No vacancy here! Stay away! Too many people, and people are getting grouchy 'cause of the 24/7 rush hour traffic. If you are not in the right lane or going under 65 mph on the freeways, you're dead. May 2022, 94 to 95 degrees already. In some areas, no one speaks English. There is some Big Money here, and if you don't have some of it, it's hard to find decent houses or apartments. Need gasoline? Plan on taking an hour of your time. Pull out of drive, red light 1, red light 2, get gas, the credit card thing won't give you a receipt, go inside the store, etc. Live in a beautiful subdivision? A bit calmer but $$$$, and you drive and drive, and drive to get to anywhere. Pack a lunch and dinner or like I have done if I have to go across town for a meeting, appointment, I stay in a motel rather fight 24/7 rush hour traffic where I get in the wrong lane and the 18 wheeler is on my tail and I have to drive to San Antonio to turn around and come back. You'll see. Good things: If you are wanting to taste food from countries you've never heard of, come on down. If you want a service, specialist, or to buy something and it exists, you can find it here. Be prepared to spend the day driving in 24/7 rush hour to get it. Need a doctor? There are specialists here for diseases you didn't know existed. Make an appointment, drive and drive and try and try to park, and remember where you car is; then wait 2+ hours to see doctor. Bring something to do and eat or curl up in the waiting room chair and sleep. Welcome to Texas, ya all. Sincerely, A Native. Oh BTW if you are from New Jersey or certain boroughs in New York, we love you, but ditch the accent and learn to talk like us, through you nose. You'll do a lot better.
This is the best video I have seen because this guy is genuine, confident and just overall real. He articulates in a way that’s not trying to hard and is just simply easy to understand. I like how he offers pros and cons and speaks from a non-biased stand point. I think I will end up really loving TX...I’m sure my girls will too!
I live in Puerto Rico and am seriously considering moving. What's funny to me is that all those "cons" are literally daily life here (which really isn't all that bad when you think about it, some of them even good). Only we have it worse because we're also in the line of fire for hurricanes and pay 3 times as much for electricity, yet it doesn't work properly on a regular day. Hurricane Maria left me and my family without electricity for 4 months!
@@olivejuice5718 All those areas like friendswood, sugarland, deer park etc are all older developments, so unless you are in the high end parts you will be living basic like the rest of the poors.
Haha, right. I'm born and raised in West Texas, and am not a fan of guns. But I absolutely believe in people's right to own them. In Texas, even the people not into guns aren't sympathetic to anti-gun rhetoric. And why do all these people think they can come and change Texas, anyway? I wish everyone would stop moving to Texas.
In a few years Houston will not be the place to live. It's overcrowded, crazy drivers, homes have gotten expensive and did I say it's too crowded. If you don't like the heat don't love here. The freeways are horrible. It used to be the Best but not anymore...to many people
@@Yetti0 i wish i could stay in ny.. but my husband wants to be near his mom again. i would even leave him to avoid tx but kids. i would even let him have the kids but hes working all day so he cant take them. thats how scared of houston i am
I was born and raised in Houston Texas. Two years ago I moved to Tennessee.. I did not know there truly is four seasons,till I left Houston.. I don't miss the hurricane season or mosquitos. Good video, and accurate information regarding the city and climate, the friendly folks though, not so much in the city. Yes friendly in the country or suburban ends of Houston
Recently moved from TX to GA. There are many things that I love about Texas, but the 3 negatives for me were: high property taxes, increasing sprawl and traffic (DFW area), and the heat restricting how much time you can comfortably be outdoors.
@@halo7077 More like folks in general. He was DFW and even folks from North and West Austin were moving up to grape vine etc looking for more reasonable prices
I lived in Houston from 2012-2017 and the humidity and heat were unbearable, I was sick most of the time with allergies, I now live in Northern California, and I LOVE IT.
That’s not the whole state though…at all. I just would of relocated away from the coast. Lived in cali myself and hated it more than anywhere I’ve been.
I bought my land and built my home 25 years ago here in Texas,my wife and I are too old to start over but we are being forced to do just that as we are being forced to move out of our home that we love. I have lived here all of my life,I am a native Texan. My property taxes have skyrocketed because of all of the people moving here and now I cannot afford to pay the property taxes to stay in my home that I was going to retire and live out the remainder of my life. Why should I be forced into poverty and lose my home to rich snobs moving here who are screwing up our quality of life and driving up the price of everything? The property taxes alone is making it to where our young people who do not have rich parents to foot the bill cannot afford to pay rent nor own a home of their own here in the new state of Taxes/California! We native Texans who are retired simply cannot avoid moving out of Texas because our corrupt Local Governments and Criminal Governor is getting rich off this criminal and immoral process of gentrification!
Retired Native Texan who shares your concern but Gov Abbott is not the problem. Our property taxes are local county and city taxes. We have had better economies in tough times with Republican leadership. The problem is out of state buyers willing to pay over inflated prices jacking up appraisals then dragging their Blue state politics, that ruined their home state, with them.
The fundamental reason that property taxes are so high is that Texas does not have a state income tax; it's one of only seven states in the nation without one. Instead, we pay for government through two main sources of revenue: sales tax and property tax.
I moved from sugar land Houston to Sammamish WA but I will be moving back next year. My kids lost their freedom, the winters here are causing my them to keep on gadgets, in houston they went outside almost through out the year.
Grew up inside the loop (in-town-urban living)in H-town, over thirty-five years plus! This once was a good place to be despite the weather and lack of scenic beauty. I understand many-many-many people are moving here. And, this is the exact reason that Houston is no longer a friendly place to be. Crime, construction, and traffic are a nightmare. I can't wait to get out of here and will sell this summer. If you like an uber big city with tons of crime, traffic, heat, and humidity then keep coming here.
Ha-ha we joked that we needed our passports to go outside the loop! The traffic and the gentrification (of already gentrified neighborhoods) not to mention terrible schools are inexcusable in a city so dynamic and with such resources but has always neglected public education.
If you move to Houston, TX or any place in the world you MUST learn to deal with a different place if you can't deal with it stay where you are and in Future you will sorry to don't try New Adventure.....
Houston is having lots of road rage, bad traffic, and more crime, after 35 yrs. I'm out, I would not come here unless you can handle this plus most folks are commuters, not too many friendly people here, if you're not married you will be lonely as a single person
Moved from California to Texas about two years ago. I am in a low humidity small town in NW Panhandle, the bugs are no joke and dangerous, but wearing shoes, and bug spray, and keeping them out of your home isn't that difficult. Scams in Texas are a big problem since there is little to no protection for an average citizen and Texas likes to take advantage of this in real estate, rentals, and even utility companies. It's absolutely a buyer beware state. Also, the irrigation is nonexistent, there are no drain pipes, no gutters, and nothing to help the water flow when it rains hard. The last thing I would point out is the drivers... they have some very dangerous habits while driving but luckily nearly every road is flat and straight as far as the eye can see.
There is very good irrigation in the Houston area. It floods sometimes because: 1. In the old neighborhoods the homes are not build up from the street height. 2. The rain pours down too heavily and it overwhelms the drainage. Like during Harvey we got 52" of rain in like a 2-3 days, and the hurricane was stationary and that is the only time I have seen that. I would stay away from neighborhoods that have previously flooded.
Just moved to Texas and, the heat is pretty bad, bugs yes, here in Central Texas, alot of Crickets, and there us lots of scamming going on with rentals. I would look the address up and it would be a vacant lot... There are people that help you look for rentals and they get paid from the Apartment complexes. Another thing us, the renting can be difficult, which I think happened after covid. This heart beat rule is ridiculous!
