Moving back to the H!

For work or play.......is there a certain geographic area of Metro Houston that works better for you?

If you are being particular, then also drill down to the attendance zones for High Schools in a District.

Weighted to what I know about the High Schools. No idea about Elementary and Middle Schools. Some Districts have High Schools with specialized programs and will mostly skip over those schools.

School Districts

HISD-- Not suburbs


Fort Bend -- Sugar Land and surrounding

Austin
Bush
Clements
Crawford
Dulles
Elkins
Hightower
Kempner
Marshall
Ridge Point
Travis
Willowridge

Austin, Travis, Crawford and Ridge Point (maybe Hightower as well) are probably the newer schools in that district. For the most part, they are also more distant from Houston than the others.

Some of the other High Schools have Attendance Zones with not many (if any) houses in the $400 - $600K Range.


Lamar Consolidated -- Rosenberg - Richmond

Lamar
Terry
Foster
George Ranch
Fulshear

George Ranch, Foster and Fulshear are the newer schools in that district. Probably avoid Lamar and Terry


Alief -- Alief

Elsik
Hastings
Taylor

This District has the diversity that you mentioned, but maybe a bit too much. Some people don't consider Alief a Destination. Maybe not many houses in the $400 - $600K Range.


Katy -- Katy and surrounding

Katy
Seven Lakes
Tompkins
Cinco Ranch
Taylor
Paetow
Mayde Creek
Morton Ranch
Jordan

If I had to choose, then perhaps from the group of Tompkins, Seven Lakes, Cinco Ranch and maybe Taylor. Paetow and Jordan are relatively new and I don't know much about those areas.


Spring Branch -- Spring Branch and surrounding areas such as West Houston. Maybe not considered Suburbs, but since I am here.

Stratford
Memorial
Spring Woods
Northbrook

Probably not Spring Woods or Northbrook.


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To Be Continued

 

The answer is Sugarland

 

Yes, but it will be a while before his child of 3 is going to be in High School. Some of the High Schools in that District are already old and will be even older in another decade. So that is why I suggested to drill down deeper than just picking a School District.

 

Live far way from any MAGA neighborhoods for your own sanity

 

I have been going Clockwise around Metro Houston and the Cy Fair District is next on the list. It also might be the last District that I will comment on. Once the conversation goes much beyond Hwy 290, I am not as comfortable commenting on the Districts & Schools.

So others will have to tell you about schools in Districts such as

• Tomball
• Spring
• Conroe
• Humble
• Clear Creek
• Etc

I thought that there might be a consideration for travel to work or being close to relatives or something like that.


Since this is still a WIP (Work In Progress) waiting on others to speak, I will wait before suggesting a definite Short List.

For now

Ridge Point
Travis
Austin?
Crawford?

George Ranch
Fulshear
Foster?

Tompkins
Seven Lakes
Cinco Ranch
Taylor?
Jordan?
Paetow?

Memorial and Stratford are in nice areas, but not sure if either is right for you. There are some Regulars (Pole & MadMax & Buck Turgidson) in this Forum that are more familiar with those areas than I am.

 

Glad you’re coming back to the city with the best people in the world!

Don’t sleep on the Clear Lake area. Lots of growth, safe, very, very diverse. The Baybrook Mall complex is thriving unlike most malls with tons of shopping and food options (not just a food court). There’s also a growing entertainment district in Webster with a Top Golf, Chicken and Pickle (Pickleball) and a Great Wolf Lodge coming next year. Not to mention it’s 30 minutes from the beach and 30 minutes from downtown. They’ve been widening 45 for years and it’s a dream to drive on in the Clear Lake area and rarely gets backed up.

Clear Creek ISD is very good academically with two science magnet middle schools and two GT magnet middle schools with robotics teams that compete at the national level with high schools. The High Schools are all great too with tons of extra stuff like a culinary program, robotics, actively push dual credit with college courses, etc.

MAGA-wise it’s pretty sparse, but this is Texas so you run into those assholes everywhere.

Housing cost wise there are deals and you can easily get something in your budget, although you didn’t really specify sq footage, rooms, etc. My agent is ****ing amazing so if you don’t have one yet DM me. She works her ass off and is amazingly knowledgable.

Houston is so massive that different areas have different ‘flavors’ and slightly different demographics so your mileage may vary.

 

There are some nice developments they are building south of Pearland. Pomona, Meridiana, Del Bello, etc are a few of those.

 

If he has a tricked out DeLorean I might be able to help.

 

Biased because I live there, but I have grown to like Cypress. Have lived in Katy, LC and Sugar Land (albeit briefly). All are also great places for families. But I'd prefer Cypress. Bridgeland and Towne Lake are the two big new(ish) neighborhoods with A+ schools and amenities. We're in Bridgeland and I wouldn't move for anywhere else.

 

Alief all day bruh. It’s not even close.

 

Alief is where I go when I want to get robbed.

 

Good to know some things in Houston haven't changed.

 

Damn Haymitch is ballin

I lived in the neighborhood behind the walmart on barker cypress for a little bit and uh illegally enjoyed y'alls amenities here and there.

 

I thought about it some more and the type of house that you are seeking might not be available for $400 - 600K in the Energy Corridor (Memorial & Stratord).

So for now, scratch them from consideration.

 

Based on everything you've posted so far, I'll be surprised if you don't end up somewhere in Ft. Bend County. Sugarland is a great choice but not the only good one in the area.

Will you be working from home or commuting? If commuting, where is your job located?

 

Remember, he said he likes trees.

If I had to move back to the Houston area (outside of the Loop, sorry @Ziggy), it would be the Clear Lake or Woodlands/Conroe areas.