Houston area music scene?

unix-guy said:
Yeah… I’m fairly close to retirement and it makes the most sense financially to make the move rather than finding a new job (which is the alternative).

Relocation is very well covered by my employer, too - they pretty much cover everything, assist with home sale, home purchase, taxes, etc
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Sounds like the right move to me... I wish you all the best....in your new adventure.
 
@unix-guy Do you need to be close to work/office?
If you're going to be working on the west end of Houston then I would check out the area by the city of Katy.
 
GuitarDojo said:
@unix-guy Do you need to be close to work/office?
If you're going to be working on the west end of Houston then I would check out the area by the city of Katy.
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I need to be in the office downtown 4 days a week.

Katy is one of the places on my current short list.

Also, Spring, Tomball, Sugarland, Pearland, Kingwood right now.

But we haven't been to any of these places yet so that's all "on paper" so far.

Since our daughter, son in-law and grandson are in Granbury my preference is west or northwest just because it's a bit closer to them...
 
If you want to PM me, that is fine. I lived in Houston (and the Houston area) for most of my work career.

As to the music scene, I can't help a lot on that. I know more about venues than gigging there, and most of the ones I remember are likely gone.

A few questions, and again, you might not want to answer on the open forum, are:

(1) What is your budget for a new home?
(2) Single Family or Townhome/Condo?
(3) Commuting distance? From my experience, traffic and weather are major factors in this decision.
(4) New construction or retail?
 
unix-guy said:
I need to be in the office downtown 4 days a week.

Katy is one of the places on my current short list.

Also, Spring, Tomball, Sugarland, Pearland, Kingwood right now.

But we haven't been to any of these places yet so that's all "on paper" so far.

Since our daughter, son in-law and grandson are in Granbury my preference is west or northwest just because it's a bit closer to them...
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Check out Fulshear
I have personal interests there. ;)
 
some us we got bad grammars, but we also got bad granpas too :)
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I live in a Pearland suburb and highly recommend it. My girlfriend lives in League City and its also a very nice area.

We have thankfully never had issues with flooding, but as mentioned, it is a thing. Traffic is also brutal.

Regarding the music scene, it definitely exists and while I'm not active in it, I probably could if I wanted to.

The issue with Houston is that it is so big and everyone is busy. I found a guy who wants to jam, but he is like 40 minutes away from me, so its a logistical nightmare especially with work schedules and other life obligations. This is the main problem I personally run into.
 
Lived here most of my life and worked downtown for 6 years. If you work out your schedule to arrive and leave early it's bearable. Leaving downtown Houston any time after 3:30pm is brutal. It takes almost 15 to 25 min. just to get out of downtown and on a freeway. If you're heading west to Katy, you're in for another hour. Park and Ride bus system can be faster because the buses take the elevated HOV lanes. You can also take those lanes in your vehicle if you have a passenger. The flooding is real. If it rained heavily during the night, wait until sunlight before driving into work. Most of the entries into downtown require you to pass under a road, which usually fill with storm water until it recedes.

And if there's any ice, sleet or snow, Houston shuts down and everyone stays home. The news will cover the event all day....lol. It's been a mild fall/winter so far and no ice yet this season. But we've got 2 more months.

If a yard isn't a must, you might want to look near downtown if it's sort of temporary.

Sounds like we've got a Fractal community here in Houston. Is Fullers Guitars still the spot for gear (besides Guitar Center)?
 
Katy is nice and established, but sort of vanilla. Tomball is exploding but is still fairly rural. Cypress sort of splits the difference between the two. Sugarland is nice but is pretty far south, although 99 helps with that. I personally can't stand the Spring/Kingwood/Humble area, but that's just me. Honestly anything off the 45 north corridor is a no go for me until you hit the Woodlands.

We live in Pearland and love it, but I'll be the first to admit Sugarland and Cypress are nicer. Tomball, or even a little further into Hockey etc will probably be best bang for your buck home/property wise.

And the taxes won't seem so high when you're saving money every where else.
 
Bman said:
Lived here most of my life and worked downtown for 6 years. If you work out your schedule to arrive and leave early it's bearable. Leaving downtown Houston any time after 3:30pm is brutal. It takes almost 15 to 25 min. just to get out of downtown and on a freeway. If you're heading west to Katy, you're in for another hour. Park and Ride bus system can be faster because the buses take the elevated HOV lanes. You can also take those lanes in your vehicle if you have a passenger. The flooding is real. If it rained heavily during the night, wait until sunlight before driving into work. Most of the entries into downtown require you to pass under a road, which usually fill with storm water until it recedes.

And if there's any ice, sleet or snow, Houston shuts down and everyone stays home. The news will cover the event all day....lol. It's been a mild fall/winter so far and no ice yet this season. But we've got 2 more months.

If a yard isn't a must, you might want to look near downtown if it's sort of temporary.

Sounds like we've got a Fractal community here in Houston. Is Fullers Guitars still the spot for gear (besides Guitar Center)?
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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.
 
jlynnb1 said:
Katy is nice and established, but sort of vanilla. Tomball is exploding but is still fairly rural. Cypress sort of splits the difference between the two. Sugarland is nice but is pretty far south, although 99 helps with that. I personally can't stand the Spring/Kingwood/Humble area, but that's just me. Honestly anything off the 45 north corridor is a no go for me until you hit the Woodlands.

We live in Pearland and love it, but I'll be the first to admit Sugarland and Cypress are nicer. Tomball, or even a little further into Hockey etc will probably be best bang for your buck home/property wise.

And the taxes won't seem so high when you're saving money every where else.
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Curious to hear further thoughts on why you don't like Spring/Humble/Kingwood, if you care to elaborate?

I'm really going into this whole thing a bit blind and I'm open to getting input wherever I can.
 
unix-guy said:
Curious to hear further thoughts on why you don't like Spring/Humble/Kingwood, if you care to elaborate?

I'm really going into this whole thing a bit blind and I'm open to getting input wherever I can.
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I lived in Kingwood for many years. The commute to Downtown is HORRIBLE! And many, if not most if Kingwood has flooded badly. My home didn't flood, but the streets in my neighborhood were under water to the point where I had to park blocks away and wade through waist deep water to get home. And that is after being stranded for 8 hours on the freeway coming from work due to flooding where the freeway dipped under another freeway. Long story but I only finally got home that night by some of us dearing off guardrails and building a "bridge" to a feeder road. I went first as I just wanted to get home. This was during a tropical depression. FYI, tropical depressions in the area bring more rain and flooding than hurricanes.
I wouldn't move to Kingwood. Humble is OK, less flooding, but still a hellish commute.
The reason I asked your budget is if it were me, I would move either inside the loop, or just outside in maybe Bellaire, But the homes aren't inexpensive.
 
SpudMan said:
I lived in Kingwood for many years. The commute to Downtown is HORRIBLE! And many, if not most if Kingwood has flooded badly. My home didn't flood, but the streets in my neighborhood were under water to the point where I had to park blocks away and wade through waist deep water to get home. And that is after being stranded for 8 hours on the freeway coming from work due to flooding where the freeway dipped under another freeway. Long story but I only finally got home that night by some of us dearing off guardrails and building a "bridge" to a feeder road. I went first as I just wanted to get home. This was during a tropical depression. FYI, tropical depressions in the area bring more rain and flooding than hurricanes.
I wouldn't move to Kingwood. Humble is OK, less flooding, but still a hellish commute.
The reason I asked your budget is if it were me, I would move either inside the loop, or just outside in maybe Bellaire, But the homes aren't inexpensive.
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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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