Houston is a great social place to live with many fun things to do, the catch 22 boobie trap is that even though you don’t pay for state taxes, they re-coup it through the extraordinary high property taxes which can be a big stressor, otherwise I like this video, very informative, very helpful, keep bringing great videos
2 important adds: traffic and change. If traffic bothers you, Houston or any of Texas large cities will drive you bonkers. And you should be aware that the entire state is constantly re-inventing itself...cattle, energy, medicine, tech... Who knows what is next, but it will be different. I lived in Texas for 30+ years, so I am not just a casual or newfound observer. Now I live in New Zealand; total multi-island nation population about the same as Houston metro area. And I'd appreciate it if you all didn't decide to move HERE!!
I was in the Texas Hill Country recently and someone asked me what I liked better since I lived in San Antonio for 15 years and I told her I love them both equally. It's a different beauty for each area. The Hill Country is beautiful especially at the rivers. Here in Spring/The Woodlands it's so green with tall pine trees.
@@Jayson-ly6ni I've experienced both. Texas is worse. In LA they have cops who write tickets. Hardly ever see any enforcement here, so the crazies do what they want.
This is one of my favorite reviews that you've done. I was getting ready to move away from Houston and TX altogether. Been doing intense research the past 4 days, but now, l might just change cities within TX. *Originally from the Caribbean, but have been here so long (15+ yrs) that l consider myself a Texan.
Born in Houston. Moved to Ohio when I was 22. Came back when I was 45. I prefer Texas. Houston is ok. But I'm looking to move in the outer areas of Houston. Clear Lake is nice 👍 He's right about the humidity 🥵 Prefer doing outdoor activities in the "winter", when it's 75-80 degrees haha Once in a great while we have freezing cold weather. But it's only for a month. Lol
#10 pollutions/poor air quality/chemicals in the air #11 crowed/congested #12 daily heavy traffic #13 daily accidents #14 daily road rage #15 daily reckless driving/speeding/tailgating. aggressive/rude drivers,people driving 90-100mph on the freeway and access road. #17 high cost of home and auto insurance. #18 moon wobble in about 10 years #19 high crime rate If you like these, you’re love Houston area.
Amen! The bugs and the oppressive Death Valley heatwaves is why we wear big cowboy hats..They don't make a cowboy hat big enough to stave off the constant rain from our oppressive property taxes.
Yup, don't move here you cannot stand rice in your salt shakers, hate AC, mosquito spay as perfume, can't drive one handed, or must sleep uphill. Definitely avoid Houston if you can't enjoy a Gyros, pho, or Egyptian for lunch, going to the Hindu temple for Holi, park dancing on Cinco de Mayo or three different languages all greeting you in the check out line. 🤣 He forgot we also have a tendency to let the elderly, pregnant or with little ones, or those with just a few things go first in line. 😁
I feel like with taxes it all Equals out to around the same. In California we have low property tax but we get reamed on income tax, Sales tax, And just about everything else.. The house you just described would be 800k-1mill. + hoa in Ca
I am from Austin. Was born here in 1956 and have lived here most of my life. You is putting a VERY pretty face on Houston and not showing all of it. The Museums and Johnson Space Center. I'm not seeing Katy and Montrose and Channelview or Pasadena(Stinkadena) and La Porte. The Houston Ship Channel. Chemical Plants and Refineries. I-610 at 5:30 pm on Friday. You DO show the nice places that you may live in IF you have the funds. But you are not showing the massive apartment complexes and condos that stretch on forever right next to the endless strip malls next to Cabela's and Wal Mart. And did I mention the refineries..... I love my Home State and especially the Texas Hill Country west of Austin, but there are unsightly parts just like everywhere else. Massive trailer parks and old run down subdivisions. You must sell Real Estate or Moving Services. I love my Hometown, but I do not live there and rarely visit. Too many People, too high prices and too much traffic. So I live in the sticks out by the lake....no, NOT Lakeway. LOL And you forgot about HEB, although they are not as prevalent in the Houston Metro. I know People that would move to Texas just for HEB alone. And please mention the Tropical Storms and flooded Bayous because they tend to trip up newcomers. Could mention the zoning laws in Harris County as well. I hear those are a drawing point as well. Here in Travis County it's a WHOLE other story when it comes to zoning. Best of luck to you and your Family. Drainage is everything on the coast.
Houston is a international city Not reflective of Texans I was born in Waco Texas I moved to Houston as a kid 1965. My business is here other than that I Not stay in Houston I live in Jersey Village Texas
i moved to houston (in the loop) from long island n.y. & Not by choice (husb is born & raised in houston). i watched this video before & after the move. the Real negatives for me: 1. no scenic beauty to make living worth it 2. horrible city schools (no contact, lost in the system, & more) 3. scary mega highways like elevated racetracks 4. Everything is Paved over 5. cancerous bug spray everywhere (look up the Cancer Rate 6. look up the astronomically high Crime Rate in the city 7. a breath is a lungful of car exhaust 8. if i move out of the loop then my work commute traffic 9. noisy apartment neighbors 10. plane tix cost to keep getting out at every opportunity
I moved to an area northeast of DFW/McKinney two years ago to retire. Here are my observations: 1) If you follow the law and do the right things, Texas is going to give you a great life 2) If you do not follow rules or laws, Texas is not a place for you and will give you a horrible life 3) If you choose not to assimilate to the Texas way of life or respect it, you will be miserable here 4) If you don't know what a Homestead Exemption is, learn about it and apply for one tooth sweet 5) If you have a dog your dog will be very happy! Dog parks are everywhere in all communities 6) If you haven't visited a Bucee's yet, you are not a true Texan! 7) A majority of TX in the north is in Tornado Alley. Have a plan and be prepared for crazy weather 8) TX homes require a lot of routine maintenance (HVAC, pest control, etc...). Budget accordingly 9) Texans in general are not very vocal. But if you bring up politics on your own, expect an earful 10) TX humidity isn't that bad and only lasts roughly four months of the year. Budget your AC expense Finally, if you are a 100% disabled veteran Texas is the best place to be and is also the best kept secret. 100% disabled veteran's receive a free DOL, free vehicle plates and are exempt form ALL TEXAS PROPERTY TAXES!
We love our veterans. If you, or anyone who reads this is active or a veteran, then please accept this Texan’s thank you for your service and the service your lives ones went through l.
Great videos! Missing couple points. Houston native here. Don’t move here if you’re don’t like stuck in Houston traffic for hours. Don’t move here if you don’t drive fast enough and get honked. Houstonian drivers are crazy. Don’t move if you don’t like guns. Don’t move if you don’t like free income tax. Don’t move if you don’t like American flag. Texas is one of the most religious state, so if you don’t like that, STAY PUT!!!
Thank you for this video! I'm in Houston now visiting relatives and will be moving here permanently in 3 weeks. This made me feel alot better and alot more excited for the move. Thank you for being so down to earth and awesome!
Please earth continue keeping Texas hot in the summer to get all these transplants to go up north. I hear WNY is desperate for people please y'all will like it up there.
I ran from California you think your taxes are high go to Ca its 13.5 percent state tax fuel is five dollars per gallon and broken roads and people craping on the street and homeless problems
I moved to FTW Dallas area from CA and lasted 2 months lol I just couldn't get passed not seeing mountains it was weird I just felt empty and lost so I peaced out. God bless yall for real.
I have moved from NY (Long Island) to North Dallas-McKinney. It is so clean here and the roadway are in much better condition then NY. I don’t miss potholes! I definitely agree about the land scape here being so flat, and although they have a lot of lakes, I do miss the ocean. But the most surprising negative thing that I have noticed is the rude and dangerous drivers! For people that are so nice, what happens to them when they get behind that wheel? There is never a fender bender here, it’s always a major accident! The speed limit is way too high! I thought I was a savvy NY driver…Oh was I wrong. The construction crews also make it worse by not giving ample notice of a lane closures. That definitely needs to be added to the list.
