re: Kingwood is the safest place to live in Houston

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That's a good question. More of an ideal-type from the past or something like that. You know ... Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft and all that. Not sure Kingwood fits either mold, we need a new word. Maybe "Getrenntzusammenschaft."

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It really just depends. And I think that has changed everywhere in America from not that long ago.

I'll give you an example.

My family moved from the New Orleans area to the Kingwood area in 1998, when I was a kid.

Kids used to always be outside riding bikes, playing sports, whatever. Parents used to always be outside socializing.

I can remember many nights we'd have block parties where all the neighbors from the street would come down to one end of the street in front of someone's house and everyone would bring food, set up tables, play music, socialize, etc. while the kids would all be in the street playing. Reminded me of the 4th of July scene from the movie The Sandlot.

But it's not really like that anymore in a lot of places. People would rather stay inside playing on their iPad.


And one point about Kingwood... it's not really that old. It was built in what.. the 70's? In 1990 Kingwood had like 20,000 people. Today it has something like 80,000 people.

So the people who live in Kingwood haven't lived there for generations like towns in other places. So you don't have that long history of community where people have known each other's families for generations.