Please add the high crime, the political corruption, the lack of street repairs, the road/freeway construction that seems to never end, toll roads to get anywhere across the metro, the angry entitled people, the high costs of living, taxes, flooding, jobs that suck your soul from you just to name a few.
Because Houston was built on a swamp we are prone to flooding. Also our energy grid is GARBAGE! Heavy rain you are without power for hours if not days. Dont get me started on traffic. I don’t drive on the highways between 2-7. 610 headed towards the Galleria is miserable no matter what time.
It’s worse than a swamp. In the 1800’s the Houston area became an actual lake between Buffalo Bayou and Brazos River every time there was a heavy rain. Crazy they built a major city here.
You forgot about the crime. Out of control. My high school buddy moved there and opened a Subway shop. Before he knew it, he had a gun to his head. They sold and got the hell out.
True, but you forgot add that the justice system in Harris County is a revolving door. Criminals get caught and then the judge releases them on a very low bond or a personal recognizance bond (a total joke). Then the criminals just go back out and continue their crime spree.
I live in Austin. I remember driving to Houston a few years ago, and I could feel driving into a wall of humidity. Albeit, that was when there was almost no humidity in Austin unlike this year.
As a native Houstonian is the traffic, weather, crime. It’s not only the heat, but if it rains hard you’re stuck getting home from work. Don’t get me started on the road rage shootings also.
It take money relocate. Once you live in a city you become subject to that city political and social religious economic vices so if you have relatives there it make it more easy to move
I stayed in Houston for 2 wks recently and found that Houston is a Texas version of LA, with a bad weather. I then flew to NYC, just in time to miss Beryl, and it was a relief. It's still more humid here than CA, but I can at least go outside and walk or ride subway. In Houston, you can't even think about going outside in anything other than your car. The only reason to move to Houston, or Texas for that matter, would be that it is cheaper to live there. If it no longer is, then there is no reason at all.
Average home in Houston now is constructed of particle board with NO insulation. Your AC will cost you $400/month. The city itself is a crime riddled ghetto.
@@rajeshb5773Hustonian here. Yes, last summer I had electric bills nearing $400 for my 1500 sq foot home. In order to keep a house cool here, we have to keep it at about 74 or lower. Otherwise the humidity causes temps to become too hot.
@@rajeshb5773 I’m a Houstonian. Last summer I had energy bills nearing $400 in my 1500 sq foot house. If you don’t leave the thermostat at 74 or lower it’s too hot here because we have such high humidity.
@@Poopster4U stay out weaklings you both would die in a real war, you let Houston scare you I can already imagine the both of you in combat you aren’t soldiers and never will be
I feel like I'm in a dead zone. You have to pay for anything recreational. Pay to park on seawall so you can ride your bike. No sand volleyball. Pools are always closed. Pit bull dogs running loose. Houses with Dog and T 0:05 ermite farms to make money.
52 and the same deal. The only thing good about the GHA is the job market. Quality of life and outdoor activities suck. Nothing to do but eat out, get fat, or get drunk. It’s a swamp like New Orleans, but the old Southern flare here has moved way outward. May1-Oct 15 is pure Hell weather. If you don’t have hair on your chest, you will if you can survive these months. I wish climate change was real, but we are screwed here. It’ll never change. Don’t get me started on the gangs and millions of illegals here. I grew up Eastside, but I’ve lived all around the city. There are nice pocket areas to escape the crime, but these areas are very expensive. Houston is basically an immigrant city now. Looks more like Honduras.
As somebody who was born and raised in Houston, I can’t wait to get out of here. 1. Traffic 2. Weather(just got hit with another storm/hurricane, millions of people with no power) hot and humid and miserable for most of the year 3. Cost of living/housing is no longer affordable 4. Terrible drivers most of whom don’t have insurance(you know how many times hit by somebody who didn’t have insurance) 5. Smog and pollution(not good for people with asthma, allergies or breathing problems) 6. Crime 7. Living in red state 8. Sprawl, you have to drive to do ANYTHING in this city. 9. Too many overweight/masculine/westernized women. 10. Too many Homeless & people begging for money on the street corners.
Traffic is still going to be sh*tty until you get a new state government who doesn’t still think endless highway expansion will fix traffic. (Preferably one that doesn’t support making the Handmaid’s Tale real either.)
