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Old 05-20-2022, 01:54 PM
 
Location: C.R. K-T
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Crime, flooding, dysfunctional school districts, corrupt politicians...I'm surprised we ranked as highly as we did.
Forgot about the winter blackout and the continuing unreliability of the Texas-only power grid.

After the winter storm, I only recommend living in Texas where Entergy is the electric utility (the Eastern Grid). Turns out Metro Houston is a sub-grid of ERCOT, unlike the rest of Texas where it's regional, that can be transitioned easily into the Eastern Grid. Luckily, unlike the rest of Texas, we have a chance to join the more reliable Eastern electric grid (and become less dependent on the dictates from Austin)!
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Old 05-20-2022, 02:00 PM
 
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Lived in Houston for 9 months in 1987. I could not get out of there fast enough.

I'm surprised it's rated so high.

My sis and bil had to rebuild 2 houses from Harvey (in their mid-70's). Sounds like a fun late in life adventure after followed the oil overseas for decades and a large number of homes they already fixed up. NOT.
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Old 05-20-2022, 02:17 PM
 
Location: C.R. K-T
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Lived in Houston for 9 months in 1987. I could not get out of there fast enough.

I'm surprised it's rated so high.

My sis and bil had to rebuild 2 houses from Harvey (in their mid-70's). Sounds like a fun late in life adventure after followed the oil overseas for decades and a large number of homes they already fixed up. NOT.
Where does your sis and b-i-l live in Houston?

Depending on the area, they might have live about a mile from the bank of a bayou or in a (well-known/infamous) flood plain.

Despite the hyped national news, most of Houston didn't flood during Harvey. Here in Katy, everything west of Highway 99 (a.k.a. Grand Parkway) was untouched.

I'd be more worried about Mt. St. Helens or Mt. Rainier erupting and destroying Seattle and Portland (like Pompeii). Downtown Seattle was just discovered recently to be on top of a major fault line, so earthquakes would be much worse than the typical Californian one.
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Old 05-20-2022, 02:22 PM
 
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Where does your sis and b-i-l live in Houston?

Depending on the area, they might have live about a mile from the bank of a bayou or in a (well-known/infamous) flood plain.

Despite the hyped national news, most of Houston didn't flood during Harvey. Here in Katy, everything west of Highway 99 (a.k.a. Grand Parkway) was untouched.
Well, that's 25 miles away from downtown Houston
That's like saying "All of San Antonio didn't flood, I live in New Braunfels and our house didn't flood"
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Old 05-20-2022, 02:56 PM
 
Location: C.R. K-T
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Well, that's 25 miles away from downtown Houston
That's like saying "All of San Antonio didn't flood, I live in New Braunfels and our house didn't flood"
Playing the Inner city elitism card again? Only transplants play that game!

Unlike the rest of America, Houston is a unified metro. The suburbs are simply neighborhoods of Houston.

Cinco Ranch is technically unincorporated Houston (in Fort Bend County).
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Old 05-20-2022, 03:24 PM
 
Location: Memorial Villages
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Forgot about the winter blackout and the continuing unreliability of the Texas-only power grid.

After the winter storm, I only recommend living in Texas where Entergy is the electric utility (the Eastern Grid). Turns out Metro Houston is a sub-grid of ERCOT, unlike the rest of Texas where it's regional, that can be transitioned easily into the Eastern Grid. Luckily, unlike the rest of Texas, we have a chance to join the more reliable Eastern electric grid (and become less dependent on the dictates from Austin)!
Eh, plenty other parts of the US are facing their own issues with the grid. At least our electricity is relatively cheap here.

With a generator, power outages are a minor nuisance. Not as easy to address the gripes in my original post, other than maybe to move to high ground in one of the nicer suburbs and minimize trips to the city.
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Old 05-20-2022, 04:38 PM
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Location: Houston, TX/Detroit, MI
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Playing the Inner city elitism card again? Only transplants play that game!

Unlike the rest of America, Houston is a unified metro. The suburbs are simply neighborhoods of Houston.

Cinco Ranch is technically unincorporated Houston (in Fort Bend County).
The suburbs are no more or less incorporated in Houston than any other city. Saying Cypress or Katy is just like inner loop Houston is like saying San Francisco is just like San Jose.
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Old 05-22-2022, 12:13 PM
 
Location: C.R. K-T
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Eh, plenty other parts of the US are facing their own issues with the grid. At least our electricity is relatively cheap here.

With a generator, power outages are a minor nuisance. Not as easy to address the gripes in my original post, other than maybe to move to high ground in one of the nicer suburbs and minimize trips to the city.
It was cheap, until the winter storm doubled the rates. Electric prices are now equal with the rest of the U.S., except we're on unreliable ERCOT's Texas-only grid instead of the reliable Eastern Interconnection.

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The suburbs are no more or less incorporated in Houston than any other city. Saying Cypress or Katy is just like inner loop Houston is like saying San Francisco is just like San Jose.
The forum looks down on idiots who focus on city boundaries instead of the MSAs. (Houston touts being the 4th largest city, until everybody else points out it's the 5th largest metro.)

Alief is less Houston than The Loop? How elitist! Also I would challenge you to find any differences between the unincorporated and incorporated parts of Alief.
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Old 05-22-2022, 01:33 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Playing the Inner city elitism card again? Only transplants play that game!
How about Beltway 8 card? Still not fair?
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Old 05-22-2022, 01:50 PM
 
Location: PNW
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Where does your sis and b-i-l live in Houston?

Depending on the area, they might have live about a mile from the bank of a bayou or in a (well-known/infamous) flood plain.

Despite the hyped national news, most of Houston didn't flood during Harvey. Here in Katy, everything west of Highway 99 (a.k.a. Grand Parkway) was untouched.

I'd be more worried about Mt. St. Helens or Mt. Rainier erupting and destroying Seattle and Portland (like Pompeii). Downtown Seattle was just discovered recently to be on top of a major fault line, so earthquakes would be much worse than the typical Californian one.
Katy

I'm in Portland. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are a zillion times less frequent than hurricanes. The real time concern is Wildfire (this wasn't much of an issue the first 15 years I lived here).

I would not consider Seattle for some of the reasons you mention. I'd consider going to Washington near the Canadian border or Eastern Washington. Portland is positioned geographically different than Seattle. I'm over the hill from downtown Portland in the valley. Seattle is gorgeous and surrounded with water (Portland is not on a bay or coast -- it's inland 60 miles). Mt. Ranier and St. Helens are higher risk volcanos than Mt. Hood. Everyone has to worry about Yellowstone (they just don't know they do).

When I lived in Houston tornado warnings were frequent. No thanks.

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