Cypress, Sharpstown and Pearland

[nana053]

Originally Posted by Nick_tx

Could you elaborate?

Elaborate on the politics or the racism? I don't intend to discuss the particular racism issue because it is still a brewing lawsuit. There have been incidents at the high school (from 2007) - Two students hung a noose in the high school parking lot as a copy cat to the incident in Jena, LA. I quit one yahoo group because I was tired of racist comments about the Obamas (not about their politics, but nasty racist stuff).

On the east/west divide, I suspect that this happens because the west side has grown so fast and parts of the west side have not yet been annexed. I know many east side folks did not want us to get our library, although the city council has been supportive. It will be a small storefront, and will open sometime in the spring. It's a money issue for those who feel that we are wealthy and should not get city money. I experienced a similar thing in Evanston, IL but it was a north/south divide.

[RiceU2008]

Yeah I also noticed the East and West divide in Pearland

[AK123]

Originally Posted by Novamax

I am a reporter with a Houston-based magazine and I am working on a story about Houston's hottest neighborhoods. What can this forum tell me about those three neighborhoods? What are the advantages and disadvantages of these three? (They don't need to be compared against each other, but you can if you want.)

Which offers the best investment potential? Which is the best for families? What type of person should think about each of those neighborhoods?

Cypress - bedroom community with several master-planned neighborhoods. Bad commute into town. Family-friendly.

Sharpstown - downtrodden area that went bad mostly from the over-building of apartments. Poor performing schools, crime around many areas. Not sure who it would be best for. Wealthy people/families would opt for West University or Bellaire/Meyerland, otherwise completely skip over Sharpstown to go out to Sugar Land.

Pearland - popular for families with workers in the Texas Medical Center. Closeness to the coast is an issue with insurance. I think of it sort of as a less established, less affluent version of Sugar Land.

[Cbink]

Originally Posted by AK123

Cypress - bedroom community with several master-planned neighborhoods.

Why is Cypress being isolated as a bedroom community. This is true for nearly all the Houston suburbs, including Katy, Sugar Land, Pearland and The Woodlands where the majority of people commute considerable distances to work.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by Cbink

Why is Cypress being isolated as a bedroom community.

Because it is.

Originally Posted by Cbink

This is true for nearly all the Houston suburbs, including Katy, Sugar Land, Pearland and The Woodlands where the majority of people commute considerable distances to work.

It's not equally true for all of the suburbs. Sugar Land and the Woodlands, at least, have pretty significant corporate presence and house several large company locations. While most of the residents may still be commuting to Houston, lots of people I know living in Sugar Land work at one of the big companies in Sugar Land, and lots of people I know living in the Woodlands work at one of the big companies in the Woodlands. Also, Cypress is all just Houston ETJ to my knowledge, not an actual city.

[Novamax]

Many thanks to all who answered my questions. That is some very solid background information.

As for those of you who slammed me as lazy, go pound sand. I am in the extremely early stages of reporting this story, and I will be talking to dozens of people along the way. It won't even see print until June.