When I lived in rural Texas the grocery store was 30 miles away. Now I’m in Houston and the grocery store is 5 miles away but still takes just as long to get there. There is no convenience here only traffic.
@@god563616 Dang I keep hearing about companies from California like Chevron, SpaceX, X and Tesla moving to places like Houston, Dallas and Austin and hype up certain neighborhoods in those cities. But the issue I see here is that it only benefits the major Venture Capitalists from San Jose and San Francisco that can easily move to Texas. However we need to address the needs of people that cannot leave because of various reasons. Also Texas will have the same issues over housing affordability that places like San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose faced in the past. Its just I don't know how many decades we have to wait for that to be true or disproved for the same issues to hit places like Houston, Dallas and Austin.
I Live in Conroe, close enough to enjoy what Houston has to offer; great food / restaurants, shopping, events, sports, but far enough that I don't have to deal with the negatives; crime, traffic, noise, taxes, property taxes.
Conroe has went down the drain. Stayed out there last year for a job and it’s way too over developed. I was literally at a traffic light for almost 20-30 mins
property taxes in Conroe are high, really anywhere in Texas is still very out of control. The only hack around it is to live in an old musty mobile home off a county dirt road with no internet
@@arsewind I have a nice place, new home, 1 acre lot, tax rate is 1.6, my tax rate in Spring was 3.4, Conroe (Montgomery County) is significantly better than Harris County.
@@nritten6142 very true. However, I just got back from touring Italy.. there we only pay taxes when we choose to spend money. I would rather pay VAT, and not get penalized for building nice stuff. until then, i am in the market for an old meth trailer to move in to
@@wturner777 the inspection rule is gone in 2025, be ready to be plowed into by an uninsured driver with bad brakes or engine mounts. It's like they want chaos. Be covered for uninsured/underinsured; don't have to have comprehensive.
I was in school at that time those kids were ruthless 😂. They would refuse do anything she even said get 20 points just write your name they wouldn’t even do that. Then the drug activity and fights tripled they would fight the teachers scream and cuss. Definitely a low point for Houston
I was here as a child...moved to California for 20 years...and came back. People drive like idiots...they cut you off, ride your tails, make right turns from the left lane, zip in and out of traffic ( as though that makes you arrive to your destination faster) ....every 3 or 4 cars has a dent in the side or back and yet people STILL won't learn. All the police would have to do is start pulling people over but I guess they don't care until someone crashes...then they show up.
Oh my! The dent in the cars, "Every 3 or 4 Cars" I swear I was the only one who noticed that. It says a whole lot about the way people drive. Its most of the ones who don't have insurance and 2 years expired licensed plates . They will run you over on the road and disappear. They Don't Care..... Can'T wait to leave this place..
I agree, the police do indeed need to start pulling over people that can't wrap their mind around "Left Lane for Passing Only" and seem to think the goal of driving is to hold up traffic.
The quality of life dropped big time after the 90s. The influx of Katrina refugees along with the millions of illegal immigrants that have flooded the area has turned this once vibrant, beautiful city into a third world country. It is really sad
Agree .I grew up in Houston in the 90's it was such a amazing place to live.. everyone loved each other and we had our own culture..it's not the same anymore sadly
Capitalist economy in the '80s and life sooooooo fabulously rockin' but James Cameron film the Terminator (1984) and John Carpenter's They Live (1988) have prophesized the dark ages period of this millennium/ Soulless people of the lie have exponentially multiplied and they wield socioeconomic and political power/
Having the most incompetent (or corrupt, not sure which) energy delivery companies (Centerpoint and Entergy) is enough to make anyone want to flee the area.
I live in Webster, work from a shop in Kemah and drive hotshot delivery in half ton truck every day, for myself, I'm used to it, (use EZ Tag and planning) and I like paying $200 monthly ac / light bills for my 3 bedroom house in the dead of summer, no income tax and $3.00 gallon gas while paying my $1,200 month mortgage, huge backyard and no neighbors behind me, relatively low social rioting BS to deal with, Houston is in a bubble because we work, we don't get the rest of the nation's BS. Yes the roads and crime are dangerous, yes I'm aware I'm playing the shooting lottery everyday. Take the highroad, let the guy go ahead of you, don't cut people off, be a courteous driver. It's survival. And we have the best food! So what if I'm dripping sweat at 5:30 AM while I'm loading equipment, my wife and I have raised a successful 24 year old son here, he's about to go to Med School. Houston made that possible.
