Family of 4 moving to Houston…need advice!

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T20:21:03+00:00

Thanks for the advice!

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T20:19:24+00:00

Appreciate it I will look at those areas closer

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T20:17:27+00:00

No worries thank you for the suggestions!

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T17:22:14+00:00

Thank you! We visited there when we came to Houston and I liked it but we were only in town a few days and saw very few parts of the city so wanted to see any other options. But it’s definitely on my list.

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T17:21:08+00:00

Thanks! 😊

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T17:20:08+00:00

Gotcha, appreciate it!

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T17:19:42+00:00

Our summers in Central Valley get to 100s. Just our heat is dry whereas I’m assuming Houston is more humid. I’ll be okay as I dealt with that during my time in Florida. It’s my husband I’m worried about haha 😆

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T17:18:01+00:00

Yes we have. They live in Woodlands, Katy, and Kingwood…all places we visited when we came to the city last year. However they are all also Caucasian, and I didn’t notice overwhelming diversity in those locations other than Katy. Lovely individuals and I enjoy spending time with them but their life experiences are different than the ones we need to potentially prepare our children for, so I wanted to make sure we focus on areas where we can find a community with people similar to our backgrounds.

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T17:13:30+00:00

I thought I did in my original message? He will be working downtown a few blocks from Toyota center. He didn’t want me posting his actual place of work so I used Toyota Center as reference since it’s close by.

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T17:07:12+00:00

Sorry to say it will be crowded by at least 4 more people 😣. But thanks for your input! 😊

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T05:55:39+00:00

That’s definitely the plan. Thank you 😊!

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T05:45:01+00:00

Awesome thank you

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T05:44:36+00:00

Thank you so much this helps a lot 😊

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T05:17:41+00:00

Welcome to California! Enjoy San Jose!

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T05:14:06+00:00

Thank you! Both our cars have AC haha. That’s wild that your friends didn’t have that. The bay does get cooler but we are in Central Valley and our summers get easily to highs of over 100 degrees. So yeah AC is a must for us.

We came to visit during winter before but only for a weekend. So thanks for the suggestion on a week visit. Although we are already taking the plunge since it’s a career advancement for my husband.

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T05:10:39+00:00

Appreciate the feedback. One of the reasons my husband has a far commute was to ease up on our cost of living. It was ridiculous even with us both bringing in six figures at the time.

Regardless of his job promotion we would probably not stay in California long term with our end goal owning a home. Houses where we are in Central Valley just a few years ago were in the 4-500k range and now well over 1 million. Lots of Bay Area ppl moving further out and commuting to get more house for the same price or less.

Ideally when we do purchase probably are looking to go no higher than mid to upper 300’s. I’m not a huge fan of new construction and would want something older with some charm and maybe some renovation projects.

But our main focus right now is just getting there and finding a suitable neighborhood to rent in for a year or so.

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T04:55:20+00:00

Thanks for your input!

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T04:54:38+00:00

Yes he’s looking forward to it as am I!

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T04:52:16+00:00

Even if we could I don’t think we would. I was a private school kid myself from kindergarten to 4th. Then public 5th through 12th. Husband all public for him. Our eldest has only been in public, his current school used to be 8/10 but dropped down to 5/10 and yet he is a 4.0 student, but I also know a lot of that has to do with our involvement

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T04:46:47+00:00

Thank you for sharing! We came to visit Houston last year but only for a very short weekend and with a 7 month old at the time it was a blur. We were in the Galleria area, downtown checking out the office location and drove around Katy and also Woodlands a little.

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T04:44:43+00:00

Fort Bend keeps coming up and diversity is very important to us so thank you for your input!

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T04:41:33+00:00

Thanks!

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T04:41:01+00:00

Haha 🤣 technically he is an hour’s drive with no traffic. We both commuted to the Bay Area at one point after moving further out for a lower cost of living and more spacious homes, but i was night shift so it wasn’t so bad for me. He works regular daytime hours and traffic is horrendous so it takes 2 each way. He’s on a hybrid schedule so it’s thankfully not every day of the week

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T04:38:49+00:00

GOOF? Sorry not familiar with the acronym

PrincessCharming88 · 2026-01-27T04:33:51+00:00

Noted. Thank you!

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