For some the friendliness does turn to road rage behind the wheel. I was on the freeway and this guy came across 3 lanes tried to run me to the shoulder and stayed beside me for awhile down the freeway trying to run me off the road. I had tinted windows and it was evening so I know he couldn't see me but later in line at a store a guy in front of me turned and offered to pay for my few items in hand .. and it was him so friendly and sweet. I was scared as crap and kindly said thanks but no thanks. Weird.
@@pjrichards3974 he must've felt bad probably and wanted to make up for it by doing a good deed. Sorry that happened to you. Hopefully he repented and turned to the Lord. We all needJesus Christ.
I can concur. I'm a native Texan and lived there for most of my life and there are a lot of people in Texas that are horrible drivers. I currently live in a small mountain town in southern New Mexico and we get a lot of tourists from Texas. You'll be driving down the road and some idiot will cut you off or they are in a huge rush to get somewhere and 9 times out of 10 they will have Texas plates.
THe roads in NY (in general) are far better than in Houston - where in the most expensive neighborhoods you have huge potholes, poorly done patchwork and tiny lanes to support a lot of traffic. I imagine you are in a newer part of Dallas that was well-planned - which Houston was and is not - city planning should be on the list as one of Houston's big deficits, which is quite sad as it had/has the potential to be a real workd-class city but the transport question is constantly looming.
2 points: 1. We do have mountains, you just have to travel far west towards Big Bend/Guadalupe mountains national parks and they won’t be as big as the ones from Idaho but still beautiful. 2. It’s not humid in all of Texas. In fact, most of Texas isn’t that humid to be honest. It’s pretty much just the eastern side. The more you travel west the less humid it is. If you’re looking for drier climates, El Paso is a great spot. It was rated the safest city in the country at one point a couple years ago. Texas is a very diverse state in terms of landscapes. Other than that this video is pretty accurate.
@@Bigpapa250 sorry about that gents and NEVER what we meant to do and addressing this with the team ASAP because we never want anyone to feel like this but glad you found someone else annd welcome!
@@LivinginHoustonTX it is very hard to reach y’all I did once and no follow up call. My husband reached out to no prevail. reached out to another realtor from you to they responded back immediately and have followed up. So yeah you guys probably want to get up on that part of it
Years ago my son moved there for a job and that was one of the things I noticed is that everyone talks to you. That is not a bad thing at all as it was what I used to growing up in West Virginia. I grew up in the mountains as well and yes I do miss them. My son lived in Seabrook and the Apt he lived in was right on the water and at the time his rent was really low compared to where we live in Virginia. That apt would have been 4 times as much here in the hampton Roads area. I can say that I could without a doubt live in Texas as I have never been anywhere that I felt so welcome as I did there from day one.
Born in Texas 1939, lived there for more than 60 years. Moved away because of Texas becoming a policed state, a tidal wave of illegals, horrible traffic congested cities and highways. You don't want to know the rest!
Will be moving to Northwest Houston from Virginia. I’ve lived in Virginia, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Georgia. Been to Kuwait and Iraq so most of the issues you have listed is not a deterrent for me. After my fourth deployment I will be a Houstonian
From Illinois. Lived in Houston for a couple of years and loved it. Planning to return to Houston or Dallas in a year. Looking forward to it! We miss Houston, in spite of Harvey. Those "tree bugs" aka cock roaches freaked me out! They were the size of a small frog. Lol🤢 My husband sprayed every few months, no problems.
I wasted part of my life in east coast, like NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY where the communists and dictator’s don’t respect the people, I wouldn’t move back to east coast even if I get a mansion for free, I moved to TEXAS in 2012 and it was the best thing I did, I have rights everyone has a gum everyone respect the next guy, a place of opportunity and make money and hot but nice weather! I have made good money but had I come here in the beginning of 2000 I would be for sure a millionaire! TEXAS THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY and RESPECT for the good citizens!!!!
Houston my home, I love this city, I travel a lot and even have lived In different cities in the USA because of my job, some of them are probably prettier than this one,but with each of the negative reasons not to move here for I have one reason to say, yes do come here. I always call Houston my home , it is my favorite place to live.
moved to houston in 1965 I was 5 years old from Pa. never looked back and never been back LOL. give yourself about 3 weeks to a month to get your body acclimated to heat humidity
One thing a learned real quick once I moved to texas is that you have to embrace the Texan way, nobody here cares we’re you came from and comparing to your former state will only cause a very uncomfortable “bless your heart” response.
I stayed in a community in Houston for several weeks in April and May and I didn't experience the "Hey how are you doing" . I was the one doing it and people were looking at me like I was crazy. I am from BK, NY and I love talking to people, being friendly, nice and polite. I never understand why people think people from the Northeast is not nice and friendly. It is a stigma put on us for decades, and it isn't true.
Yes it is. Maybe amongst other New Yorkers it isn’t. Also, it’s a comparison not to be valued by itself. Compared to the South, the NE is as cold as your climate.
Just moved here in Houston and I’m born and raised in Brooklyn, NY for 25 years, I worked in customer service in both places and I can definitely say people here are far more polite lol they actually respond to my hello , where as nyc they just skip to their order , that’s just my experience with the people lol
Looking at possibly relocating to the Houston area for a really great job in healthcare. Thank you for this honest and frank view of Houston from someone who is not from Houston. I will be relocating from Sacramento but lived everywhere in California, L.A, S.F., and San Diego. Sacramento summers are pretty unbearable as well and winters are very cold. Having served in the military and being stationed in the Philippines I get the humidity. you never really get used to it, you just bear it. I also get the bugs and mosquitos, I would just be sure to spray the repellent. Houston summer weather reminds me of the Philipines including the tropical storms and hurricanes. Still considering the relo but I do like the cost of living and affordable housing. I will be reaching out to you if it looks like it's going to happen. Again great informative video!
Yea. I am thinking of it as well. Alot of my family is there in Sac and yes, the summers are unbearable. Lol. My kids are born here and they don't care to move but idk Cali is quite expensive and we may need to decide in the next year.
@@justme2272 The houston area is a great place to move imo. Maybe not right in Houston because all the traffic, ugly roads, ghettoism, etc. cypress, katy, woodlands, conroe, klein, spring, fresno, Missouri city, alvin, angleton, etc are all pretty good places to live. Houston is also very diverse which is good(unless you’re racist), has everything you need, lots of job and sports opportunities for kids. Id recommend it. & if you’re kids dont want to move because of girls or guys they like them you can tell them theres lots of people here.
I see no reason to move from Ventura, California to another state. I don't need air conditioning where I live and I could survive without a heater. Once I move I need air conditioning and heating. The utility bill on top of the cheaper rent will make my rent prices nearly the same level as California if I was to live in Texas. Then you add in the US supreme court is about to make high capacity magazines legal and conceal carry shall issue in California and I have no reason to leave because the gun laws will be almost as good as Texas. Property taxes are higher in Texas than where I live in California.
I will take $8800 as property tax. In California $400k home $18000 property tax and monthly $450 HOA. Texas property tax is a breeze.. GREAT Video looking to move before the end of the year Houston or Dallas. LOVED the Katy area.. Thank u keep them coming
I live in Houston and there is to many crazy drivers on the freeways, Houston is a fast pace city fast cars , fast people, lol Houston is known to have bipolar weather gets too hot , certain areas get flooded in rainy season . and hurricanes barely miss us sometimes they do hit . Mosquitoes are bad too , l hope to moved away one day from Houston one day .