VERY good. Similar story. City/area of opportunity. If you have a skill or educational tools, Houston, and ALL of Texas, is for you. Freeloaders and those wanting 'government 'handouts' ( benefits) they're NOT available in Texas. 👍👏👌
Lol, I really appreciate your honesty.😂 I'm a born and raised Houstonian and have always loved it, but the last few years have gotten me looking elsewhere. Not out of Texas, but DEFINITELY out of Houston.😩
I grew up partially in Houston. As a kid I hated it. I hated how everything took a long time to get to. My family ended up moving to Melbourne, Australia and it was a complete 180. Melbourne is a very large city but at least it had decent public transportation and was safe enough that my teenage self could traverse through on my own without worrying my parents.
I live in Dallas and have worked in Houston many times over the years. The crime and the mosquitoes are the worst! Trash city and the separation between classes is extreme!!
I have lived in a small town about 50 miles from Houston for most of my life, and the older I get, the less I can fathom how anyone could stand living there. It’s okay to visit from time to time, but I can only imagine that living there must be a miserable experience.
I'm just the opposite. Small towns are so fucking boring to me. Even when I just pass through one to have a meal, I think...this is creepy boring and isolated. Far away from the best and most helpful services. Little in the way of culture, entertainment, or intellectualism. People who *prefer* small towns are likewise gross.
@@JTN-f1p Judging from what I read in your reply, I have concluded that the culture and intellectualism of the big city has had little to no impact on you.
The worst thing about Houston is they don't bury the power lines because the entire government is on the take. So power outages is frequent. As for going downtown, most companies are move out to the suburbs.
After Ike I didn't lose power but twice for less than an hour till the freeze in 2021. Most places don't bury their power lines. The grid is in need of renovation, but it isn't as bad as people make it out to be. We have just been unlucky the past few years.
I left Houston for Medellín Colombia and I will never return back to that gang riddled city. Not walkable, without a single culture that defines it as its own, hateful drivers and people, the weather is terrible, dating pool as a septic tank, it does have good food but that doesn't justify it 🙅🏻🙅🏻
@michaelsix9684 No shit. My dad works on the ship channel and he was just diagnosed with throat cancer. Doesn't drink and never smoked a day in his life
I only recently started to consider leaving, for all of the reasons you mentioned. I've been here 30 years. By the way, don't be fooled by the lack of state income tax. It's a high tax state, and you don't get a lot in return.
We have lived here for 11 long years and can’t wait to get out. This city is an absolute dump in every possible way. The only redeeming feature is the food and you can get good food in lots of places.
Thank God you're leaving. There isnt place better than Houston right now. Try Cali or NYC, Portland or Chicago all with higher crime rates and less jobs that pay lesser in every field than Houston.
@@UA-caminvitaI know it can be hard to manage those big feelings when someone doesn’t like the same things that you like, but you can do it. I believe in you! 😘
Lived there for 9 years. 2008-2017. Not going back! Wayyy too hot. I lived in the houston suburbs where home prices were better. Property taxes were 40% of my mortgage payment.
The problem is all other nicer places are way too expensive now and Houston area is still relatively affordable with plenty working or middle class jobs so people come to make a living.
The lower cost of living used to offset the traffic, heat, hurricanes, and other issues. Now that the cost of living is so high there’s really no incentive to stay here.
I saw an e-v car with Tennessee plates at Randall's the other day getting charged. They were sleeping in the back while charging. They had a curtain across their seats for privacy.
But they won't actually leave because this is where the jobs are. Houston was such a nice place when the metropolitan area had a population of about 4 million people who were used to the weather. With 7 million people, many of whom are very uncomfortable, it's not as nice, it's overcrowded, and services are falling behind.
I live in the Woodlands, I have lived all over Houston and the North side is where its at. People who can are leaving the big cities in mass. However, the outskirts of those cities have some nice places to live.
It’s more expensive to live in Dallas and the households are getting smaller. People are being forced to live in the suburbs, which are cheaper. It’s cheaper to live in Houston and it also has massive city limit land size at 640.4 sq mi, which is capturing the growth. That’s nearly double the size of Dallas’ city limit land size of 339.6 sq mi.
