Houston, Texas?

Question

Anyone who lives in houston, were is the bad part? I live in Colorado and am moving to houston, were is the colfax of houston?

Answer 1

I have grown up in Houston and besides the heat love the city. In thinking of Houston you need to treat it like any other major city. New York has its burroughs and Houston is no different. Most of the time you find a little part of town and do not leave it. Not to dispute a previous answer but I could never live in the Hieghts or especially in Montrose! Galleria is VERY expensive. When you get into these older areas of town it is like any older neighborhood, go a few streets too far and you have crime. I grew up in Memorial and in Memorial you have evrything you need so you do not have to really leave your area. Spring is very safe great schools as is Copperfeild area and of course Kingwood, and the woodlands. When you go in from the burbs you get into marginal to poor schools as long as you stay out in freindswood/pearland to the south, NOTHING to the east, to the north Champions, (1960 77069 and 77070) Spring, woodlands is AWSOME! I just bought a 2800 4 bedroom house with pool for 135k in woodlands spring area. Memorial Northwest is wonderful, Sugar land is great it just depends upon where your job is. If you pick any of these areas you will have a safe quiet area with good schools, great restaraunts, excellent shopping and only 45 minutes from downtown.

Answer 2

Uh, there are bad parts in Houston . . . just like any city!!!

I would start with where is the job going to be? Houston has some really crappy traffic. The place you want to stay off of is I-10, it is probably the worst freeway anywhere. Houstonians avoid it unless they have to drive on it.

There is an up and coming neighborhod (zip is 77029), homes reasonably priced in a good location. Also, depending on your budget will determine where you live.

High priced areas are inside the loop, Galleria area, Memorial, and even the Montrose is up there now a days. The city is set up on a wheel and spoke layout, one loop around the center city with 8 freeways going in all directions from that loop. A second loop about 10-15 miles out and a third loop even further. The further you get away from the center, the less you will pay for housing (in general, there are multi million dollar homes out in BFE too). The further out you go, the more suburban it is.

Inside the loop (called loopies) there are cool lofts, townhomes and condos (there has been a resurection of downtown).

Just stay away from I-10 unless your job is on I-10. Can you repost with the information of where the job is, then I can give you a better idea of where to move to.

Be prepared . . . it's flatter than flat, but it sure is green!

Answer 3

Keep in mind also that we here in Houston have no zoning, and with all the gentrification going on, it's not unusual to see a $250K condo next to a rundown wooden house. The area known as The Heights is pretty nice, but the prices are rising rapidly. A lot depends on where your job is located: traffic can be bad driving from the suburbs into the city but excellent on the way out (takes me about 40 minutes to do 37 miles every day). And public transportation isn't great--no subway, for example. Houston is expanding rapidly in every direction but east (near the refineries), so housing is plentiful.

And there's nothing wrong with saying y'all--we do it all the time, and we're regularly rated one of the friendliest and most honest cities in the US (and I'm not a native Houstonian or Texan, but I love it here).

Answer 4

I moved from Houston to Denver and it's not as easy to identify the 'bad parts' of Houston as it is here. Houston in general is more dangerous than Denver. Southeast Houston is pretty bad, and so is the Northern part. You should probably visit whatever area you are considering moving to and check it out. Obviously if a neighborhood is run down and has a lot of liquor stores, etc., it's not great.

The Houston equivalent of Capitol Hill is called Montrose, and it's a pretty great area. Generally speaking, anything within the 610 Loop and west of Main is pretty nice, and the Galleria area is good too.

Here is an interesting discussion of areas to avoid in Houston. These are just the opinions of Houston residents:

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Texas/Houston-878298/Warnings_or_Dangers-Houston-Areas_to_Avoid_Crime-BR-1.html

Answer 5

we live in northwest houston, out 290 at 1960/6. i know this probably means nothing to you, but if you generally find the area on the map it might help. unfortunately, houston is like most major cities that one corner might be super nice and the next corner you turn is crap. we love the area we are in and recently bought a home there. as with other people saying they are moving to houston, i highly recommend visiting first and getting some feel for the area and what you can get in your price range. best of luck!

Answer 6

Hi there!

My husband is from a small suburb right outside of Houston called Katy. It's beautiful there---and his dad lives in Kingwood which is nice as well. As far as the bad parts of Houston, Jacinto City is a little iffy. I'd suggest steering clear of that area in general. Downtown Houston is very congested and busy. If you're more of a rural person I'd highly reccomend Katy or Kingwood. My father-in-law is one of the leading realtors at Keller Williams in Kingwood, Texas. Here is his website if you're looking to buy a house or need information on locations: http://www.har.com/AWS/AWS.CFM?AGENT_NUMBER=464338 Hope this helps! :)

Answer 7

^^^
What the guy directly above me just said.

Colfax, as in prostitution and crime? Hmmm, Montrose Boulevard and Westheimer Road intersection is a hole.

Answer 8

The whole place is bad. In fact I can't think of a good part of Texas. It is refreshing to see someone leaving Colorado and going to Texas. We have too many Texans here in Colorado, and too many Californians also. I'm sorry you have to move to such a horrible place. I've heard rumors that Houston has as many Texans in it as Steamboat Springs. What ever you do don't ever say Y'All.