Actually lived in Houston for just over 16 years from 1963-79. It was an experience and a half! I lived in the Sandalwood/Lakeview subdivision in the Spring Branch-Memorial area. It has three lakes just off Buffalo Bayou. There used to be a fourth lake; King's Lake just off Gessner and Buffalo Bayou. They filled it in. It made a comeback the hard way when Hurricane Harvey hit! When Harvey struck, Houston was one messed up city!!!
@@AlexDeChristian6323 Should have been in Brazoria County Texas on July 15th ,1979: 46 inches in 24 hours a North American Continent record and more than likely will never be eclipsed , it made every other storm a joke if you lived through it !
In Sandalwood off Memorial, Patti Lynn Lake and Buffalo Bayou became one under Harvey!!! King's Lake off Gessner made a comeback the hard way under Harvey!!! 42" inches of rain all at once will get ya but good!!!
im from long island ny.. hubby was born n raised in houston. we are moving back there this summer. im dreading it so much but i cant keep him hostage in ny forever. hes been here 10 years. im praying for a miracle so i wont have to go. im the most liberal person u can imagine.
I am a long time Houstonian. Every day I pray for my son as he is a lineman here in Houston. I pray for his safety, not just the actual job safety as he has many stories where guns are involved. I agree with having guns for protection, but just sayin'. Do your research before you move here find the right area.
Watching this video I thought of that as perhaps the worst thing about the city, in a city so rich with opportunity and diversity but yet suffers from terrible violent crime - and that as you mention there are parallel universes here.
Live in the northern part of the state to avoid the flooding. Also if you live in Houston get a standby generator. It's pricey but worth it. When there is a storm and the lights go out, in about 10 to 12 seconds I have lights. As to property taxes the politicians aren't going to tax the rich because they have accepted their money. So they turn to the middle and lower class in the form of property taxes. The rich can afford it. It is what it is.
Actually this was an awesome explanation regarding moving to Houston as I’m currently considering it so you’ve really helpful and I highly appreciated will contact you very soon and once again you’ve been great brother and keep up the good work..👍🙏
The weather (both the heat and the depressing grey winters) and distances (driving and really bad roads) are probably the worst thing. People are nice but I think that has something to do with everyone being from somewhere else - and needing to fit in as well as well as make new friends and contacts.
Nice video. I live in Las Vegas, my wife and I were considering Austin. After seeing Austin up close, doesn’t seem like a good fit. The Houston Heights overview you did seems like a better option. Looking forward to seeing Houston soon.
At the hubby airport heading back to the Bay Area as I type this. Spent the last 4 days here looking at houses Houston, cypress, woodland area and more. The humidity was off the charts and it rained every day I was here except today ironically 🤦🏽♂️.
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Last summer I was in Houston and there wasn't one single mosquito, they were all married with large families.
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Standing water=mosquitoes ….and Texas has very poor drainage across the whole state
I think it depends what area you are at. I'm in Spring and they spray regularly and I have not been bitten in the last 5 years I've been here.
I love this video. I love how you described the flatness of Texas and Oklahoma by saying, “ you can watch your dog runaway for 2 weeks!” 🤣🤣🤣
No vacancy here! Stay away! Too many people, and people are getting grouchy 'cause of the 24/7 rush hour traffic. If you are not in the right lane or going under 65 mph on the freeways, you're dead. May 2022, 94 to 95 degrees already. In some areas, no one speaks English. There is some Big Money here, and if you don't have some of it, it's hard to find decent houses or apartments. Need gasoline? Plan on taking an hour of your time. Pull out of drive, red light 1, red light 2, get gas, the credit card thing won't give you a receipt, go inside the store, etc. Live in a beautiful subdivision? A bit calmer but $$$$, and you drive and drive, and drive to get to anywhere. Pack a lunch and dinner or like I have done if I have to go across town for a meeting, appointment, I stay in a motel rather fight 24/7 rush hour traffic where I get in the wrong lane and the 18 wheeler is on my tail and I have to drive to San Antonio to turn around and come back. You'll see. Good things: If you are wanting to taste food from countries you've never heard of, come on down. If you want a service, specialist, or to buy something and it exists, you can find it here. Be prepared to spend the day driving in 24/7 rush hour to get it. Need a doctor? There are specialists here for diseases you didn't know existed. Make an appointment, drive and drive and try and try to park, and remember where you car is; then wait 2+ hours to see doctor. Bring something to do and eat or curl up in the waiting room chair and sleep. Welcome to Texas, ya all. Sincerely, A Native. Oh BTW if you are from New Jersey or certain boroughs in New York, we love you, but ditch the accent and learn to talk like us, through you nose. You'll do a lot better.
This is the best video I have seen because this guy is genuine, confident and just overall real. He articulates in a way that’s not trying to hard and is just simply easy to understand. I like how he offers pros and cons and speaks from a non-biased stand point. I think I will end up really loving TX...I’m sure my girls will too!
I find it quite odd he's been there for a few years and he never Mentions HUMAN TRAFFICKING/ KIDNAPPING, very HIGH CRIME rate and ROAD RAGE shootings.
YEAH THATS WHY EVERYONE CARRIES caps
And kick buglaries.
Probably because he has never been inside the 610 loop for very long and near the Channel where I grew up.
@@kathleenkirchoff9223 all that and then some...right!
I live in Puerto Rico and am seriously considering moving. What's funny to me is that all those "cons" are literally daily life here (which really isn't all that bad when you think about it, some of them even good). Only we have it worse because we're also in the line of fire for hurricanes and pay 3 times as much for electricity, yet it doesn't work properly on a regular day. Hurricane Maria left me and my family without electricity for 4 months!
Having spent time in PR it is very similar, except the weather is much better in PR!
Moving to Houston this summer around sugarland!
Lmao, the hood.
@@chuckdarwin6887 I thought Sugarland was supposed to be like a really nice area
@@olivejuice5718 there is nice Sugarland and crappy Sugarland.
@@chuckdarwin6887 Oh so it depends where you are then
@@olivejuice5718 All those areas like friendswood, sugarland, deer park etc are all older developments, so unless you are in the high end parts you will be living basic like the rest of the poors.
One other thing... If you don't like guns, don't bother coming here thinking that you can have them outlawed. Even liberals here own guns.
Haha, right. I'm born and raised in West Texas, and am not a fan of guns. But I absolutely believe in people's right to own them. In Texas, even the people not into guns aren't sympathetic to anti-gun rhetoric. And why do all these people think they can come and change Texas, anyway? I wish everyone would stop moving to Texas.
@@bradleylovej
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having your LTC helps if you make a left instead right
Funny how most of these "don't move to texas" reasons are mostly reasons why I wanna move there.
You love mosquitos?
haha yup its perspective! What you think you will like most?
@@JGNEVAREZ0123 he said "MOST" haha
And school shooters? Snakes? Backwards politics? Brain dead drivers?
You'll change your mind after a year, I'm from Texas born and raised.
Keep in mind Texas is huge and has a lot of climates. We have several biomes across the state.
In a few years Houston will not be the place to live. It's overcrowded, crazy drivers, homes have gotten expensive and did I say it's too crowded. If you don't like the heat don't love here. The freeways are horrible. It used to be the Best but not anymore...to many people
Everyone move back to your state if you hate it.
@@Yetti0 i wish i could stay in ny.. but my husband wants to be near his mom again. i would even leave him to avoid tx but kids. i would even let him have the kids but hes working all day so he cant take them. thats how scared of houston i am
I wish all the Californians and NYers go back
I was born and raised in Houston Texas. Two years ago I moved to Tennessee..
I did not know there truly is four seasons,till I left Houston..
I don't miss the hurricane season or mosquitos.
