Young Professional relocating to Houston

[SouthernBoy205]

Originally Posted by thefoxtrotter

Hi all, I saw many relocating posts but none for single young professional so hopefully you can help me out.

I am moving from the suburbs of Detroit (believe it or not are really nice) so I really have no downtown city living experiences. I will be working in Westchase (Sam Houston Parkway & Westpark tollway) and prefer not to get stuck in traffic everyday.

I have friends from the same company who are living in the Galleria area and said it is okay. I like to party on the weekends but relax during the weekdays. Big into sports. I am thinking about renting a townhome/condo or a nice apartment.

Thanks for all the help!

Good Luck!

[NativeDetroiter73]

We're also from the Detroit area, relocating to south Texas, College Station to be exact. We had thought about Houston early on in the planning stages but the wife and I did not want to deal with the downtown city traffic. Houston pays a bit more in my profession but I think you're quality of life suffers with the commute in and out of the city every day. Detroit's rush hour is tame compared to Houston's! Good luck.

[HtownLove]

There is not much traffic downtown. Highways and streets like Louisiana, yes, but downtown traffic in general is tame compared to other downtown cities.

My quality of life doesn't suffer. I have no commute. It is so much easier if you live where you work.
A little research would show that there are very affordable areas, really close to downtown, that would make life so much easier for a lot of people.


But we do have horrendous rush hour traffic on the highways.

[SouthernBoy205]

Houston's traffic should go smoothly on its huge interstates!

[texas7]

You might try Midtown on the edge of Downtown. Great place for young, college-educated engineers .... I work downtown and most of the people with your background tend to live there or in the Heights.

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by texas7

or in the Heights.

The heights is cool. There is a bike path that you can ride from the heights to downtown.

[cheryjohns]

Originally Posted by HtownLove

its gotten that bad in 5 years??

I lived on Richmond near Gessner 5 years ago and it was pretty sweet

Yes, unfortunately. It still looks Ok - which is why I said it was deceptive. Crime is high in the apartments. That's the problem - too many apartments all together. The bad property managers accept felons, etc. The good property managers can't keep the area nice because of them.