Possible Relocation: Tell me 5 Positive and 5 Negative Things About Houston, TX (Pasadena: apartment complexes, rent)

[tstone]

Originally Posted by kittyhawk

Unfortunately, it would be a much shorter to list the good sides of town. Inside the 610 loop, you pretty much want to stay west of I-45.

You mean in the loop, west of 288 on the south, west of I-45 on the north.

That area on the south side, in the loop, between 288 and 45 is pretty rough.

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by rigas

yeah you guys are right, houston is a forrest of trees. laughable.

Not everything in this city is like a mass production subdivision in Spring.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by rigas

yeah you guys are right, houston is a forrest of trees. laughable. apparently all those who think houston is full of trees have never left houston (and the woodlands doesnt count and is not houston. out of the 5 major cities/areas in texas (houston, DFW, austin, san antonio, and elpaso) only 1 has less tree coverage then houston and thats el paso which happens to be in a desert.

I don't think so.
Sounds like you're the one who hasn't been around Houston much.

Originally Posted by rigas

west side? you mean out towards the katy PRAIRIE? yeah that has a lot of trees, a whole lot for a bunch or old rice fields and cattle pastures.

No, the west side of Houston from River Oaks all the way out to Hwy 6.

Originally Posted by rigas

or do you guys mean all the 4" caliper trees speced into most home builder/developer budgets for those "master planned communities" you live in? those are a joke. go to san antonio, go to austin where the builders work around the natural trees instead of clearing all vegetation off of every available piece of land in the houston area.

You think Austin and San Antonio don't have master-planned communities too?

Originally Posted by rigas

the woodlands is as close to natural as can be had in the houston area

Besides the White Rock Lake / University are of Dallas, please tell me where in Dallas is so covered in trees to make that metro have more trees than Houston (hint - you can't, because it doesn't.)

Originally Posted by rigas

nearly every major city in every other state makes a point to keep the vegetation as natural as possible but not houston (and parts of DFW). "take them all down, we can always plant more."

This is the only thing you said that contributes here... Houston does need to do a better job of that.

Even so, Houston is certainly not lacking in large trees.

[Danbo1957]

Houston is so big that choice of where to live depends on where you are going work.

[ApostolicFlightAttendant]

Uhh Ohh, a lil confused. One person says go west, the other says go south, the other says stay east, can you kinda tell me the names of these areas.

I want to stay in an apartment, so imagine if I were looking in an apartmenty guide book, which areas should I focus on. I'd like affordable (which to me affordable is the standard rate everyone is paying for a 1 bedroom apartment in this economy).

[Danbo1957]

Where are you going to work?

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by ApostolicFlightAttendant

Uhh Ohh, a lil confused. One person says go west, the other says go south, the other says stay east, can you kinda tell me the names of these areas.

Tell us one thing - do you want to live closer to the city core or the suburbs? Note, "suburban" doesn't always mean "safe." Do you want to be closer to the big city amenities, or do you want more space?

If you're wanting just a 1br apartment, you can have that just about anywhere.

[Oildog]

Different areas have different pricing. Name a budget and where you will be working and you will get better answers. Commuting is a big factor in Houston.

[ApostolicFlightAttendant]

I work from home (customer service agent - remote) so there is no commute. T shirt and pajamas are my work clothes every day lol.

Budget? Hmmmm, 500 to 600 a month for the one bedroom is what I want to stay in.

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by ApostolicFlightAttendant

Budget? Hmmmm, 500 to 600 a month for the one bedroom is what I want to stay in.

If you're wanting to live anywhere close in, it's not going to be big, and it's not going to be that great. I'm all too aware of this fact, but I deal with it.

You're not going to be somewhere "crime-free" but you won't get that for double or triple what you say you can pay. That said, you'll do a lot better here than you would do in LA, Chicago, Toronto or anyplace similar. $500/mo won't cut it, unless you want a tiny room with roommate(s).

I've kept from having anything happen to me by keeping valuables out of the car and locking the doors. Then again, it's easy to keep valuables out of the car when one doesn't own much of anything.