I%26#39;m thinking about moving to Texas from Boston. I was stationed in San Antonio when I was in the military and liked it there. However, I am looking at other cities and would like to know about the feasibility of locating to Houston or Dallas. I have had a great deal of administrative assistant experience, but am actually looking at trying something else, so am looking for different types of opportunities, So, the bigger the job market, the better. I am a middle-aged female military retiree and would like to have a social life with some people around my age. Houston seems as though it might be the best place, but I%26#39;m not sure.
Also, if you live in a downtown area in Houston or Dallas, do you need a car?
Thanks,
Want to Move from Boston to Dallas or Houston-which one??
If you live in midtown and work downtown - you ';might'; be able to get by without a car if you don%26#39;t plan on going a whole lot of places outside that area. There are some Camden apartments in Midtown directly across from a Randalls Grocery store. You are a couple of blocks from light rail so you can use that to ride up and down main street from Dowtown to museums and Reliant Center but that is about it.
Houston has a good job market - probably not as pretty as other Texas cities but housing is cheaper and job market pretty good.
Want to Move from Boston to Dallas or Houston-which one??
Come to Houston, lots of jobs, lots of rental and buy housing in the downtown, near town and museum district where you will not need a car for the first 1-2 years until you decide to get an SUV just like everyone else for those week end trips to the Hill Country. Jack
I think that you can get by for the most part without driving in Houston but you should still have a car. Midtown is definitely a good place to do this, but I lived in the Montrose near Dunlavy/West Gray for a while and drove relatively little: walked to the store, to eat, to the bars and post office and biked many other places. The Westheimer/Shepherd area would also work for this.
All work because they%26#39;re close to supermarkets though, which is actually a vital part of the walkable community. Houston%26#39;s lucky in that there are actually some nice areas to live close enough to supermarkets to walk back with a few bags.
Either way, the no driving thing can realistically only be accomplished if you%26#39;re working Downtown, or in the Medical Center or Galleria areas because these are the areas that the bus lines are generally centered around.
Colinaz%26#39;s suggestions were spot on. Tthe Shepherd/Montrose area has more variety than Midtown (more places to eat, groceries, etc.) and there are quite a few ';neighborhoods'; (trees, houses, parks) than Midtown (which is pretty much all townhomes with a few apartment complexes thrown in).
If you work Downtown or the Medical Center and live in the neighborhoods mentioned above you can get by without a car. You can also take the bus to the Galleria area if you work there. But it definitely helps to have a car in Houston (and Dallas, for that matter) as the city is very big and spread out and public transport is not as abundant as it is in Boston.
I spend a lot a times in Houston (in fact my wife thinks I have a second family there). I work in the NorthWest section of Houston. In my discussions with co-works, they seem to think the job market is good. The food is great, many places (my fav, is Mexican at Pappasedo';s). Home prices are very low compared to Boston (you can buy the castle with the proceeds from the sale of a one bedrm condo in Boston). The road system is great, feeder roads that parrallel the highways (we don%26#39;t have anything like this in Boston).
The only thing I don%26#39;t like is the summer heat...as we would say in Boston...wicked hot!
Having lived in both, I%26#39;d definately pick Dallas. The weather is much better than in Houston, which has horrible humidity and virtually no spring, winter or fall. The job market in DFW is great. You could have good access to DART from many places near downtown. There is a rail service, but only a couple of lines, so unless you work downtown or somewhere along the rail you would need a car, or would need to transfer to busses.
Having lived in both, I%26#39;d definately pick Dallas. The weather is much better than in Houston, which has horrible humidity and virtually no spring, winter or fall. The job market in DFW is great. You could have good access to DART from many places near downtown. There is a rail service, but only a couple of lines, so unless you work downtown or somewhere along the rail you would need a car, or would need to transfer to busses.
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