I live on Lake Corpus Christi. Portland is a suburb of Corpus, and is booming with a couple of new plants. Corpus is mostly Hispanic, and the suburbs are mostly white. No problems there, though. Victoria and the surrounding area are also nice.
Portland could be a good place for this young man. It’s small but close to Corpus Christi.
I love Victoria. I grew up there.
It’s a lovely old, historic city of about 62 thousand, heavily wooded with the lovely Guadalupe river running practically through the city. There is a large park along the river with picnic tables and barbecue pits.
The Gulf of Mexico is not far away.
It has museums, a zoo, a two year community college as well as a four year college.