Posted: 4/5/2015 2:47:14 PM EDT
| Hello Texas from up here in Kolorado. We are considering a move to the Houston metro area from Colorado Springs and am looking for some insight. Why do we want to move? Not enough Texans and Okie are moving to Colorado, and it has become a liberal turd hole, just look at our gun laws. While we do love the views, we are growing tired of the nonsense. My wife is from Oklahoma, and I used to live in Oklahoma as well, so naturally we have spent some time in texas. I'm in the auto repair industry as an L1 master tech, while the wife is an RN. I have a former coworker who is wanting me to move there and work for him, and pay per hour would be a decent amount more than anything in the area we live. Wife is finding a lot of places looking for nurses as well. So, I'm looking for any info on the area as far as places to live and not live, if there are nurses or auto techs in the area, if they could give some info on pay, etc. Offroading places would be nice as well, since we wont have the mountains to go play in. |
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Basically, stay on the west side of town, any west side, usually outside the Beltway. If you're in the central west side outside beltway is Katy area, North of that is Cypress, Tomball, south of Katy is Missouri City, Sugarland, etc. Any of these area are fine. Hopefully you have a job where you don't have to commute from any of these places into town, traffic is a nightmare here. It's also more convenient if you want to drive into Austin or San Antonio when you're on the West side of town.
Get ready for heat you haven't experienced in CO. Summers are usually spent indoors. Even shooting under a roof in the summer is miserable. Winters are awesome though. and for your own benefit you might want to learn some Spanish. It's ironic, I'm actually looking one day to move to where you're coming from, mainly for health reasons, my asthma and allergies do so much better when I'm in Colorado, I'm just miserable here. |
| I've experienced Oklahoma, and Texas heat. High humidity, and sky high heat index. Out here, no humidity, but you do have a mile less of air over your head to shield you from the sun. I burn out here quicker than anywhere else I have lived. The offer I have is in the Magnolia area. |
NOPE ALL FULL GO ELSEWHERE ....I'm in the medical field and an engineer student here in Houston. I live in the Heights, an area near downtown, and if you can get something in town versus the outer beltway 8 regions you are in better shape with traffic if that is a concern. Your wife being an RN depending on experience has plenty of options from top tier trauma hospital units to private home care providers. Houston is very diverse as a whole and there is an area for every type of taste and culture you may want to subscirbe too. Always plenty of things to do and plenty of shooting options from indoor to outdoor. I love my city born and raised so I could be biased but all the out of state plates would say other wise.
Eta:auto-correct ETA2: just saw the Magnolia info. That area I have no info on but I can say it is about 45-hour away from downtown depending on traffic. The medical center is an hour easy but the woodlands and cypress possess healthcare jobs with some recent medical facility additions. Some other fellows can provide more info on Magnolia than I can but good luck and keep us posted if you end up coming to Texas |
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It really is all full. There are WAY too many people here and the sprawl is incredible. Traffic is always horrible and it takes forever to get anywhere.
I was born and raised here also and I can't wait to get out. Outdoor activities are very limited. The terrain is at flat as it gets. Summers are too hot/humid to do anything outside anyway and if it starts to cool off in the evening the mosquitoes force you inside. Spring/fall can be quite nice weather-wise though. If you need employment it is a nice place to be because there are a lot of jobs. I really don't know why anyone would actually choose to live here over somewhere else though unless it's because of employment. I guess if you're looking for a "diverse" population and enjoy things like shopping and eating out you might like it here, but again the sheer number of people here make even those types of activities difficult to do. I'm admittedly jaded about living here and generally just don't enjoy the types of recreation that this city offers. Fortunately I'm getting out in the next few months. |
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Bigtwinlvr - I'm a native Houstonian but have lived / worked in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennessee before finally moving back to Houston - so I do know the difference. Yes, the summers are hot/humid but that's why God gave us A/C and cold beer! No shoveling snow or sliding around on icy stuff during the winters, but it does get cold enough to use a fire-pit and wear a fleece jacket 2-3 months each year. Living outside the city, like in the Magnolia area, or west out near Katy, TX really can give you the best of country-like living with close / quick access to the city when you need it.
We've got lots of rivers to float, we've even got trout fishing in the Guadalupe River below Canyon Lake. Plenty of big country to see in west Texas and lots of hunting / shooting / hiking / camping activities all over the state. The Gulf of Mexico provides plenty of coastal and offshore fishing activities. Our state house / senate are pretty conservative and very gun friendly and have just passed some pretty good tax relief provisions for those of us who are home owners. I think you'll like it. Magpul and Arfcom both decided it was worth a try. |
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Houston born / raised.....previously lived in Spring (north Harris County)...now reside in College Station.
The Houston Med Center...has the medical industry covered.......hospitals, labs, and others there are always seeking RN's etc. But.....that location is just south of downtown.....and as others have said, traffic can be "tough." Over the years, folks have relocated to the "burbs"........south to Webster, Clear Lake, or Sugarland etc. Out NW......Hwy 290....Cypress, Waller, etc. Out N......Woodlands, Conroe, etc. Out W.....Katy, etc. With this growth.....and move to the suburbs, you get less crime and better schools, etc. Now we are seeing the medical community move to these areas also.......example new hospital complex on Hwy 290 / major medical in Conroe / Woodlands /. etc. I for one would not live in the city limits of Houston......we used to call it the creeping cancer from the south. You also need to do some research...and make sure you do not move into a flood plane area (we do get some heavy rain events and a hurricane every once in a while.) Best to you and yours...... TexasAg |