@@Kenyon712 It’s also much physically larger too than most major Texas Counties. Texas Cities sprawl and grow outward. Bigger the landsize, the bigger the population that can be captured. Look at how similar they are Dallas County + Tarrant County (Ft Worth) has a population of 4,789,305 and a land area of 1,737.06 sq mi. Harris County has a population of 4,835,125 covering 1,706.96 sq mi of land.
I'm amazed there's hardly any mention of hurricanes and terrible electric grid infrastructure. When my youngest graduates from UH in a few years, we're moving. Probably out of state.
Hurricanes are not really that common. A major one comes every 25 years. We have just been unlucky with storms lately. The grid needs some work, but you will find power outages happen anywhere there are storms.
Most newcomers to Houston I talk to don't think like this at all. I've straight-up listed the bad things about Houston to friends of mine who've only lived here for 1 to 3 years, and they've nodded and said, "Yeah but..." and talked about all the things they hate about other places and why they'd still rather be here instead. Those of you who think you'll publicly hate Houston out of attracting newcomers are deluded. People will come here for the things they think are good about it. It's hot as hell, but from national forecasts I see showing other cities, even ones normally known for temperate summers, heat is as or nearly as bad in a lot of places. There are a lot of cities I'd rather live in than Houston, but they happen to be places that are a lot more expensive, and it's not even close. The places that are about equal in cost of living either have the same or similar problems, or few/none of the same problems but then don't have things I like: diversity, international population, great food, many pro sports teams, regular spot for music concerts, a lot of museums/theaters/festivals, a lot of night life. I'd definitely rather be in a walkable city. At the same time, not being in one doesn't stop me from walking in nature since I actually go to the park and other green spaces to walk. They exist in Houston and I seek them out. Don't act like you must be in NYC or Philadelphia or the like in order to walk outside. Work from home makes the traffic pretty unbothersome to me. I only have to drive for weekend social life or weekday evening social life and know how to get around the traffic in those cases.
Every Texas city suffers the same fate. Austin's traffic HORRIBLE! And the humidity is good for your skin. Houston's real issue is the weather, but not the heat, the storms.
Was in Austin after Hurricane Buryl, escaping the Houston heat and Austin's traffic was light compared to Houston. Austin is much prettier and people nicer then Houston.
Definitely agreed with the skin part. I moved to Houston from Dallas a week and a half prior to Hurricane Beryl and aside from the inconvenience of power outages, my skin has looked this great since I was a teenager! Tired of being drenched in sweat everyday simply walking out the door to my truck but the having great skin was a welcomed compromise 😂😂😂
So is Dallas trafffic crazy drivers same goes with Atlanta Houston NEW YORK CITY New Jersey Boston Los Angeles part of chicago in Downtown even Detriot
Native Houstonion here. Used to love my hometown. Not any more. Big dirty town, corrupt politicians, neighbors are nice, but drivers aren’t. Grocery stores packed like everyday is a crisis. Thinking I’m ready to move.
“Grocery stores packed like everyday is a crisis” 😂 facts! Every time I try to go the H-E-B on Washington it’s like trying to get into a concert or a football game. You have to wait in line just to find a parking spot. I stopped going during peak hours on the weekends. It’s ridiculous.
Same here. I grew up here but I am starting to hate it here! H-E-B and Walmart are packed to the brim all the time because we have so many people here moving in from out of town, out of state and even out of the country!
Texas, along with the entire nation, needs good public transportation. Buses running every ten minutes, trains and subways stations. USA is running behind when it comes to public transportation. It’s an embarrassment.
I dont hate the traffic I hate how people drive here. There is no enforcement at all and people change lanes like crazy while speeding and on their phones. The heat doesn't bother me at all. The mosquitoes and roaches though are disgusting. Plus it's getting really ghetto...
Yeah, I've mentioned how ghetto it's getting here. In many of the nice areas it's even ghetto. It's only _not_ ghetto in areas where there's major money. There definitely is little traffic enforcement in the Houston area.
spot on. I'm a native Houstonian and the change seems so sudden. I think it's the people that are moving here in droves. The heat and traffic are a recipe for a lot of angry road rage scenarios. The crime has also risen quite a lot and the police aren't able to respond very quick due to there not being enough and also because Houston is so vast with so much going on. Don't even get me on the flooding and the long lengths of time it takes to get energy and power restored. I'd actually like to move out of Houston myself but not currently able to just uproot.
