Houston Hobby ?

[4day]

Looks like I will be moving west and looking at Houston. Is there a predominant area SW guys live in on the south side of Houston? I know of Kingwood by IAH and The Woodlands but was wonder of other options on the south side. Non hostile insight would be greatly appreciated.

 

[BigEasy]

Friendswood and Pearland are some areas closer to Hobby. Many pilots do live in Kingwood, Spring, The Woodlands, but those are to the north. Out west you have Katy, Cinco Ranch area.

If you have kiddos a research on school districts is a must.

 

[4day]

I do have kids. Schools are important, just only know of the north side areas. The Woodlands are top of the list but comes with a little drive. Will look at the others though.

 

[Saluki Dawg]

Check out Clear Lake. It is located over by JSC/NASA. Nice area, and close to Hobby.

 

[waveflyer]

Houston is not "west" it's 3-4 hours east of "west"

Good luck with your move- H is a good town

 

[cbrown1]

I grew up in Houston and the memorial villages area has some of the best schools in the nation. It's probably the nicest part of Houston that middle-class families can afford. The houses are older but are all remolded and well maintained. The Neighborhoods are the safest in town and are well established. You can buy houses with big back and front yards that have a large tree canopy with 80 year old oaks.

The area I'm talking about when you're looking at a map is East of Beltway 8, south of I-10, north of Westheimer Road and west of the Loop 610.

This is the street I grew up on.
https://www.google.com/maps/preview...911!4f13.1!4m2!3d29.758158!4d-95.543415&fid=5

It takes about 30 mins to get to Hobby.

The thing about Hobby is that it's not in the best area of town. Clear lake is probably the closest nice area to hobby but there isn't much going on out there and the air isn't the cleanest since you're near all the refineries.

If my suggested area isn't to your liking there are other areas I can suggest. How much are you looking to spend for a home?

 

[HDA]

Looks like I will be moving west and looking at Houston. Is there a predominant area SW guys live in on the south side of Houston? I know of Kingwood by IAH and The Woodlands but was wonder of other options on the south side. Non hostile insight would be greatly appreciated.

River Oaks and Galveston

 

[kwick]

Houston is not "west" it's 3-4 hours east of "west"

Good luck with your move- H is a good town

If you look closely, I think that you
will find that Houston is west of
Atlanta.

 

[SWA Bubba]

If you look closely, I think that you
will find that Houston is west of
Atlanta.

I suspect that he was talking about the entire world that is Texas. As in, "it's like a whole other country."

"Y'all from east Texas, son?"

Bubba

 

[Bugs]

If I had it to do again, I would look in Brenham. I'm sick of the Woodlands where all the teenagers drive a better car than I do!

Bugs

 

[Saluki Dawg]

If I had it to do again, I would look in Brenham. I'm sick of the Woodlands where all the teenagers drive a better car than I do!

Bugs

Man that is SO TRUE!!:laugh:

 

[BMW]

Sugarland is another great are that a lot SWA guys live in. Here are a couple master planned communities that guys are staying in about a 35 min drive to Hobby.

http://www.riverstone.com

http://www.siennaplantation.com

 

[4day]

Thanks for all the insight.

 

[waveflyer]

If I had it to do again, I would look in Brenham. I'm sick of the Woodlands where all the teenagers drive a better car than I do!

Bugs

You know, your kids will be shunned without that BMW
......

Drives me insane if I thought it was any of my business. People talk about entitlement- I've never seen entitlement as big as from a teen in an upper-middle class suburban area. So annoying how little these kids know about the world.

What's amazing is how hard some parents work to give that stuff to them-

No humility. No lessons in working hard and earning something for themself. No delayed gratification. Just 'Jenny got fake boobs and a Lexus on her 16th birthday! I NEED IT TOO!'

I don't blame the kid for wanting - it's parent's actually giving it to them...that goes in the wow category.

(Btw- I hope I can gift my kid college and a nice car starting out- but they will have earned it by then if I do.)

 

[Bake]

I live in Brenham. You can sit reserve here but you need to be ready to go. 1.5 hours to lounge under most circumstances. Great community great schools.

 

[CHQ Pilot]

I live in Brenham. You can sit reserve here but you need to be ready to go. 1.5 hours to lounge under most circumstances. Great community great schools.

It took me awhile to get the timeline down, but going on year 7 of on and off Reserve, I've learned Sec 8 well. If they call you under 3 hours, you are authorized close in parking (make sure it is annotated in the comments). You only need to be at the lounge in 2 hours. It's an hour and a half drive to parking for me and I allow a half hour to the lounge. Under 3 hours and I can be in the lounge at about an hour and forty minutes due to close in parking. You should be able to sit Reserve comfortably as long as under normal conditions you can be in the lounge two hours after callout. You can also legally check in for your assignment with scheduling by phone as long you are "at the airport". That can gain some time from getting to a computer. An hour and a half to the lounge is more than adequate. I probably wouldn't even be shaved with that much time!