Moving to Houston with a Baby?

[vegankris]

Originally Posted by dickelfan

You need to consider the schools in whatever area you look at. That is why people live in places like Katy/Sugarland etc.

Ughhhh...every suburb claims to have the 'best' schools.

Do not be fooled into thinking you have to go to the burbs to have good schools or that you must live in the most expensive areas of the city. It just isn't true.

As far as safety, does economic stratification ensure safety? No. Poorer areas of the city are also safe and wealthier areas can be very crime ridden. And you just need to be smart and take responsibility for your own safety.

[DejaBlue]

The Loop is probably where you'll find younger people.

Though something just might have to give. You can't have it all. Party fun, night life, wall to wall 25 and under with kids. A lot of the young professionals in the Loop are at a different point. You guys are young but with a baby you're pretty much a mid 30s to the 20 somethings working and going out partying on the off nights.


I'd rent until you find what you want.

You'll have to bump up the budget for the Loop but I still think you'd be able to find something in one of the suburbs. The SW neighborhoods will be hell vs the actual burbs. Oak Forest, Westbury, etc will have MUCH older neighbors.

Sure Cypress, The Woodlands, etc will have older parents with kids but you'll be surrounded with at least the majority under 40. There are a good number of 30s in those areas but they're so scattered. A few block is maybe a couple 40/35 with elementary school kids and some 40-60 year olds who bought the house right when it was built, etc.b Those neighborhoods have a lot of empty nesters.

You'd be better off in one of the newer suburbs than an older established neighborhood.

[descovy]

A good part of the price increase "in the loop" is due to proximity to downtown, etc... Work locations. You pay more, but you live closer to "work"

However, your dh (at least) does not have a downtown work location. So the premium you pay to live close to downtown does no good in your situation.

If I were in your shoes (and I was 23 when my oldest was born) live in/near Jersey Village. It isn't full-on MPC like Fairfield, Coles Crossing, etc... (Too "old" an area to be popular, but still quite nice) Enjoy the affordable housing, close commute, and still be close enough to the city.

The MPC 40 yr olds like the newer far-flung suburbs... Not JV. Consider yourself lucky to live close to work and yet have an affordable place to live. Most Houstonians have to choose only one, thanks to a work location outside the usual work center, you get the best of both worlds.

Play in the city as much as you like and come home to an affordable home close to work!