People from both out of town, out of state and even out of the country always seem to choose Houston as their #1 place to move to when they come to Texas. I don't get it, out of all the places, why Houston?!
Depends where’s if you are, I moved from NY 1978. Live here 45 years.I knew how to get around also driving to make deliveries 27 years. Houston have a lots if you know short cut.I am 78 now I can go somewhere not to bad, but know how to get around.
I left 2 years ago and won’t return. Constant power outages, heat, humidity and large bugs were the driving factors. If you move to Houston knowing these things, you will have no one to blame but yourself.
I live in Houston, work off the North Beltway. The traffic is extremely annoying to me. Highway 6 has tripled traffic in the last 3-4 years. Don't get me started on the road construction that is never ending. I don't plan on leaving, I work here. What I am looking to do is get closer to work. I am going to either buy an RV, or rent an apartment and sale my house.
It is all perspective, needs & income. Trust me when I say the grass is not always greener. I am a 61 year old native Houstonian who lives north of Houston. I have also lived in 2 other cities in TX and lived 9 years in Colorado. We moved back to the Houston metro area in 2020 from Colorado. For years, I begged my husband to move to CO. Finally in 2011, we moved to a small town north of Colorado Springs. In CO, while property taxes are low, homeowner's insurance is through the roof due to wild fires. They also make up for the low property tax with your vehicle registration. In Texas, we pay a flat $25/year for vehicle registration. In CO, you pay "ownership" tax. "These taxes are based on the year of manufacture of the vehicle and the original taxable value which is determined when the vehicle is new and does not change throughout the life of the vehicle." You pay this for everything that has wheels, including utility trailers. One car we currently own would have cost us $1008.00 to register it in CO this year. We bought a house in CO in 2013 for $335k and sold it in 2020 for $610k!! That's how much home prices increased. Home prices are ridiculous despite low property taxes. There is not one place that is a paradise IMHO. Every place has its pros and cons. Despite being in good health all of our lives, in the past couple of years, we have had some health issues. I am so glad we are near some of the best hospitals in the country, Houston Methodist, being one of them. Houston has one of the best medical centers in the country with St. Luke's, Methodist, Memorial Hermann & MD Anderson. It's all in what is important to you. You can still make a very good living in the Houston/Metro area (without living in the 2 areas of town you showed here: Downtown and Uptown/Galleria) and find affordable housing. No matter where you live, you cannot stop the over development. It is happening everywhere. It was happening at a jaw-dropping rate in Colorado as well. Traffic in Denver and the Springs is awful too just like Houston. IDK if we will move again any time soon, but for now, we are in a small, quiet neighborhood near a lake with easy access to hospitals, restaurants, etc. and still have friends and family here. We just visited Charleston, SC and I would not consider living there or anywhere in SC. Being a native Texan, I don't care for much of anything East of the Mississippi. No offense, but too many yankees. I still love the people of Texas and there are still many reasons why I love living in my home state near my hometown. Go Astros!!!
Born in Beaumont but lived in Houston for most of 40 years. It's always been a nice metropolis of sorts but now it's gotten too crowded. Traffic has not been managed well and with the sprawl you can try and plan your workplace around your home but beware committing to a suburb area. You're next job might be across town. Nearing retirement age we'll be heading into central Texas next. Good luck H-town, it was a good run.
I live in Houston and the identical comments are made about every mega city, especially Los Angeles. Yes, it's humid. Yes, there's traffic. Yes, there's crime. Yes, the power grip needs updating. Yes, there are potholes. I could move anywhere i choose but I never do because I love everything else about the city. If city life isn't your thing, I totally get it.
Houston sales tax: 8.25%. I joke about the sauna that is Houston. I've lived in Houston since the late 80s and I plan to move away _eventually,_ perhaps to West Texas where I was born and grew up.
Used to lived in Houston for 6 yrs then we moved overseas because my husband got a job offer overseas thank god we left & live overseas for 11 yrs now we’re back to Texas for good but we did not come back to Houston we now retired in Grimes country with our 3 acres land we love it no traffic less property tax & still closer to any restaurants or anything in College station/Bryan. 😅
I've lived in Houston since 1998 and I feel like people come here to work or raise a family. Not play. Best place for careers in medical or oil and gas. The weather gets hot starting April and doesn't cool until the end of October. There's nothing to do but eat and museums (indoor activities). I was disappointed when Six Flags Astroworld closed down because there is not many fun options left.