Good video, and accurate information regarding the city and climate, the friendly folks though, not so much in the city. Yes friendly in the country or suburban ends of Houston
Recently moved from TX to GA. There are many things that I love about Texas, but the 3 negatives for me were: high property taxes, increasing sprawl and traffic (DFW area), and the heat restricting how much time you can comfortably be outdoors.
Wasn’t always like this……until they all started moving here the past few years. You know how I mean by they
@@k.t.1641 liberals?
@@halo7077
More like folks in general. He was DFW and even folks from North and West Austin were moving up to grape vine etc looking for more reasonable prices
I lived in Houston from 2012-2017 and the humidity and heat were unbearable, I was sick most of the time with allergies, I now live in Northern California, and I LOVE IT.
Do you love the gas prices in Northern California?
Lol. My hubby wonders how his allergies would do there. He's good here though so idk 🤔🤣
@@GotoHere I have a very good job so the gas prices don't affect me, it went down, it's like $5.25 now I'm very happy here.
That’s not the whole state though…at all. I just would of relocated away from the coast. Lived in cali myself and hated it more than anywhere I’ve been.
@@k.t.1641 Well, you can hate Cali, and I can hate Texas.
I bought my land and built my home 25 years ago here in Texas,my wife and I are too old to start over but we are being forced to do just that as we are being forced to move out of our home that we love. I have lived here all of my life,I am a native Texan. My property taxes have skyrocketed because of all of the people moving here and now I cannot afford to pay the property taxes to stay in my home that I was going to retire and live out the remainder of my life. Why should I be forced into poverty and lose my home to rich snobs moving here who are screwing up our quality of life and driving up the price of everything? The property taxes alone is making it to where our young people who do not have rich parents to foot the bill cannot afford to pay rent nor own a home of their own here in the new state of Taxes/California! We native Texans who are retired simply cannot avoid moving out of Texas because our corrupt Local Governments and Criminal Governor is getting rich off this criminal and immoral process of gentrification!
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Oh well. Don’t care 🤷🏾♂️
Tax the rich snobs! Where do I sign?
Retired Native Texan who shares your concern but Gov Abbott is not the problem. Our property taxes are local county and city taxes. We have had better economies in tough times with Republican leadership. The problem is out of state buyers willing to pay over inflated prices jacking up appraisals then dragging their Blue state politics, that ruined their home state, with them.
The fundamental reason that property taxes are so high is that Texas does not have a state income tax; it's one of only seven states in the nation without one. Instead, we pay for government through two main sources of revenue: sales tax and property tax.
I moved from sugar land Houston to Sammamish WA but I will be moving back next year. My kids lost their freedom, the winters here are causing my them to keep on gadgets, in houston they went outside almost through out the year.
Grew up inside the loop (in-town-urban living)in H-town, over thirty-five years plus! This once was a good place to be despite the weather and lack of scenic beauty. I understand many-many-many people are moving here. And, this is the exact reason that Houston is no longer a friendly place to be. Crime, construction, and traffic are a nightmare. I can't wait to get out of here and will sell this summer. If you like an uber big city with tons of crime, traffic, heat, and humidity then keep coming here.
Ha-ha we joked that we needed our passports to go outside the loop! The traffic and the gentrification (of already gentrified neighborhoods) not to mention terrible schools are inexcusable in a city so dynamic and with such resources but has always neglected public education.
If you move to Houston, TX or any place in the world you MUST learn to deal with a different place if you can't deal with it stay where you are and in Future you will sorry to don't try New Adventure.....
Houston is having lots of road rage, bad traffic, and more crime, after 35 yrs. I'm out, I would not come here unless you can handle this plus most folks are commuters, not too many friendly people here, if you're not married you will be lonely as a single person
Moved from California to Texas about two years ago. I am in a low humidity small town in NW Panhandle, the bugs are no joke and dangerous, but wearing shoes, and bug spray, and keeping them out of your home isn't that difficult. Scams in Texas are a big problem since there is little to no protection for an average citizen and Texas likes to take advantage of this in real estate, rentals, and even utility companies. It's absolutely a buyer beware state. Also, the irrigation is nonexistent, there are no drain pipes, no gutters, and nothing to help the water flow when it rains hard. The last thing I would point out is the drivers... they have some very dangerous habits while driving but luckily nearly every road is flat and straight as far as the eye can see.
There is very good irrigation in the Houston area. It floods sometimes because:
1. In the old neighborhoods the homes are not build up from the street height.
2. The rain pours down too heavily and it overwhelms the drainage. Like during Harvey we got 52" of rain in like a 2-3 days, and the hurricane was stationary and that is the only time I have seen that. I would stay away from neighborhoods that have previously flooded.
@@pravachan4355 I heard Houston flooded because there is too much concrete and not enough bare soil to absorb the water.
Just moved to Texas and, the heat is pretty bad, bugs yes, here in Central Texas, alot of Crickets, and there us lots of scamming going on with rentals. I would look the address up and it would be a vacant lot... There are people that help you look for rentals and they get paid from the Apartment complexes. Another thing us, the renting can be difficult, which I think happened after covid. This heart beat rule is ridiculous!
Houston is a great social place to live with many fun things to do, the catch 22 boobie trap is that even though you don’t pay for state taxes, they re-coup it through the extraordinary high property taxes which can be a big stressor, otherwise I like this video, very informative, very helpful, keep bringing great videos
not only that, the sales tax rivals places like Chicago.
2 important adds: traffic and change. If traffic bothers you, Houston or any of Texas large cities will drive you bonkers. And you should be aware that the entire state is constantly re-inventing itself...cattle, energy, medicine, tech... Who knows what is next, but it will be different. I lived in Texas for 30+ years, so I am not just a casual or newfound observer. Now I live in New Zealand; total multi-island nation population about the same as Houston metro area. And I'd appreciate it if you all didn't decide to move HERE!!
I was in the Texas Hill Country recently and someone asked me what I liked better since I lived in San Antonio for 15 years and I told her I love them both equally. It's a different beauty for each area. The Hill Country is beautiful especially at the rivers. Here in Spring/The Woodlands it's so green with tall pine trees.
I just bought in Northlake. Let's see it goes.
I live in Houston but I owned my own ranch in the hill country!
@@Yetti0 Do you still have your ranch?
You know how to appreciate where you are.
He forgot the horrible traffic. I have been in this area coming from the Dallas area, and I still cannot get used to the crazy drivers.
Has anyone from LA compared the traffic and crazy drivers? Are the drivers and traffic in Houston area worse than LA?
I think here it is worse.
@@Jayson-ly6ni I've experienced both. Texas is worse. In LA they have cops who write tickets. Hardly ever see any enforcement here, so the crazies do what they want.
@@bigtex4058 there's a reason we all drive big trucks and carry guns. Cops are an illusion of safety.
@@Jayson-ly6ni She didn't come from LA she came from Dallas, but nice try.
I’m from Washington DC. I lived in Arkansas and Houston when Harvey hit. But love for Texas has not left so I’m moving back..
hello, been looking too, want to move in july
im in the md, lets be frds, i dont know one there
I've lived in DC all my life. I can't wait to leave
Welcome back home Ebonee.
DMV to Texas transition is real
This is one of my favorite reviews that you've done. I was getting ready to move away from Houston and TX altogether. Been doing intense research the past 4 days, but now, l might just change cities within TX.
*Originally from the Caribbean, but have been here so long (15+ yrs) that l consider myself a Texan.
Moving to Conroe/ Willis in 28 days, coming from Tacoma Wa. We can’t wait!
Welcome! Moved to Houston from Iowa Sep. 2020. Best decision I made
We are moving from tacoma as well.
Well howdy, welcome to our little towns/county.
How is there also planing in moving from the Lakewood Steilacoom Wa area
Make sure you don’t bring your libtard views down here!
