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Is all of downtown Houston safe?

Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:00 pm
Posted by TGWW
Prairieville, LA
Member since Sep 2005
19 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:00 pm
Plan to stay at Embassy Suites on Dallas which is a few blocks off Main. Is this a terrible walk to rail and to nightlife? More importantly, is it a safe walk?
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
32995 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:05 pm to
For the most part yes but Houston has no zoning laws so you can go from nice to getting shot really quick
Posted by graychef
Member since Jun 2008
30095 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:05 pm to
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This post was edited on 3/8/21 at 3:54 pm
Posted by Voorhies7
Rounding 3rd
Member since Oct 2012
5591 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:09 pm to
OT must not be safe enough for this thread.
Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
72825 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:14 pm to
for the most part yes.
bums all over downtown/midtown, but just avoid going to far SouthSouthEast of Downtown or East of Downtown and you'll be fine
Posted by deathvalleyjunkie
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2009
2016 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:15 pm to
How far is downtown Houston from the staduim?
Posted by ehidal1
Chief Boot Knocka
Member since Dec 2007
37318 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:22 pm to
Reliant? Too far to walk but you can take the light rail.

Downtown for the most part is safe. Just don't venture too far off.
Posted by CheerWhine
A little bit of Mardi Gras
Member since Apr 2014
77125 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:22 pm to
This isn't the first Houston-related thread I've seen on here...
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
88068 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:24 pm to
get out much? no place is completely safe, you can never really let your guard down
Posted by kkroli1
Houston, Texas
Member since Nov 2007
336 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:30 pm to
I live in downtown Houston and walk around alone pretty much every day. Granted, I'm a guy, but I've never had any issues.

If you're staying at Embassy, you're not far from the rail, but the walk to the station may be a block or two.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
88068 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:46 pm to
quote:

I live in downtown Houston and walk around alone pretty much every day. Granted, I'm a guy, but I've never had any issues.

If you're staying at Embassy, you're not far from the rail, but the walk to the station may be a block or two.


I hear you, but you're familiar with the area, a family walking around decked in LSU threads, Mardi Gras beads, probably looks like a pretty good target, I live near Southlake, TX, which is the ultimate soccer mom, yuppie haven on the west side of DFW, and there was a drug hit in Southlake town square last year, people were so scared they were spilling their lattes on each other
This post was edited on 6/29/14 at 12:49 pm
Posted by TigerBait1127
Houston
Member since Jun 2005
47336 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:57 pm to
I live in midtown and feel completely safe. Walk almost everywhere on the weekends. Just stay I'm populated areas
This post was edited on 6/29/14 at 1:58 pm
Posted by jose canseco
Houston via Houma via BR via NOLA
Member since Jul 2007
5667 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:58 pm to
Safer than most major downtown areas
Posted by brodys_lettuce
Houston
Member since Jun 2014
791 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 1:31 pm to
Your more likely to get asked for money, then be in any danger.
Posted by Polycarp
Texas
Member since Feb 2009
5720 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 3:04 pm to
Dude, I rode the rail from the transit center to Reliant for the races with my wife. It was 12 noon, and it was a no shite freak show. Wow. Homeless people were everywhere downtown. More than I had ever seen. This was daytime too..
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
82918 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 3:48 pm to
There's lots of bums in downtown Houston. Just really disgusting bastards that love being disgusting. But I don't hear of a lot of violence.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
98729 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 3:50 pm to
There's no nightlife in downtown Houston.
Posted by ghost2most
Member since Mar 2012
7726 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 4:57 pm to
Not true. The area around Market Square is coming up. Used to be more black clubs but don't really know - not my scene.

Downtown is perfectly safe imo. Lots of homeless but I haven't had a problem.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
88068 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 4:58 pm to
quote:

Lots of homeless

if there's anyone homeless in Houston right now, that's their chosen career
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
82918 posts
Posted on 6/29/14 at 5:39 pm to
True. I'm even seeing can shakers in Katy now. Worthless bastards. I don't ever remember seeing so many beggars in my life as in the past year. And in a city like Houston, jobs are very easy to come by. If you can stand in the heat all day holding a sign, then you can work.
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