re: Moving young family to Houston

Sugar Land.

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As someone who has owned a home there

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I moved back to LA from Kingwood. I lived in Fosters Mill. We flooded which was some of the reason we decided to pull the plug. If you buy in the back of Kingwood, I would make a thousand percent sure on whether the house flooded and how close the water got if it did not. Some areas in Fosters Mill were high and dry. I would imagine there are good deals on flooded homes right now. Just make sure the remodel checks all the boxes before buying.

I like Kingwood. Will probably move back. I just wish there were more restaurants.

Good luck with that commute

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I agree with the guy posting about Bridgeland in Cypress but I live in Towne Lake.

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We looked at Towne Lake as well and spent several weekends looking at model homes there. In the end, we liked Bridgeland more for the amenities, especially since we have young children. I guess if our children were older Towne Lake may be the better option.

We liked all the various playgrounds, tree house, 60 miles of walking paths, 6 miles of mountain biking trails, 18 hole disc golf, many pavilions and parks, 30' water slides, several pools and a heated lap pool, community center, soccer field, baseball diamon, free kayak and mountain bike use, etc. Seems like every weekend there is an event going on with friday night movies, various runs, etc.

I know the commute can be a big negative for some, but people get use to it and end up enjoying the time. My wife started off with podcasts, books on tape, and phone calls to family and friends during the 45 minute commute. We have neighbors that commute nearly an hour leave at 5am and leave work at 4pm. The vast majority of my neighbors have a long commute. People in Louisiana commute too, almost an hour from Gonzales to Baton Rouge, or various plants, lafayette.

We have 3 people on our street alone from Louisiana. All overjoyed with quality of life they are living now. There is a reason why it seems to be a cajun restaurant on every street corner. Folks from Louisiana have been moving here in droves. Now family is seeing the quality of life improvement and making the move.

Taylor Morrison homes drone flyover Notice the amount of green space

Ryland Homes drone flyover

Amateur drone flyover by resident

Cheesy Realtor video, little outdated though

If OP is dead set on the burbs try to negotiate a flexible work schedule where you can come in real early and miss the worst traffic. A lot of the 35 to 45 min estimates are best case scenarios. But all too often POS trucks and cars randomly catch on fire, some jackass needs to force merge across 4 lanes at the last second causing a pile up, or any number of random stuff.

I recommend trying to live somewhere that's sort of convenient to work. Less time in the car means more time with the family. In fact a coworker of mine just changed jobs because they were missing kid's school events and quality time in the evenings to the commutes.

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Probably $300,000 for a mortgage is doable

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You'll want to do the suburbs then. I have family in Katy and they love it. Schools are great, area is growing fast, plenty to do, etc. If we ever move to the Houston area, that's where we would go. My Grandpa and Aunts live just outside the loop in Northwest Houston and prices in the city are super expensive. In their neighborhood, they have 1600-2000 SF houses going for $500k+.

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Champions off 1960

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Traffic Traffic Traffic. It would take the OP 25 friggen minutes just to get to 290 then another 40 mintues from there.

Its a nice area with a little crime and established trees. But older homes and not sure how many in the OP's price range.

But man the traffic on 1960 with stop light after stop light is horrific.

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Come on down to Sienna Plantation.

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I've lived in Sienna for 2 years now. My household loves it. I don't make the drive downtown but I'd guess it's 30-45 minutes.

Schools are top notch, there's a good amount of stuff to do, and sugarland is right down the street.

Moved here with my wife, no kids a year ago. Living in the heights for another year to get to know the city, but we will be moving out to Kingwood/atascocita or the woodlands when we are ready to start a family.

I am very surprised with how much I like the city.

So much great info in this thread. Thanks everyone for taking time to throw in their $0.02.

The family is visiting Houston this weekend and will check out a lot of places mentioned here.

Sounds like a lot of what I hear about Houston isn’t true and it’s a great place to live and raise a family. Funny how everyone one that talks shite about Houston doesn't live there.

Thanks again