Born in Houston. Moved to Ohio when I was 22. Came back when I was 45. I prefer Texas. Houston is ok. But I'm looking to move in the outer areas of Houston. Clear Lake is nice 👍 He's right about the humidity 🥵 Prefer doing outdoor activities in the "winter", when it's 75-80 degrees haha Once in a great while we have freezing cold weather. But it's only for a month. Lol
Moving to Houston from Rockville, MD
Welcome!
let us know if we can help!
#9 Heat
#8 Bugs
#7 Large city life
#6 Hurricanes
#5 Friendly people
#4 Property taxes
#3 Want Mountains
#2 Diversity
#1 Humidity
What part of Texas has friendly ppl ?
#10 pollutions/poor air quality/chemicals in the air
#11 crowed/congested
#12 daily heavy traffic
#13 daily accidents
#14 daily road rage
#15 daily reckless driving/speeding/tailgating. aggressive/rude drivers,people driving 90-100mph on the freeway and access road.
#17 high cost of home and auto insurance.
#18 moon wobble in about 10 years
#19 high crime rate
If you like these, you’re love Houston area.
10. Freeway parking.
11. Property tax
12 Expensive rentals
Amen! The bugs and the oppressive Death Valley heatwaves is why we wear big cowboy hats..They don't make a cowboy hat big enough to stave off the constant rain from our oppressive property taxes.
terrible schools?
Yup, don't move here you cannot stand rice in your salt shakers, hate AC, mosquito spay as perfume, can't drive one handed, or must sleep uphill. Definitely avoid Houston if you can't enjoy a Gyros, pho, or Egyptian for lunch, going to the Hindu temple for Holi, park dancing on Cinco de Mayo or three different languages all greeting you in the check out line. 🤣 He forgot we also have a tendency to let the elderly, pregnant or with little ones, or those with just a few things go first in line. 😁
rice in salt shakers!
Great film ! I am 5 generation Texans. Thank for sticking to facts! ❤️
I feel like with taxes it all Equals out to around the same.
In California we have low property tax but we get reamed on income tax, Sales tax, And just about everything else..
The house you just described would be 800k-1mill. + hoa in Ca
Omg. I am moving away in 2 months. Heavy scammers in Houston. Mosquitoes are hell. Humidity is hell. Too spread out. Food is horrible.
I am from Austin. Was born here in 1956 and have lived here most of my life. You is putting a VERY pretty face on Houston and not showing all of it. The Museums and Johnson Space Center. I'm not seeing Katy and Montrose and Channelview or Pasadena(Stinkadena) and La Porte. The Houston Ship Channel. Chemical Plants and Refineries. I-610 at 5:30 pm on Friday. You DO show the nice places that you may live in IF you have the funds. But you are not showing the massive apartment complexes and condos that stretch on forever right next to the endless strip malls next to Cabela's and Wal Mart. And did I mention the refineries..... I love my Home State and especially the Texas Hill Country west of Austin, but there are unsightly parts just like everywhere else. Massive trailer parks and old run down subdivisions. You must sell Real Estate or Moving Services. I love my Hometown, but I do not live there and rarely visit. Too many People, too high prices and too much traffic. So I live in the sticks out by the lake....no, NOT Lakeway. LOL And you forgot about HEB, although they are not as prevalent in the Houston Metro. I know People that would move to Texas just for HEB alone. And please mention the Tropical Storms and flooded Bayous because they tend to trip up newcomers. Could mention the zoning laws in Harris County as well. I hear those are a drawing point as well. Here in Travis County it's a WHOLE other story when it comes to zoning. Best of luck to you and your Family. Drainage is everything on the coast.
Houston is a international city
Not reflective of Texans
I was born in Waco Texas
I moved to Houston as a kid 1965.
My business is here other than that I Not stay in Houston
I live in Jersey Village Texas
i moved to houston (in the loop) from long island n.y. & Not by choice (husb is born & raised in houston). i watched this video before & after the move. the Real negatives for me: 1. no scenic beauty to make living worth it 2. horrible city schools (no contact, lost in the system, & more) 3. scary mega highways like elevated racetracks 4. Everything is Paved over 5. cancerous bug spray everywhere (look up the Cancer Rate 6. look up the astronomically high Crime Rate in the city 7. a breath is a lungful of car exhaust 8. if i move out of the loop then my work commute traffic 9. noisy apartment neighbors 10. plane tix cost to keep getting out at every opportunity
I moved from Mastic Beach, graduated from William Floyd. Been living in Houston, inside the Loop, for years, and love it🤷🏻♂️
You moved here from hell on earth concrete jungle, and complain there's no scenic beauty? Thats rich.
I moved to an area northeast of DFW/McKinney two years ago to retire. Here are my observations:
1) If you follow the law and do the right things, Texas is going to give you a great life
2) If you do not follow rules or laws, Texas is not a place for you and will give you a horrible life
3) If you choose not to assimilate to the Texas way of life or respect it, you will be miserable here
4) If you don't know what a Homestead Exemption is, learn about it and apply for one tooth sweet
5) If you have a dog your dog will be very happy! Dog parks are everywhere in all communities
6) If you haven't visited a Bucee's yet, you are not a true Texan!
7) A majority of TX in the north is in Tornado Alley. Have a plan and be prepared for crazy weather
8) TX homes require a lot of routine maintenance (HVAC, pest control, etc...). Budget accordingly
9) Texans in general are not very vocal. But if you bring up politics on your own, expect an earful
10) TX humidity isn't that bad and only lasts roughly four months of the year. Budget your AC expense
Finally, if you are a 100% disabled veteran Texas is the best place to be and is also the best kept secret. 100% disabled veteran's receive a free DOL, free vehicle plates and are exempt form ALL TEXAS PROPERTY TAXES!
Dave - thank you 🙏 for your service. As a country we appreciate it
Americans and their rules-for-everything and then more rules and a few more rules. Would you like some regulations with your rules?
We love our veterans. If you, or anyone who reads this is active or a veteran, then please accept this Texan’s thank you for your service and the service your lives ones went through l.
@@zmartkooky244 kind of an odd reply. He didn’t give any rules.
Living in the Austin area, people keep telling me about a Texas way of life. I've never seen it.
This TH-camr was so boring. He talked too much and so slowly!
Great videos! Missing couple points. Houston native here. Don’t move here if you’re don’t like stuck in Houston traffic for hours. Don’t move here if you don’t drive fast enough and get honked. Houstonian drivers are crazy. Don’t move if you don’t like guns. Don’t move if you don’t like free income tax. Don’t move if you don’t like American flag. Texas is one of the most religious state, so if you don’t like that, STAY PUT!!!
DON'T VOTE FOR BONDS!! This is a liberal thing that people, not originally from Texas, keep voting for them!
Thank you for this video! I'm in Houston now visiting relatives and will be moving here permanently in 3 weeks. This made me feel alot better and alot more excited for the move. Thank you for being so down to earth and awesome!
absolutely wanted to paint an honest opinion from someone not from hhere! Enjoy homie youll love texas!
Hey how's it going so far over there. Looking to make that move
Texas is a great place to live and you won’t regret it.
I'm in Houston, I hate it here. Can't wait to move back home at the end of 2022.
@@charchar7897 you can leave now & don't let the door hit you in ass!!!
Please earth continue keeping Texas hot in the summer to get all these transplants to go up north. I hear WNY is desperate for people please y'all will like it up there.
My parents and grandparents all my aunties and uncles by blood was born and raised in Texas I love Texas I can't wait to get the f outta California
I ran from California you think your taxes are high go to Ca its 13.5 percent state tax fuel is five dollars per gallon and broken roads and people craping on the street and homeless problems
Thanks for the reminder regarding property tax.
no mask mandates are enough for me to come
I'm moving in September... My daughter already moved..she loves it!!!
