If you are in your 20s and living in Houston could you tell me about the city. Im considering moving there!?

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Apartment rental prices? Nightlife? Things to do? This will help me decide if I should choose a job offer in Houston. Thanks!

Answer 1

Apartment reantal prices depend on where you live...and if you choose an apartment, I would suggest living in the 'burbs...like in Katy. I am not sure where you are at now, but you will find some of the lowest home prices if/when you look to buy. If you want to rent a house here is a great website to check out: http://www.har.com
Here is a website so you can start to get quites for apartments:
http://www.rent.com/rentals/texas/houston-and-vicinity/katy/
Here is a very long list of places to see, eat at, shop, or have fun:

MIDTOWN (Midtown Houston is a district southwest of Downtown Houston, Texas, bordered by the Montrose area and U.S. Highway 59.)
Midtown has become one of the hotest nightspots in town, and is filled with a number of restaurants, bars, theatres, and art galleries.
Some notable restaurants are:
Julia's Bistro
The Fish
The Breakfast Klub
Farrago World Cuisine
Ponzo's Italian Food
T'afia
Van Loc
The Ensemble Theater in Midtown Houston. Also seen are the two kinds of street signs on the same pole (one for Midtown and one for the Main Street Corridor) that are seen along Main Street in Midtown. Bars include:
Pub Fiction
Red Door
Front Porch Pub
Wet Spot
Little Woodrow's
Tipsy Clover
(There are also plenty of clubs along Westheimer and the Richmond strip!)

Theatres, art galleries, and museums, which include:
The Ensemble Theater (a theater that focuses on African-American themed plays)
The Community Artists' Collective
Houston Fire Museum
Houston Center for Contemporary Arts
Lawndale Art Center
Midtown Art Center
Destiny's Child's Recording Studio

THE GALLERIA (just outside the city's I-610 inner beltway)
Anchor Stores:
Macy's (Galleria IV) (opened 2003 as Foley's, became Macy's 2006)
Macy's (Galleria III) (opened 1986)
Neiman Marcus (opened 1969)
Nordstrom (opened 2003)
Saks Fifth Avenue {opened 1997)
Other notable stores in the Galleria include:
Adrienne Vittadini, Anne Fontaine, Apple Store, A/X Armani Exchange, Baccarat, Bally of Switzerland, Bang & Olufsen
Barneys New York CO-OP, BCBG Max Azria, Betsey Johnson
Brooks Brothers, Bulgari, Burberry, Cartier, Chanel, CH Carolina Herrera, Christian Dior, Christofle, Club Monaco, Coach, Cole Haan, David Yurman, Discovery Channel, Disney, Duo
Emporio Armani, Energie, Fendi, Fila, Forth & Towne, French Connection, Gianni Versace, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Jacadi,
Jessica McClintock, Jimmy Choo, Kate Spade, Kenneth Cole
Lacoste, Lalique, Louis Vuitton, Luca Luca, Marmi, Max Mara
Michael Kors (opening soon), Miss Sixty, Montblanc, Movado
Oakley, Puma, Ralph Lauren, Salvatore Ferragamo, Sony Style
St. John, Stuart Weitzman, Swatch, Tiffany & Co., Tourneau
Tumi, Wolford, Yves Saint Laurent, Zara
There is also an ice skating rink inside!

THE MUSEUM DISTRICT (http://www.houstonmuseumdistrict.org/def...
The Houston Museum District is an area of Houston, Texas where many of the city's museums are located. The district is centered on the Hotel Zaza (currently being renovated) and the adjacent Mecom Fountain. The Museum District also houses Rice University, the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research and Hermann Park which includes the Houston Zoo and the Miller Outdoor Theatre. The Museum District is also near the University of Saint Thomas.
Some of the museums and institutions include:
Holocaust Museum Houston
Children's Museum of Houston
John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Natural Science
The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Houston Center for Photography
John C. Freeman Weather Museum

THE THEATRE DISTIRCT (DOWNTOWN)
The Houston Theater District, a 17-block area in the heart of Downtown Houston, is home to Houston's nine world-class performing arts organizations, the 130,000 square-foot Bayou Place entertainment complex, restaurants, movies, plazas and parks.
The district is ranked second in the United States for the number of theater seats in a concentrated downtown area and is one of only five cities with permanent professional resident companies in all of the major performing arts disciplines (the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Ballet, and The Alley Theatre).
One of the several attractions in the district is the Bayou Place Entertainment Complex—a large multilevel building that is home to full service restaurants, bars, live music, billiards, multiple theatres and art house films. The Houston Verizon Wireless Theatre stages a variety of live concerts and the Angelika Theatre presents the latest in art, foreign and independent films.
NEARTOWN--AKA MONTROSE (Neartown is bounded by U.S. Highway 59 to the south, Allen Parkway to the north, Bagby Street on the east, and Shepherd Drive to the west.)
Neartown is an area located in west-central Houston, Texas and is one of the city's major cultural areas. The location comes with distinctive character of eccentricity and diversity. The location and boundaries of Neartown is colloquially referred to as Montrose. Once a magnet for the hippie movement, Houstonians would consider it as a hybrid of San Francisco's the Haight-Ashbury and The Castro.
Museums
Menil Collection art museum
Rothko Chapel
Houston Center for Photography
Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum
Museo Guadalupe Aztlan
Museum of Printing History
Dan Flavin permanent exhibit

