Good trendy area to live for a 28y/o single male

[sevfiv]

Yeah, if something is 150k close in, be prepared for maintenance or maintenance fees adding in to your bottom line.

[Oildog]

I lived in Midtown and had an easy reverse commute to Gpoint...This is the area you need to move to. Midtown/Montrose/Rice Military.

[Oildog]

Originally Posted by ltazj

Thanks for the input. I guess I should have said that I'm not really looking for the yuppie lifestyle, only areas with a significant singles population. My reference to being tall is in regards to me walking the street and not being a likely target. It has no bearing on whether on not the property will get robbed when I'm gone. So, my tall statement can be disregarded as being a macho.

I am not tall, but at 6'0" 250, I never had a problem stumbling home from bars in Midtown. Just a few homeless asking for handouts.

[robertrulez]

I'm planning to buy a lanterra home, it's literally a walk to downtown and the houses are in a gated community. The area is very up and coming with a ton of new homes being built around the area.

[sevfiv]

I thought Lanterra's model home community east of downtown (Cline/Grove St. area) was section 8...oops! I'd get a killer inspection on any of those type homes. Whatever it is, though, it's better than what was there: Cline/Grove/Bayou/Gillespie house map

[ejonestexas]

Gallaria, Heights

Dont live outside the loop or a subdivision. Will be all families and kids.

[Big Dirty]

You CAN find a cheap townhome in the loop. However, it will be in a "transitional neighborhood" aka ghetto. Here in Northside there townhomes for $60,000 brand new.

[sevfiv]

There are some townhomes ~150,000-200,000 east of downtown if you like that kind of scenery, and the maintenance fees aren't all that horrible (~200-400/month)..

[ltazj]

Thanks for the replies. I decided not to buy right now and would rather rent for 6 more months. I have the sinking feeling that there won't be a quick recovery to this mess.