Work in Jersey Village/live in Magnolia-bad idea? (Houston, Pasadena: homes, construction)

[FromColorado]

Is anyone familiar with Magnolia? We are moving from CO to Houston this summer looking to spend under $250k and need good elementary schools. We are looking for a small town type of place to live in near Houston - Jersey Village. According to Google Maps it is a 45 minute commute. I'm wondering if the commute is worth it, or should we look at a suburb closer to work?

[moloko13]

Pasadena is a great place to live... Deer Park has great schools

[DejaBlue]

Originally Posted by moloko13

Pasadena is a great place to live... Deer Park has great schools

Ok don't spam for Pasadena. That's ridiculous advice.

Depending on what time you work it wouldn't be too nice. You'd be taking the Tomball Parkway/249 into work then the Beltway. Everyone and their mom is on 249 coming from Tomball and back and it's pretty bumper to bumper. I come from Louetta to the Beltway and that's a cool 30-45mins of my commute in the morning right there. There's slow and there's almost always cops riding 249 and Tomball. One every stretch.

Once past 249 it's smooth sailing pretty much.

Coming from Magnolia just being on the parkway to about Louetta or Spring Cypress would probably be 45 mins if you're in rush hour. No joke.

(As it is, I need to get off CD and get my butt dressed right now)

[crone]

Three families I know moved to Magnolia and stayed 3 years before coming back to Champions.

[desertsun41]

Pasadena, Deer Park? Yea sure. That 1 post 1 hit wonder is just a spammer. That would be an impossible commute unless you had a helicopter.

You were not clear if your job is in Jersey Village or Magnolia. Whatever direction you're going I would not want to do it and I suspect no one here would. Magnolia is a small town feel. It's kinda nice there. Jersey Village is just as congested as anywhere else in this area.

For your sanity you want to move where highway 290 will not have to be a part of your life. Trust me or scan back to other threads on this topic. Hey take a look at Tomball. That's a nice small town feel with a really nice downtown main street and lower cost homes. If you were commuting to Magnolia it would be a breeze. My use of the word "breeze" is very different in Houston where the worst traffic jambs on earth can be found 24/7.

[EasilyAmused]

Just set up shop in Copperfield. Commute will be 15 minutes max, depending where on Jersey Village you work.

[HoustonBornNRaised]

Why Magnolia? Do you need land?

FM 249 is a mess, and it's going to get worse when they start construction on the tollway. Head south on it one day, at around 4:30pm and take a look at the traffic heading north. It's unreal. Then you have the lovely transition from FM 249 to the beltway. The flyover that wasn't. But there will be one soon, and when construction starts on that, I'd expect that intersection to get even worse.

You could always take some backroads and snake your way to and from work, and while you may be moving the entire time, your commute will probably double.

[KatieKennedy]

There are lots of places closer to Jersey Village to live if you are going to work there. The commute from Magnolia would be a nightmare. It may look close as the crow flies, but the roads between the two are jammed.

[Cbink]

Originally Posted by EasilyAmused

Just set up shop in Copperfield. Commute will be 15 minutes max, depending where on Jersey Village you work.

I would look out towards Cypress too. Depending on where you live, although 290 is the most obvious and direct route, there are other options available to you. Schools are good in Cy-Fair too. The worst parts of 290 are around Fairbanks and then where 290/I-10/610 meet. Although there is traffic from say Huffmeister towards the beltway in the mornings, it isn't too bad for the relatively short commute you'd have.

I'll be one more that says that living in Magnolia and commuting to Jersey Village just isn't worth it.

[a_guerrajr]

Fairfield, coles crossing, towne lake, bridge land, rock creek

magnolia is if you need land.