I’ve lived in the Clear Lake area near Houston and NASA for about 15 years. Great schools, low crime, great environment (access to the coast and lots of marinas if you are a boater) and near the world-renowned Houston hospitals.
There may be some good house buys coming on the market if NASA downsizes.
My favorite area of Texas however is either San Antonion or Ausin because they are nicely urban but with the scenic ‘hill country’ within their city limits. Gives you a better climate than muggy Houston. Lots of lakes nearby. San Antonio has a good medical center with a rising reputation.
Dallas is good and busy economic metropolitan area but just doesn’t have the charm of either of the above two choices.
We need to overwhelm the Austin and San Antonio areas with good conservatives. They are the liberal strongholds in TX.
We just moved to Katy, TX (Houston suburb) last year. Fantastic area. My daughter is in one of the top 20 elementary schools in the State, no crime, low taxes, good people, big church within two miles.
I highly recommend the Houston suburbs — Cypress, Katy, The Woodlands, Clear Lake, Kingwood.
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