Houston DINKS, where do you live; how do you connect? (Rice: real estate, how much)

[QueeensBeans]

Following up on my post asking for general assessments of the 'DINK-friendliness' of 2 neighborhoods we're considering moving to (Summerwood and Fall Creek), I thought it might just be better to find out where others like ourselves are living, or what their thoughts are about how much location matters. Husband and I are in our late 30's, no plans to have kids, work for ourselves, travel a lot. We're not averse to friendships/activities with couples with kids but we do find they have limited availability and/or very different schedules from us.

What parts of town are DINKs living in and do you find your friends mostly live in your neighborhood as well? How much do you find it matters? Maybe it's an incorrect assumption on my part that one has to be in the same neighborhood as one's peers. What does your typical social calendar involve? How do you connect with others like yourself? Mostly through work, some organized interest, Meetups, something else? Since we work from home, work connections wont be a big source for us.

Appreciate any insights! Thanks!

[Lowexpectations]

We lived in the heights move to champions forest and will be moving back to the heights shortly

While most of our neighbors in champions are older we've gotten along with them just fine. We also are very active in keeping up/improving our house/lawn which they appreciate since they felt most early 30 year olds wouldn't or don't do it

We are moving back for commute purposes

[mkwensky]

Originally Posted by QueeensBeans

Following up on my post asking for general assessments of the 'DINK-friendliness' of 2 neighborhoods we're considering moving to (Summerwood and Fall Creek), I thought it might just be better to find out where others like ourselves are living, or what their thoughts are about how much location matters. Husband and I are in our late 30's, no plans to have kids, work for ourselves, travel a lot. We're not averse to friendships/activities with couples with kids but we do find they have limited availability and/or very different schedules from us.

What parts of town are DINKs living in and do you find your friends mostly live in your neighborhood as well? How much do you find it matters? Maybe it's an incorrect assumption on my part that one has to be in the same neighborhood as one's peers. What does your typical social calendar involve? How do you connect with others like yourself? Mostly through work, some organized interest, Meetups, something else? Since we work from home, work connections wont be a big source for us.

Appreciate any insights! Thanks!

Heights or most areas inside the loop. Since school district is not important to you there are probably good bargain to be found in these areas. DINKS have much more in common with single people than with families with kids so it would be much harder to find others similarly situated in the suburbs.

[HouTxn]

What is a dink?

[swopoe]

Originally Posted by HouTxn

What is a dink?

Dual income no kids

[theone33]

Strange thread and even stranger term..

[Lowexpectations]

Originally Posted by theone33

Strange thread and even stranger term..

Neither is strange

[texas7]

Nothing inside the loop is a good bargain. If you can afford to live inside the loop, I'd go for it.

[TallGreengrass]

Originally Posted by theone33

Strange thread and even stranger term..

What's so strange? DINK is what the term yuppie was in the 80's. All my DINK/yuppie friends have great lifestyles- beautiful, stylish, cool homes in desirable neighborhoods, luxury cars, frequent trips to Europe, nice 'toys', hobbies and wardrobe. I wish we had been more DINK-y a tad longer before the family stage.

That said, look in the Heights, Montrose, Museum, Rice Military/Memorial Park area. You'll get your trees and some yard and an urban/eclectic vibe w/o being surrounded by cars and concrete. How's your realtor? Are they savvy in understanding what you 're looking for? (I've found that some are not as invested in the client as they could be. It's a great time to be in real estate in H-town)

[shanv3]

Originally Posted by HouTxn

What is a dink?

I thought it was for short people. ( Reminded of Doink and Dink of WWF in the 90's ). LOL.