Long time Outside Houston Resident here. I live about 45 min South of Houston. My whole life has been spent around and in the city. Its terrible Leadership that has led it to be in the shape its in. When I was a teen in the early 90s.....we would go to The Heights and Downtown with the tat studios.....it was awesome. It was relatively clean and just a fun place to hang out. As the decades have gone by its just gone to total Sh!t.....the streets are full of pot holes.....something the last guy (Turner) ran on for two terms saying he was going to fix them. 🙄 The Mayor before him was only worried about LGBTQ issues, she had two terms and got little done. The poor guy that asked for the job now......I feel sorry for him.....he has walked into a total slum, with zero money. My wife and I just went yesterday to eat at a little place on Westimer......I was shocked at the conditions, it looked like a 3rd world slum. I almost did not want to go to the restaurant.....but we did and it was ok, but just sad at how far awful politicans have allowed it to fall. BUT.....at the end of the day......that goes back to the voters that keep voting them in. Parker and Turner both should have only been 1 term Mayors ....but that were given 8 years each.....and thats what we are seeing.....the accumulation of inept Governing. As for the humidity and heat......thats just Texas, for sure South TX near the Coast.....anybody coming here should full well know what they are getting into as far as that is concerned, so I cannot really factor those things in.
The Secret to living in Houston is just staying out of Harris County. Just like in Chicago, the key there is not to own a house in Cook County. But the collars of both are fine. Relatively speaking it's still cheapest in the country for big-a$$ houses that have a pool. Gimme!
I'm at the far edge of Harris County, almost in Waller County. Greater Houston has moved in on us, even way out here. I still have a big-a$$ house, a pool, and acreage with even more surrounding acreage, but I got here 10 years ago. I was in the last undeveloped quadrant of the Katy area, but those days are gone.
For those of us born and raised here.....yall should know this is exactly what people mention when they talked about Chicago, NY, or L.A. only los Angeles has has nice weather. But the COL is higher. The weather is bad (at least it doesn't snow). All that said, O&G isn't going anywhere. Healthcare isn't going anywhere. As much as we complain? And point fingers to these transplants, it's still one of the most successful cities. We're a victim of our own success. That's a it.
Houston we surely have our share of problems But thts considered light work compared to other major cities like NYC the rat capital ,Filthy Philly,or L.A.the homeless camp,the list goes on And N spite of our flaws I still ❤️ my city we’re not perfect But wht city is???
@@Raygarza713 Do you really believe that? Stats use how many people used on pest control company..... that means its residents go the extra mile to PAY FOR A SERVICE.... not that it has more bugs... OMG NO vs Houston or even rats. Houston homes without a monthly exterminator is what????? You cannot claim oh all up north is worse.... no... look in your own mirror Houston. You also did it to yourself. The boom will eventually normalize..... less new and more taxes from homes with rising infrastructure needs will consume you as it did in other past booming cities. Did you look into Houston's debt today???? a booming city with HIGH DEBT. not like NYC or CHI... who had many more decades of again infrastructure to deal with... BUT DURING BOOM TIMES. I suggest you look into REAL DEBT of HOUSTON. Just amazes how a state boast a surplus yet cities are in the red... pun intended... not all about politics on one side the problem. It is a problem of who pays and Texas said we will not charge the companies... heck we will pay you to move here and allow you more pollution risk......
The storm vulnerability is pretty HUGE. Beryl was a Cat 1. The place doesn't drain well and it's only going to get worse the bigger it gets. The difference in humidity between Houston and say, Austin or San Antonio is HUGE too. Like 75% vs. 40%.
@@christiangonzales7429 Take a look at the Buffalo Bayou and San Jacinto watershed map. It's bigger than Harris and Montgomery counties. And it's also concentrated with development related to impervious groundcover. Rain that falls as far away as Huntsville drains out of the ship channel. Approaching storm surge acts like a big cork in a bottle.
I actually love houston :-) I lived many years in Virginia and living here paying 900 dollars for rent for a 2 bedroom apartment in the Heights.. 😂I’ll never give that up ever again! Btw don’t worry after these hurricanes I know some people left :-) and Katy even though I don’t like Katy, you can find an aprtment for 1500 dollars BRAND new. A 1 story house you can find it for 285 K in Katy. Please don’t complain about mosquitos or bugs I barely get any over the course of a year
Nice video.The weather of Houston is warm and humid. Therefore I am also planning to go back to Chicago. Houston downtown is also calm and deserted . But if you go to Chicago downtown, you will enjoy a lot.
