re: Good sections of Houston?

The heights, my friend

Recently finished this search myself (although I was looking for a more family friendly area). Houston has several places I was very interested in living, but it's not as simple as that. The price, commute, property tax if you buy are all overwhelming. Each person's specific scenario really decides what the best option is.

You'll want to get a job before worrying about where you'll live

Montrose, Midtown, Heights, Rice Village, Upper Kirby, Washington Corridor

apts inside the loop (which covers most cool places listed above) in the new high rises are over a grand for 1 br ... you'll have to look very, very hard for duplexes in the montrose area, which might be under a grand but are old and cramped ... an apt in the galleria area will also be a thousand, most probably ...

Area around Hobby is nice

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3000 sage

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3303 Sage

We have a yard about 5 miles from there, it's a pretty rough area.

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Montrose, Midtown, Heights, Rice Village, Upper Kirby, Washington Corridor

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This.

But be prepared to spend a grand a month at a new, "luxury" complex. There are pretty much no vacancies in Houston right now. There's an oil boom and Exxon is ramping up their GIGANTIC new HQ office complex.

Treat Houston like a big circle. Then, starting with downtown, chop off the whole eastern half of the circle. You only want to live the the western hemisphere. Of the western hemisphere, pretty much the central corridor is desirable. Go too far N or S and it's pure ghetto. Even the desirable central west corridor is neighborhood by neighborhood. The level of "coolness" of your address is determined by which LOOP you live inside. Inside The 610 Loop or ITL, you are the coolest. Inside the Beltway is just OK. Outside the Beltway you are a suburbanite. Houston is a city full of islands of prosperity and good people amid and surrounded by a sea of shite. You have to choose wisely.

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a grand a month at a new, "luxury" complex.

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Where do you find an apartment in any decent area for $1k per month anywhere close to town? I didn't look to rent long, but for a 2 bedroom in any area worth staying, you were looking at $1600 for a two bedroom bare minimum. About $1350 for a single, again not top of the line by any means. We were looking for 3 bedrooms and couldn't find a lot under 2k unless you went out to like Katy. And if I'm living out there, I'm just buying a house.