2006-07-08 19:36:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
I lived there for 12 years after moving from San Francisco. Much to my surprise, I fell in love with Galveston. While the causeway is no Golden Gate Bridge, the Victorian architecture, waves and salt air, colorful history and equally colorful political climate make it a unique and intersting city.
There are good, if not great, restaurants and any show at the Grand 1894 Opera House is worth seeing, just to have a chance to sit in that amazing theater.
The island is much more diverse and politically and culturally tolerant than most of Texas – it's a pretty blue city for being in a red state. It also has one of the finest mid-size daily newspapers in the country.
Public schools, if you have children that age, might be a concern unless you're on the West End. There are good magnet schools and good parochial schools. Real estate prices run the gamut, depending on the neighborhood.
It offers the serenity of the sea, the culture of a local symphony orchestra and excellent performing arts community for a city its size, an historic feel, and the wildness true to its heritage as evidenced by Mardi Gras and Beach Party weekend.
I'd move back there in a heartbeat.
Check out:
www.galvnews.com
www.thegrand.com
www.thestrand.com
www.galveston.com
2006-07-11 06:32:10 · answer #1 · answered by tedstreuli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No taxes? particular, i'd bypass there if the residing quarters were good. It feels like an attractive journey and perchance a danger to commence a clean gov't that wasn't so severe-tax and anit-human being.
2016-11-01 11:58:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well prices of houses on the island is sky high. I would look in to Texas City or other surrounding cites.
2006-07-08 19:41:12 · answer #3 · answered by andy3191 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My brother lives in Texas and he is always rying to get me to move there. The real estate is cheap, employment is good and if you want to move, go for it.
2006-07-21 03:42:50 · answer #4 · answered by Tamara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Visit before you make any more permanent plans.
That place is a hell hole.
2006-07-08 19:57:25 · answer #5 · answered by pluralist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow, see previous answer.
2006-07-21 02:51:35 · answer #6 · answered by tweetymay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no I don't
2006-07-21 10:40:14 · answer #7 · answered by boy_jam_arch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