Cities similar to Corpus (Houston, San Antonio: rentals, homes, neighborhoods)

[tbx290]

Hi all. So my girlfriend and I moved to Corpus about 2 months ago and love it, the only issue is that she is going to go back for graduate school and as you know, there are only a couple of schools here, both of which not offering her degree type.

We love how convenient SPID is, how relatively safe Corpus is (we live in the nice part btw), with all the food places to choose from, the gyms nearby, and the close vicinity to the H-E-B (regular and super) as well as to the Walmarts (regular and super as well, etc).

I'd like to know if y'all could recommend any cities with a similar feel.. it doesn't need to be near the ocean as Corpus is, as we don't go to the beach at all, but preferably a place that is diverse like Corpus, where it is close to everything.. kinda similar to SPID, and a place close to a good Christian church if possible. We were possibly considering Athens, Georgia as I have some family in Georgia, but now that we have been living in Corpus, we really want a place that has somethin similar to SPID, and a place with some diversity. When it comes to choosing her school, she's willing to drive an hour at the furthest if needed. Of course the closer the university is the better.

Thanks for your help.

[jbtx]

I recommend Austin,,, it's great town with plenty of school opportunities. Failing that, San Antonio has several good school choices. If your GF is into a medical field or other scientific areas of academic interest, Houston might be her best bet.

The atmosphere of Corpus is going to be hard to match elsewhere.

[tbx290]

Originally Posted by jbtx

I recommend Austin,,, it's great town with plenty of school opportunities. Failing that, San Antonio has several good school choices. If your GF is into a medical field or other scientific areas of academic interest, Houston might be her best bet.

The atmosphere of Corpus is going to be hard to match elsewhere.

Thanks jbtx.. I have heard that Austin is definitely a university/college city with awesome food .. however, we aren't much the partying types (used to be) but we don't want a place that's always going to have stuff constantly going on. How would you compare Austin to Corpus? We have also traveled through San Antonio, visted several different places, met with friends there, but .. we don't want to move there.

[love roses]

Galveston or thereabouts? Maybe Seabrook.

[jbtx]

tbx,

Then, by all means, stay in Corpus. Your GF can probably continue her studies on-line towards her degree program and if she has to go away for a short time for school,,, it is just that, a short time.

I think Corpus is unique, it is unlike San Antonio, very different from Houston, and nothing at all like the Rio Grande Valley towns. The closest town in character is the little city of Victoria 90 miles NE, but Victoria has only the VCC, (Victoria Community College), and the U of H (2 year under graduate school). Without knowing what your GF's course of studies are it is hard to give specific suggestions.

[tbx290]

Originally Posted by love roses

Galveston or thereabouts? Maybe Seabrook.

Hi Love Roses, Thanks for your reply back. Could you tell me a little about Galveston or Seabrook and how those cities are/the feel of them, in your opinion.

We're looking into Austin.. but still don't know how we will like it until actually visited there. There seem to be a lot more rentals for homes which is our ideal, .. but we're still unsure of where we want to go. Could you tell me how Galveston or Seabrook compare to Corpus?

[tbx290]

Originally Posted by jbtx

tbx,

Then, by all means, stay in Corpus. Your GF can probably continue her studies on-line towards her degree program and if she has to go away for a short time for school,,, it is just that, a short time.

I think Corpus is unique, it is unlike San Antonio, very different from Houston, and nothing at all like the Rio Grande Valley towns. The closest town in character is the little city of Victoria 90 miles NE, but Victoria has only the VCC, (Victoria Community College), and the U of H (2 year under graduate school). Without knowing what your GF's course of studies are it is hard to give specific suggestions.

We were thinking checking out Austin.. and even possibly Houston. Houston is where we wanted to go to originally as we have heard so many great things about Houston (but then again, we also heard so many great things about SA, and then we got there) and um, yeah we do not ever want to move there, so definitely going to the city-itself will make or break our decision. We need to do an official drive-through of neighborhoods/shopping areas in Houston and in Austin. I think we'll take a weekend to drive through those cities to kinda get a feel of it, see whether we like it or not and how convenient the shops are to where we would want to live.

Thanks jbtx

[Marlow]

Because the only reason you want to move is so that your GF can go to grad school, it seems like you first need to figure out where she can get the degree she wants and then see if any of those places offer what you like about CC. It won't do you any good to find another town you like if it doesn't have the school she needs.