People talk about Canadians being friendly but Texans sound way friendlier and easy going than us
As a Canadian, I can tell you with all certainty, that people in Dallas are generally much friendlier and more civil..
@@mmmmmm6543 what part of canada are you from?
grew up in BC living in calgary now
I moved to FTW Dallas area from CA and lasted 2 months lol I just couldn't get passed not seeing mountains it was weird I just felt empty and lost so I peaced out. God bless yall for real.
great video you just earned yourself a new sub as someone who is moving to Houston next week I appreciate it!
thanks for that! where abouts ya moving to??
@@LivinginHoustonTX Katy tx but will be traveling throughout tx for work
@@alecelouviere sounds good!!
The weather in Texas puts me off and will not get better I do not want to live in Hell !!!! and water is not plentiful in Texas
I’m from Texas , we really don’t want more people coming in, specially from New York and California.
Number one reason I’m moving to Texas in a month, it’s a red state and CA is a shi* hole.
Move to Texas???? And become an ASStros fan? Neva
I have moved from NY (Long Island) to North Dallas-McKinney. It is so clean here and the roadway are in much better condition then NY. I don’t miss potholes! I definitely agree about the land scape here being so flat, and although they have a lot of lakes, I do miss the ocean. But the most surprising negative thing that I have noticed is the rude and dangerous drivers! For people that are so nice, what happens to them when they get behind that wheel? There is never a fender bender here, it’s always a major accident! The speed limit is way too high! I thought I was a savvy NY driver…Oh was I wrong. The construction crews also make it worse by not giving ample notice of a lane closures. That definitely needs to be added to the list.
For some the friendliness does turn to road rage behind the wheel. I was on the freeway and this guy came across 3 lanes tried to run me to the shoulder and stayed beside me for awhile down the freeway trying to run me off the road. I had tinted windows and it was evening so I know he couldn't see me but later in line at a store a guy in front of me turned and offered to pay for my few items in hand .. and it was him so friendly and sweet. I was scared as crap and kindly said thanks but no thanks. Weird.
@@pjrichards3974 he must've felt bad probably and wanted to make up for it by doing a good deed. Sorry that happened to you. Hopefully he repented and turned to the Lord. We all needJesus Christ.
I can concur. I'm a native Texan and lived there for most of my life and there are a lot of people in Texas that are horrible drivers. I currently live in a small mountain town in southern New Mexico and we get a lot of tourists from Texas. You'll be driving down the road and some idiot will cut you off or they are in a huge rush to get somewhere and 9 times out of 10 they will have Texas plates.
@@OfficialSeth LOL funny but true and dangerous.
THe roads in NY (in general) are far better than in Houston - where in the most expensive neighborhoods you have huge potholes, poorly done patchwork and tiny lanes to support a lot of traffic. I imagine you are in a newer part of Dallas that was well-planned - which Houston was and is not - city planning should be on the list as one of Houston's big deficits, which is quite sad as it had/has the potential to be a real workd-class city but the transport question is constantly looming.
2 points:
1. We do have mountains, you just have to travel far west towards Big Bend/Guadalupe mountains national parks and they won’t be as big as the ones from Idaho but still beautiful.
2. It’s not humid in all of Texas. In fact, most of Texas isn’t that humid to be honest. It’s pretty much just the eastern side. The more you travel west the less humid it is. If you’re looking for drier climates, El Paso is a great spot. It was rated the safest city in the country at one point a couple years ago. Texas is a very diverse state in terms of landscapes.
Other than that this video is pretty accurate.
Palo Duro canyon is beautiful
They never respond to correspondence! Great videos but maybe too many calls and emails? 🤷♂️
same with me, even set a time for them to call and they didnt do it. Found someone else and they have been great.
@@Bigpapa250 same! I am planning to buy two properties down there cash. Quick and easy but I guess they must be too busy making TH-cam vids?
@@Bigpapa250 sorry about that gents and NEVER what we meant to do and addressing this with the team ASAP because we never want anyone to feel like this but glad you found someone else annd welcome!
@@LivinginHoustonTX it is very hard to reach y’all I did once and no follow up call. My husband reached out to no prevail. reached out to another realtor from you to they responded back immediately and have followed up. So yeah you guys probably want to get up on that part of it
Years ago my son moved there for a job and that was one of the things I noticed is that everyone talks to you. That is not a bad thing at all as it was what I used to growing up in West Virginia. I grew up in the mountains as well and yes I do miss them. My son lived in Seabrook and the Apt he lived in was right on the water and at the time his rent was really low compared to where we live in Virginia. That apt would have been 4 times as much here in the hampton Roads area. I can say that I could without a doubt live in Texas as I have never been anywhere that I felt so welcome as I did there from day one.
Born in Texas 1939, lived there for more than 60 years. Moved away because of Texas becoming a policed state, a tidal wave of illegals, horrible traffic congested cities and highways. You don't want to know the rest!
Where did you go?
@@nickpacione7746 crazy
You didn’t have to mention “illegals”, you’re too old for that nonsense
Will be moving to Northwest Houston from Virginia. I’ve lived in Virginia, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Georgia. Been to Kuwait and Iraq so most of the issues you have listed is not a deterrent for me. After my fourth deployment I will be a Houstonian
I'm moving to Houston from VA too 💪🏽 (coast guard)
@@keanunieves8724 we’re you originally from the Hampton Roads area? I use to live in Hampton, Chesapeake and Portsmouth throughout my life
I would move to Texas, but my skin burns to easily.
No one except runner types go outside for 6 months out of the year...
From SD. Cali moved to Baytown during Harvey had 4 ft. of water in the house after remodeling!!
how much is your mortgage payment? how many bed and bath you have?
I like your videos. But you repeat over and over the same info. Can you talk about areas that flood, crime realm info.
Yes please
Areas that flood, yes. Crime depends on where you live in what suburb.
stay clear of area around Addicks reservoir and houses next to creeks.
get a current flood zone map online.
Welcome to Htown. I love this city. Also everyones a gangster until a roach flies at your face 🤣
From Illinois. Lived in Houston for a couple of years and loved it. Planning to return to Houston or Dallas in a year. Looking forward to it! We miss Houston, in spite of Harvey. Those "tree bugs" aka cock roaches freaked me out! They were the size of a small frog. Lol🤢 My husband sprayed every few months, no problems.
haha yup they are big as hell hahah
the spray is cancerous the bugs wont kill you.
Hella is a Bay Area term that's been around for 20+ years.
I wasted part of my life in east coast, like NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY where the communists and dictator’s don’t respect the people, I wouldn’t move back to east coast even if I get a mansion for free, I moved to TEXAS in 2012 and it was the best thing I did, I have rights everyone has a gum everyone respect the next guy, a place of opportunity and make money and hot but nice weather! I have made good money but had I come here in the beginning of 2000 I would be for sure a millionaire! TEXAS THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY and RESPECT for the good citizens!!!!
Keep the videos up, you are selling me on the area.
haha its a great place for sure!
Houston my home, I love this city, I travel a lot and even have lived In different cities in the USA because of my job, some of them are probably prettier than this one,but with each of the negative reasons not to move here for I have one reason to say, yes do come here. I always call Houston my home , it is my favorite place to live.
moved to houston in 1965 I was 5 years old from Pa. never looked back and never been back LOL. give yourself about 3 weeks to a month to get your body acclimated to heat humidity
Get ready for a whopper of a Hurricane season . . ya'll.
One thing a learned real quick once I moved to texas is that you have to embrace the Texan way, nobody here cares we’re you came from and comparing to your former state will only cause a very uncomfortable “bless your heart” response.
Texas is huge! This is more about the Houston area rather than the state as a whole.
