Houston area music scene?

unix-guy said:
Thanks.

Ultimately I would like to stay under $400k.

My daily commute is already 1:00-1:15 going to work and 1:15-1:30+ going home so I’m accustomed to that...
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Sugarland is nice, IMHO. My good friend lives there. Lots of neighborhoods in various price ranges. Another option, completely dfiferrent is Baytown. East of town on I-10. Lots of really nice homes there in within your budget. Do pay attention to the property taxes in Texas in general. They are quite high. Not sure about how they compare to California. They say it is less of an issue as there is no state income tax. But, they can be high depending on where you move from.
I lived in Baytown for several years. It is a bit more blue collar than Houston proper, but it has nice, affordable homes, and is close to places like Kemah if you like good, fresh seafood in restaurants on the waterfront.
 
SpudMan said:
Sugarland is nice, IMHO. My good friend lives there. Lots of neighborhoods in various price ranges. Another option, completely dfiferrent is Baytown. East of town on I-10. Lots of really nice homes there in within your budget. Do pay attention to the property taxes in Texas in general. They are quite high. Not sure about how they compare to California. They say it is less of an issue as there is no state income tax. But, they can be high depending on where you move from.
I lived in Baytown for several years. It is a bit more blue collar than Houston proper, but it has nice, affordable homes, and is close to places like Kemah if you like good, fresh seafood in restaurants on the waterfront.
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You're the only person that's recommended anything East of Houston.

Pretty much everyone that's said where not to go has said avoid East :)
 
unix-guy said:
You're the only person that's recommended anything East of Houston.

Pretty much everyone that's said where not to go has said avoid East :)
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I guess it depends what you are looking for. Again, it is certainly more blue collar east of Houston. If that is an issue, definitely avoid it. But, there are some nice neighborhoods in Baytown that you can get new or newer homes for well within your budget. I lived there and had a house with a 1/2 acre in a semi-rural subdivision. For me the commute was too much, and the house had issues that I preferred not to deal with.

Also, not due east, but there are lots of good areas heading out of Houston on I-45 (the Gulf Freeway) towards Galveston. I also lived in Clear Lake for a while. It was nice also. And closer in, on the north side of I-45 not far from Downtown there are neighborhoods near University of Houston that have older homes on nice sized lots.

I just wouldn't focus only on the North, West and Southwest areas. There are lots of nice areas all around the Houston Metro area.
 
unix-guy said:
You're the only person that's recommended anything East of Houston.

Pretty much everyone that's said where not to go has said avoid East :)
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Lots of new development in Liberty County (east), but that side of Houston has traditionally been considered the industrial side and there used to be a smell in the area, coming from the refineries. Of course things change and I'm going off my 56 years of living here. I'm in the Land Development industry (civil engineering) and we are designing several communities all over the gulf coast area. Waller County (Katy and westward) is growing so fast. Montgomery County (Conroe area) used to be the fasted growing area in America until the City of Conroe put a moratorium on development. This has been recently lifted. Brazoria County (south of Houston) also has several master planned communities with houses in your range. And then Ft. Bend County (Sugarland and out) is booming. I live around the Copperfield area on the northwest side of town. I've got access to several different freeways (290, I-10, US 99) that provide options when travelling into town or out of town.

As far as the flooding: Almost any newer development is forced to fill the lots much higher than the old 100yr flood zone elevations. In fact we design to the 500yr flood zone. In intense rainstorms or tropical events the way it works is the streets flood and convey the water along with the bayous. So you stay home and work remote that day or tweak your Fractal....or both. But there are some areas, like Kingwood, that historically have flooding issues.

Something coming soon that no realtor wants to talk about is that the FEMA Flood Plain maps are being changed. A lot of areas that were not in the 100yr Flood Plain will find themselves inside it. This means they will be forced to carry Flood Insurance at a higher rate when they are inside the new 100yr Flood Zone. The newer developments, particularly further out, will be fine. The older developments that were in the 500yr but not in the 100yr will be hit. Nobody is talking about it except developers and engineers. Even if you are not forced to carry flood insurance, it's a good idea to get a policy. We get these intense rainstorms that cause localized flooding and they can happen anywhere. Better safe than sorry. The crappy thing is: Flood Insurance for those outside the flood zone used to be $400 a year. Now it's close to $1000. The rate has almost tripled in 5 years. I don't know what the cost is for inside the flood zone, but I'm sure it's searchable.

Probably more than you wanted to know, but my coffee kicked in. I love Houston. I can golf, fish, hunt, and I've barely managed to get used to the two to three months of 100 degree heat...lol. The mild winters are nice (golf & fish).
 
jlynnb1 said:
Fullers is still great. There's a newish place on the west side called Infinity Guitars that sells higher end stuff like Knaggs, Duesenberg, LSL, Suhr etc.
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Oh wow... That's the place I had my Warmouth put together after the parts came in. Nice people. I like to use Heights Guitar Tech on 20th street when I'm lazy and want a good solder job. I've been wanting to play a Suhr. I'll drop in and check them out. It's been 4 or 5 years.
 
Bman said:
Oh wow... That's the place I had my Warmouth put together after the parts came in. Nice people. I like to use Heights Guitar Tech on 20th street when I'm lazy and want a good solder job. I've been wanting to play a Suhr. I'll drop in and check them out. It's been 4 or 5 years.
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love the guys at Heights Guitar Tech...pretty much the only place I take my guitars. Great dudes, fast turnaround, good prices. I send everyone there.
 
DM me once you are down there and settled. Would love to meet you in person. I live in Dallas but my work takes me to Houston several times per month. And I have a lot of friends from high school and college who live there.
 
unix-guy said:
You're the only person that's recommended anything East of Houston.

Pretty much everyone that's said where not to go has said avoid East :)
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I agree with respect to those from there. For easier access to Granbury as a priority, easy access to I45 is what you want. You aren’t going to avoid Houston traffic headed downtown unless you live closer in which would put you either in the West Univiersity/Rice area or Memorial area. Again depends on price range. I have friends who live out in the Fulshear area and Sugerland area and love it.
 
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DallasGlenn2005 said:
I agree with respect to those from there. For easier access to Granbury as a priority, easy access to I45 is what you want. You aren’t going to avoid Houston traffic headed downtown unless you live closer in which would put you either in the West Univiersity/Rice area or Memorial area. Again depends on price range. I have friends who live out in the Fulshear area and Sugerland area and love it.
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Fulshear is nice and on the come up but man it's far lol
 
mr_fender said:
Hmm. East Texas... Ever seen Deliverance? Strange things happen in those pine forests. :p

Texas is pretty diverse, so we like to poke fun at each other.
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I currently live up in the Big Thicket area, near the Indian reservation. First moved to the Houston area in 1973 and have pretty much lived and worked around H-town ever since. Left the east side because of blue collar aspect and all the industry. Moved down south for many years, but having to leave every year or so because of some vicious hurricanes finally made us agree to never live south of I-10. Moved to the Humble/Atascocita area, but that area began to get as congested as the other end of FM 1960 (Champions, Willowbrook). Moved across Lake Houston to the Huffman area, which was nice country living for a long time. But it began building up so fast, we moved further north. I drove to work from Livingston to Gulfgate for five years, but it was worth it (to me, at least). Now retired and living out in the Big Thicket, which is heaven to me. It's certainly not for everyone, but diversity is clearly evident here, especially for plants and wildlife.
 
unix-guy said:
I'll be moving from Northern California to Houston (suburbs)
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