Moving to North Houston

[jek74]

Originally Posted by jek74

People are not flocking to the Woodlands because they are told to, they are flocking there because it's affordable!!! Riddle me this batman. Say I've got a wife and two kids. I want to spend 250k on a house. Tell me where in the loop I can do that and NOT have to send my kids to private schools. River Oaks? LOL. Memorial? LOL. Bellaire? LOL. West U? LOL. Come on, I'm all ears. No, I'm serious, tell me where. As someone who recently moved here, I really want to know. All kidding aside.

I still am waiting to hear where all these 250k homes are in the loop with good schools. I REALLY want to know.

[Lost_In_Translation]

Originally Posted by jek74

I still am waiting to hear where all these 250k homes are in the loop with good schools. I REALLY want to know.

Westbury, Eastwood, candlelight plaza....good teachers at these schools, just need good active parents to help them shine. It's simply a matter of people believing in many of these areas and creating a critical mass to make it happen. In any case the definition of suburbs is a moving target as all of these areas were suburban at one time so only farther out suburbs get the designation now. The woodlands is fine but given a generation or so people will be complaining about the crime ridden woodlands CBD and having to commute from magnolia or something. The battle rages on. Houston will remain a good place to live for a while I think and with all of the green improvements it will only get better. But live where you want and don't worry about everyone else's opinion.

[bart01]

Originally Posted by OducksFTW!

would you like a definition of naive?

I believe if a mass of people who go to some artificially built "hip and cool" place thinking a feel of a community and neighborhood can be duplicated by a large scale developer looking to make a profit then yes naive is the word I would use.

I had a conversation with someone about the Woodlands and other "city center/town center" type areas that have people throwing their money on the weekends. And what she said struck me (she lives in the Woodlands) was how she describes us Houstonians and especially Suburban Houstonians as sheep. We easily herded to wherever a shepherd takes us.

What is wrong with loving where you live? it appears to me you have either not been to The Woodlands or you just want to condemn the area. I live in Katy Tx and I love it. I have been to The Woodlands several times (my sister lives there) and it is a beautiful place.

[Bily Lovec]

Originally Posted by David Dollar

Everyone I know won't set foot in The Woodlands. It is nothing but a bunch of chains centered around a big, suburban mall.

you should hang out with a better class of people