School = PK-3
* New Waverly Intermediate Schol = 4-5
* New Waverly Junior High School = 6-8
* New Waverly High School = 9-12

[KewGee]

Originally Posted by Bound for Texas

Quote:
East Texas is not in what is called the "Tornado Alley" part of Texas. Be prepared for much humidity and heat.

Thank you, thank you. So many people told me that East Texas was Tornado Alley. PHEW!!! So glad to hear it isn't.

The website I checked for the information shows the red area to be the significant tornado alley area for the country. Click on the attachment to see that it just misses east Texas.

[sarason]

all of texas is tornado alley, contrary to what you have been told.as far as new waverly goes i am from coldspring which is 15 miles away,trust me you do not want to live in either town.there are more drugs and violence in that area than in any part of texas.have you ever heard of the movie "terror on 59"? it is the true story of the corrupt sheriff and deputies that used to control that entire county,a reporter from austin discovered the corruption and wrote a book about it which was later turned into a moviein the 70s.do not be fooled thinking ,oh that was along time ago, trust me it is just as corrupt as ever.and you do not even want to hear what i have to say about the idiots that run the school system,but i will tell you there are certainly alot of kids that are home schooled around there.try conroe that is a nice place check out lake conroe.

[KewGee]

Originally Posted by sarason

all of texas is tornado alley, contrary to what you have been told.

Wikipedia says it best......

Tornado Alley is a colloquial term most often used in reference to the area of the United States in which tornadoes are most frequent. It encompasses the great lowland areas of the Mississippi, the Ohio and lower Missouri River Valleys, as well as the Southeast. Although no state is entirely free of tornadoes, they are most frequent in the Plains area between the Rocky Mountains and Appalachians. Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Iowa, and Missouri are entirely within Tornado Alley, as well as Northeastern Texas, Eastern Colorado, Northern Louisiana, Central and Southern Minnesota, and South Dakota, Northwestern Mississippi, Central and Southern Illinois Southwestern Indiana, and parts of Central, southeast and southwest parts of Nebraska. Also small parts of far Western Tennessee and Kentucky are typically included as well as some parts of Wisconsin.

The "map" link above is from the same site and under the map is written:

An outline of Tornado Alley in the United States, here defined as the area where approximately 1 day or greater per decade contained a significant tornado.

So there you have it.

[Just Lookin]

Originally Posted by amjb

The website I checked for the information shows the red area to be the significant tornado alley area for the country. Click on the attachment to see that it just misses east Texas.

Thanks amjb, I appreciate it a lot.

[wildkat]

Just checking to see if you ever made your move??? I live here in New Waverly, and I am very happy. Funny, I do not know what the corrupt stuff is about. AND, check out our test scores for the district, we blew some surrounding schools out of the water.