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Originally Posted by the head
The Clear Lake area of Houston is also a good place. The Clear Creek school district is one of the best around the Houston area abd the property is, in general, cheap. Another thing to consider is what county you might be moving to since (ditto) Harris county has some of the highest insurance rates around. League City is really growing and there are some really nice homes there. I live in Harris county, so we just put up with the insurance hikes and save a little in taxes compared to Galveston county, which were the two areas we looked at.
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I definately have to second the Clear Lake area.
Obviously, where you want to live depends on your pastimes and hobbies. This area is great because it is midway between Houston & Galveston - about 25-30 miles in each direction. There is also the Space Center, and Kemah / Seabrook. It's a really neat area of town with lots of palm trees and what not. I fell in love with the town the first time I drove here. If you like seafood, there are lots of good resturauns here.
I defiately did not get that feeling when I visited the Spring / NW side of town (sorry Havock!) That whole area seems boring and too woodsy for me. That's more of the area of town that people go to to settle down and have a quiet little life where they spend lots of time at their house, IMO. But, you're getting the opinion of a 24 year old guy here.
Also, your screen name implies you have a BMW roadster? Do you autox? If so, the Houston SCCA does lots of meets down here at the Texas City Greyhound Racetrack parking lots. I've been to two of them with my buddy, who drives down from the 290 / Beltway 8 area (Spring).
Like the head said, this area is growing greatly, and it's pretty nice. A lot of girls at my church are teachers in the area, and Clear Lake / Clear Creek / Pearland all sound like good schools.
Just stay away from Pasadena...or so I've heard.
Still, it's great being only 45 min away from the beach - that's one of the best things about this area. If one weekend you want to take the family / dog / Titan to the beach, you can. I like Galveston. I'm sure it's no SoCal, but it works, and it's a nice swim in the gulf.
If you want an area more inland, but a little closer to Houston, checkout Pearland. It's midway between Sugar Land and Clear Lake, and right off the Beltway. Seems like a pretty good town.
I think you best bet might be to fly out here for the weekend of July 16-17, drive through some of the towns we listed, meet us on the 17th for the TNT-SE meet, and see which town pulls at you the hardest. See which one you can see yourself living in.