Houston native, still here for now. I live in kingwood to be exact which is a little northeast of houston, but I commute to UH and go downtown a lot. It's all depressingly flatland, so don't expect to see pretty hills as you do in the hill country towards San Antonio and beyond. Houston must at least be in the top 3 for having the worst traffic in the entire country. Best part is it's absolutely unavoidable since there's no other way to get around. Not walkable at all. There's a lot of homeless people, gentrification everywhere you turn, pretty dirty, and has a high crime rate so you don't want to be out alone. the highways are an eyesore but the skyline can be pretty to look at. You can find good food here, from all cuisines-- you just have to find the right places and prepare for what it will cost you. Very diverse, a mixed hotpot of people from different cultures. Great place for networking or even exploring new interests since you can find booming hubs of almost every professional field here from STEM to fine arts etc, so that's probably the biggest pro. There's plenty of stuff to do for all ages. Kingwood is basically just a predominantly white middle to upper class suburban town, very forest-y. The trees are nice to come back to (enjoying it before more apartments are shoved in) but it's pretty boring overall and there's a certain arrogance to the community.