CLEAR LAKE
http://www.spacecenter.org/
NASA

GALVESTON
Galveston is known for its historic neighborhoods and a ten-mile long seawall designed to protect the city from floods. It is also home to the infamous Balinese Room, a historic nightclub and former illegal gambling hall located on a 600-foot pier extending into the Gulf of Mexico.
The city houses many tourist attractions. The attractions include the Galveston Schlitterbahn waterpark, Moody Gardens, the Lone Star Flight Museum, a downtown neighborhood of historic buildings known as "The Strand," many historical museums and mansions, and miles of beach front. The Strand plays host to a yearly Mardi Gras festival, Galveston Island Jazz & Blues Festival, Texas Beach Fest, Lone Star Bike Rally, and a Victorian-themed Christmas festival called "Dickens on the Strand" (honoring the works of novelist Charles Dickens, especially A Christmas Carol) in early December. There are lots of shops along The Strand that you can have fun in.
Other attractions in Galveston include Moody Gardens, the Galveston Island Railroad Museum, Schlitterbahn, the Strand and the Lone Star Flight Museum. Galveston is also home to several historic ships: the tall ship Elissa at the Texas Seaport Museum and USS Cavalla and USS Stewart, both berthed at Seawolf Park on nearby Pelican Island. Galveston is also home to a symphony orchestra and a small ballet company.

HOUSTON HOSPITAL DISTRICT
The Texas Medical Center, with more than five million patient visits annually and one of the highest densities of clinical facilities and basic science and translational research of any location, is the largest medical district in the world. The center is located in Houston. It contains 42 medicine-related institutions, 13 hospitals, and two medical schools.
Adjacent to the center is Rice University, Hermann Park, Reliant Park and the Museum District. The center is sometimes referred to as the "Houston Medical Center" due to its location south of Downtown Houston and Midtown Houston.
Patient care institutions
Northern view of Texas Medical Center campus with downtown Houston in the distanceHarris County Hospital District
Ben Taub General Hospital
Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital
Quentin Mease Community Hospital
Thirteen Neighborhood Health Centers
The Hospice at The Texas Medical Center
Memorial Hermann Hospital
The Methodist Hospital
Saint Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Shriners Hospitals for Children — Houston
Texas Children's Hospital
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR)
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston

There is so much more...and things are always changing. It can be a lot of fun!!! I hope this helps you!

Answer 2

I'll move to Waller, Texas next month (Dec) then around April, I may move to Houston to live there forever, but I'm still debating if it's a right and good choice. I had 2 options :Houston, TX or Toms River, NJ. Please help since your opinions about Houston kinda freak me out

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Don't unless you are a cow-girl or a police woman. It is very violent and has mountains of spagetti-highways. I lived there 10 years and still in the best part. I will not go back to live there. I rent my house in Springbranch at the intersection of Longpoint and Hillcroft, North of Westheimer, in East Houston. Texan women are so hard and mean. Our daughter refused to work in the Galleria (the best place in Houston). She is a Chemical Engineer. She accepted to work in Philadelphia instead.
I would say to you, go and see for yourself, spend few days there and make up your mind. Good luck and take care. Bye.

Answer 5

i am handiest repeating what a trucker informed me.... the beltway round atlanta is noted by way of truckers because the "watermelon 500" each and every unmarried auto in atlanta has a dent, and if you don't move ninety at the highway, you are going to be run over. every time i transfer to a brand new town, i name the police station of the nearby subject *no longer 911* and ask approximately the crime and quantity of calls of that subject.

Answer 6

I lived here for the past 13 years, it is really a fun city, it so huge that Southwest, Northside, eastside and westside have their own clubs and bars. Downtown mainstreet is always crunk on the weekends. WE had superbowl, all star for baseball and basketball and other stuff. For a 23 year old who went to college here, what you are into we got it here . The best areas for nite life are Downtown, Westheimer, Richmond Strip, Montrose- gay and mid town- snooty trendy people. Hope it helps

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Answer 8

Wow! thankyou! exactly what I was searching for. I tried looking for the answer on other websites but I couldn't find them.

Answer 9

Pros-Lots to do, low cost of living, friendly people

Cons-hot & humid, traffic, really big, did I mention hot & humid?

Answer 10

take me with you please....(just kiddin) i lived there about 20 yrs ago,and i know the cost of places to live,were expensive back then.it's a beautiful place,i'd love to go back..there is plenty to do down there,and plenty to see..i'll take your job offer,if you don't..good luck.. :)

Answer 11

I'm not sure