200k homes with decent commute to galleria area (West: remodel, close to)

[theSUBlime]

Originally Posted by Topaz

Unless you value your friends who moved there and you are willing to drive 30 minutes to visit them!



Yes, it is, and I would give up but then newcomers would just get the one-sided "Inner Loop" advocacy.

Mmm...I value my sanity. That just speaks for me, but one of the most unpleasant things about Houston for me is driving. I love my friends, but I signed up for the Inner Loop, because that's exactly what I wanted to avoid. I think you get my reasoning, Topaz. This city might mind some more Inner Loop advocacy (not superiority), it's desperately been trying to tip the urban development scale.

[openedskittles]

Someone mentioned Greatwood. I know there are some newer sections in greatwood with houses built in the past few years that go in the 200s. They're not as big as some Greatwood houses, but it's not like you need a full thousand square feet per family member. Someone from the northeast would laugh if you called it too small. Besides, Greatwood is right on 59, across the highway from a lot of new shopping and within 10 mins of all the stuff in First Colony.

There are also some lesser-known developments near Greatwood, such as Canyon Gate and River Park that have newer, cheaper, but not smaller, houses that are still within a minute or two of the highway. Those neighborhoods aren't quite as pretty as Greatwood, but the cost per square foot is less.

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by SteveArmy

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Steve, I'm not sure of your point. It is no secret that my commute isn't good because I work too far off the main commute corridor to have as many options as the Sugar Landers who commute to downtown or the Galleria area.

As long as the OP doesn't plan to work at UH main campus, their commute will be better than mine!

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by theSUBlime

Mmm...I value my sanity. That just speaks for me, but one of the most unpleasant things about Houston for me is driving. I love my friends, but I signed up for the Inner Loop, because that's exactly what I wanted to avoid. I think you get my reasoning, Topaz. This city might mind some more Inner Loop advocacy (not superiority), it's desperately been trying to tip the urban development scale.

I would hope that if you were my friend, it wouldn't make you insane to drive to Sugar Land once in awhile for dinner!

[EasilyAmused]

Originally Posted by Topaz

I would hope that if you were my friend, it wouldn't make you insane to drive to Sugar Land once in awhile for dinner!

This is so OT: But I've been through this. We travelled about once a month meet the fist six months...then about once every three months. Now it's like twice a year and they come into town.

Honestly, unless they are your bestest friends ever, it becomes like a long distance relationship over time. When an idea to go to dinner pops in your head, it's going to be with some one pretty close in mind.

[sbhubbell]

Originally Posted by EasilyAmused

This is so OT: But I've been through this. We travelled about once a month meet the fist six months...then about once every three months. Now it's like twice a year and they come into town.

Honestly, unless they are your bestest friends ever, it becomes like a long distance relationship over time. When an idea to go to dinner pops in your head, it's going to be with some one pretty close in mind.

For me, that comes more with stage of life differences than distance. In my stage of life, with young kids, and two working parents that travel for business a fair amount, it is SO hard to plan to meet friends for dinner...ever! We've been trying to find a date to just have our pastor's family over for dinner for nearly two months and there's always something in the way, the most common thing being a family member with a bad cold. When we moved 30 miles closer to Philadelphia after we had our first child, we almost never saw our best friends anymore. But it wasn't the distance...it was the dramatic lifestyle difference between us and they who were perpetual dinks. On the other hand friends of ours that weren't as intimate got together with us a lot more because we had kids in common and the distance wasn't really that much.

I'm enjoying my kids while they are young, but I also look forward to them being old enough that I can leave them at home and enjoy adult conversation over a meal with friends more than once a month.

I suppose some people hate being in the car for any length of time. 30-45 minutes drive time doesn't even make me blink. Philly is a big city too, I was used to driving (on much worse roads) before I ever moved here.

Oh yeah and Topaz has an awful commute to UH but the OP was only going to the Galleria.

[SteveArmy]

Originally Posted by Topaz

Steve, I'm not sure of your point. It is no secret that my commute isn't good because I work too far off the main commute corridor to have as many options as the Sugar Landers who commute to downtown or the Galleria area.

As long as the OP doesn't plan to work at UH main campus, their commute will be better than mine!

Well you did not plan well I guess. In fact you can't if youre set to move to a far end corner of Houston. I do have plenty of coworkers from SG that carpool to downtown. one of them actually picked up an illegal at homedepot thinking he's a car pooler lol. I know a few who carpool to greenway plaza. Carpooling is so unamerican and so third world to me. In anycase since the job market is pretty good here in Houston, that and hurricanes, mergers, terminated lease etc would eventually cause everyone to move their offices. I suggest do not rush into exburb living especially if your from out of town and have no school age kids.
I have about 1-2 more years to go here in the Alief. I dread the day we have to start looking outwards to Katy BUT thats how the ball bounces. I'll just suck it up then. Atleast the westpark tollway will be there

[marbell]

Pearland

[EEstudent]

Originally Posted by EasilyAmused

This is so OT: But I've been through this. We travelled about once a month meet the fist six months...then about once every three months. Now it's like twice a year and they come into town.

Honestly, unless they are your bestest friends ever, it becomes like a long distance relationship over time. When an idea to go to dinner pops in your head, it's going to be with some one pretty close in mind.

I agree to this... with distance people tend to drift apart. All the friends I have at UH that live on campus I only tend to see ONLY when I visit campus. Things tend to be more spontaneous and generally easier when there isn't 20 miles standing between people.

To the OP

Sugar Land would not be the greatest decision... unless you want to make a 45 min. commute during Rush Hour to the galleria.

[dorktorch]

Blackgold, have you found anything yet? By any chance will you be working at the Marathon Tower? I am essentially in the same situation and I think that I am going to rent something decent first and wait before buying. I have had so many friends in the last 5 years buy houses in the Houston area when they got a job and now regret not looking around more first.
I am considering Katy, even though the commute is a bit longer- but I think I would feel better having my wife and daughter in a safer area. Or am I just falling for the "Katy hype"?