Lmaooo. “ you can see your dog run away for two weeks”
hahaha
I stayed in a community in Houston for several weeks in April and May and I didn't experience the "Hey how are you doing" . I was the one doing it and people were looking at me like I was crazy. I am from BK, NY and I love talking to people, being friendly, nice and polite. I never understand why people think people from the Northeast is not nice and friendly. It is a stigma put on us for decades, and it isn't true.
Yes it is. Maybe amongst other New Yorkers it isn’t. Also, it’s a comparison not to be valued by itself. Compared to the South, the NE is as cold as your climate.
@@elkinhuertas2137 LOL
You're right @JUSTBEINGPATTI !
@@elkinhuertas2137 Now see, this HERE is unfriendly and not polite. Obviously, you are NOT from NY
Just moved here in Houston and I’m born and raised in Brooklyn, NY for 25 years, I worked in customer service in both places and I can definitely say people here are far more polite lol they actually respond to my hello , where as nyc they just skip to their order , that’s just my experience with the people lol
Looking at possibly relocating to the Houston area for a really great job in healthcare. Thank you for this honest and frank view of Houston from someone who is not from Houston. I will be relocating from Sacramento but lived everywhere in California, L.A, S.F., and San Diego. Sacramento summers are pretty unbearable as well and winters are very cold. Having served in the military and being stationed in the Philippines I get the humidity. you never really get used to it, you just bear it. I also get the bugs and mosquitos, I would just be sure to spray the repellent. Houston summer weather reminds me of the Philipines including the tropical storms and hurricanes. Still considering the relo but I do like the cost of living and affordable housing. I will be reaching out to you if it looks like it's going to happen. Again great informative video!
be prepared for bad traffic, lots of road construction, high rents, and floods, it was easy to be here 20 yrs. ago, not now
Yea. I am thinking of it as well. Alot of my family is there in Sac and yes, the summers are unbearable. Lol. My kids are born here and they don't care to move but idk Cali is quite expensive and we may need to decide in the next year.
@@justme2272 The houston area is a great place to move imo. Maybe not right in Houston because all the traffic, ugly roads, ghettoism, etc. cypress, katy, woodlands, conroe, klein, spring, fresno, Missouri city, alvin, angleton, etc are all pretty good places to live. Houston is also very diverse which is good(unless you’re racist), has everything you need, lots of job and sports opportunities for kids. Id recommend it. & if you’re kids dont want to move because of girls or guys they like them you can tell them theres lots of people here.
Oh hell I live in Texas and a lot of people are you going to talk to you because I know from experience things have changed here in Texas
I see no reason to move from Ventura, California to another state. I don't need air conditioning where I live and I could survive without a heater. Once I move I need air conditioning and heating. The utility bill on top of the cheaper rent will make my rent prices nearly the same level as California if I was to live in Texas. Then you add in the US supreme court is about to make high capacity magazines legal and conceal carry shall issue in California and I have no reason to leave because the gun laws will be almost as good as Texas. Property taxes are higher in Texas than where I live in California.
Smart woman!
Keep making these videos so people from California don't come to Texas.
Have you ever been to California?
@@bethmaldonado9241 yeah and I got robbed and the cops didn't do anything.
Don't move here it is bad, stay away!
I will take $8800 as property tax. In California $400k home $18000 property tax and monthly $450 HOA. Texas property tax is a breeze.. GREAT Video looking to move before the end of the year Houston or Dallas. LOVED the Katy area.. Thank u keep them coming
yes and the schools are crap so people spend $20K to send their kids to so-so private schools
Fear of Houston 🤔, I'm conservative. I hear that it has a dominant liberal feel to it.
Then stay where you're at, any big city in Texas you care to mention will vote Blue. Except for the rural areas which keep voting Red.
Wow we life in a time where friendly people can be a negative for some people
Y'all can stay where y'all are at now!!!!!
I live in Houston and there is to many crazy drivers on the freeways,
Houston is a fast pace city fast cars , fast people, lol
Houston is known to have bipolar weather gets too hot , certain areas get flooded in rainy season . and hurricanes barely miss us sometimes they do hit .
Mosquitoes are bad too , l hope to moved away one day from Houston one day .
Actually lived in Houston for just over 16 years from 1963-79. It was an experience and a half! I lived in the Sandalwood/Lakeview subdivision in the Spring Branch-Memorial area. It has three lakes just off Buffalo Bayou. There used to be a fourth lake; King's Lake just off Gessner and Buffalo Bayou. They filled it in. It made a comeback the hard way when Hurricane Harvey hit! When Harvey struck, Houston was one messed up city!!!
I was there in 2017, we got over 42 inches of rain in 5 days.
@@AlexDeChristian6323 Should have been in Brazoria County Texas on July 15th ,1979: 46 inches in 24 hours a North American Continent record and more than likely will never be eclipsed , it made every other storm a joke if you lived through it !
Matt you lived in Houston when it was great. I left in 2017 and good riddance. It's been down the drain since 2000.
In Sandalwood off Memorial, Patti Lynn Lake and Buffalo Bayou became one under Harvey!!! King's Lake off Gessner made a comeback the hard way under Harvey!!! 42" inches of rain all at once will get ya but good!!!
What am I afraid of moving to Texas? Running away from NY and being stuck with a bunch of NYers
hahahahhh
Haha, I am in Cali. and my fear too, is moving to TX. and being stuck with a bunch of Californians 🤣🤣
im from long island ny.. hubby was born n raised in houston. we are moving back there this summer. im dreading it so much but i cant keep him hostage in ny forever. hes been here 10 years. im praying for a miracle so i wont have to go. im the most liberal person u can imagine.
I am a long time Houstonian. Every day I pray for my son as he is a lineman here in Houston. I pray for his safety, not just the actual job safety as he has many stories where guns are involved. I agree with having guns for protection, but just sayin'. Do your research before you move here find the right area.
Watching this video I thought of that as perhaps the worst thing about the city, in a city so rich with opportunity and diversity but yet suffers from terrible violent crime - and that as you mention there are parallel universes here.
Live in the northern part of the state to avoid the flooding. Also if you live in Houston get a standby generator. It's pricey but worth it. When there is a storm and the lights go out, in about 10 to 12 seconds I have lights. As to property taxes the politicians aren't going to tax the rich because they have accepted their money. So they turn to the middle and lower class in the form of property taxes. The rich can afford it. It is what it is.
move to west texas you be crying and begging to leave only strong survive here
Actually this was an awesome explanation regarding moving to Houston as I’m currently considering it so you’ve really helpful and I highly appreciated will contact you very soon and once again you’ve been great brother and keep up the good work..👍🙏
I’m leaving Houston going to Seattle in the near future
I don't blame you.
Roaches, mosquitoes and humidity...oh well, I'll be looking elsewhere, damn.
........and Nazi style politics don't forget
The weather (both the heat and the depressing grey winters) and distances (driving and really bad roads) are probably the worst thing. People are nice but I think that has something to do with everyone being from somewhere else - and needing to fit in as well as well as make new friends and contacts.
Nice video. I live in Las Vegas, my wife and I were considering Austin. After seeing Austin up close, doesn’t seem like a good fit. The Houston Heights overview you did seems like a better option. Looking forward to seeing Houston soon.
At the hubby airport heading back to the Bay Area as I type this. Spent the last 4 days here looking at houses Houston, cypress, woodland area and more. The humidity was off the charts and it rained every day I was here except today ironically 🤦🏽♂️.
You had me at stop moving to Texas.
What about Houston traffic? Suburban sprawl?
1.bad 2.bad
Haha! Yes, pretty bad. Buy a car with some pep and listen to podcasts or documentaries during traffic and you’ll do fine.