I cane to Houston from San Diego in 2020 and my life has improved in literally every way. People who think Houston has a homelessness problem clearly never travel
No company will ever pay you fairly nor will they treat you fairly in the great state of Texas which is now ranked number 2 on the list of most financially distressed states.
I got robbed by homeless at Chevron on Smith St in Midtown before because the homeless doesn’t want to work but just panhandling for a living. I used to see a Vietnamese homeless around Midtown who panhandling people for a living but he parked his car a block away so people don’t know that he’s rich and not a homeless
I would leave like if I could. The lack of zoning is ridiculous. Gas stations can and are built too close to residential areas. I gotta deal with Hispanic drunks on a regular basis and a shitty food truck in the area that likes to play music as early as 11am and the city has no laws to get rid of the shitty food truck.
The surrounding areas and suburbs right outside of Houston is where it’s great to live. The Woodlands, Katy, Cypress, Sugarland, and a handful of others are great places. Different affordable housing options, amazing school districts, just about every restaurant, store, and places of entertainment you can think of, a lot of jobs, low crime, still hot as hell though. And if you need to go actually into Houston, it’s right next to you. Once you get into the Houston city limits a lot starts to change in a bad way.
It would be better to specify living in 'Houston' vs 'Harris County' vs 'ex-urban' areas like Katy or The Woodlands. Life is significantly different in each of these locations (I have lived in all 3). This video is focusing strictly on the dangerous and corruptly managed center of the Houston metropolis.
I currently live in Houston and cannot wait to move ; to many issues with this city. Horrible traffic, over population , floods just about everywhere, power outages all the time, water quality is terrible, air quality is worse.
The cesspool of texas, even other Texans refuse to go to houston ,rather be in the high desert of new Mexico, cool mountain air in Santa fe, Houston you gag with the pollution and the humidity znd no one speaks houston talk there anyway@😮
been here since 87, been thru six major weather events, now I'm on day 6 without power, Centerpoint map shows I might have power in 3 days! been rough, hot, humid, no AC or refrigeration makes it tough, no TV or radio or internet, can't get the news -- lots of tension in this town, road rage is common now, heavy traffic, pollution, crime, public schools hit or miss, only reason to be here is you have great corp.job, in the legal field, or work in medical field or energy, if none of those apply -- don't come here
The "Greater Houston" area is huge, at just over 10,000 square miles. That's bigger than the state of Massachusetts. About 7.5 million people live in this area. Due to the expanse of the area, we don't have the mass transit network efficiency of other large cities. So, we drive.
@@amarilloaristocrat8435 The term "Greater" means it includes the city and the suburbs and towns surrounding it, where the major city exercises a commanding economic and social influence. The term "Proper" refers to only the area within the city limits.
Houston use to be great until constant influxes of out of staters in the early 2000s. That is the part that really doesn't gets talked about. The city culture has changed alot due to it. Use to be full of southern hospitality now not so much.
I'm glad you brought that up because, yes, many don't talk about that. Less people meant less noise, less traffic, shorter lines in businesses, and so on. With all these people flooding in so quickly, it's like the weight of them sunk the city to a new low. I've never considered leaving until recently.
This video is not made to discouraged people moving to Houston but as a real estate agent he made this video about the downside of Houston before people make the big decision to move to Houston. As a real estate agent they have to tell the downside of the city so they don’t get sued when they don’t disclose the downside of the city to the homebuyers.
I think you missed the point about Houston. It is a big city with some great areas and some that are not so great. Crime is no worse than other big cities and neither is the traffic. I live in the inner city, rarely drive, and don’t know anyone who owns a gun. Property taxes have come down but are still too high.
I grew up in Houston ....... born there in fact. ..... you couldn't pay me enough to live there now. But it's the crime that truly "saps the energy out of you". Gritty is the best description that I've heard. The type of crime there is demoralizing.
Well traffic is irrelevant in cities with good public transit. Good example is that you wont hear people complaining too much about traffic in New York even though it has 4 times the population. Same with Amsterdam, London, and Boston.
Most people don't move to "Houston", they move to a suburb outside of the city, although the costs there have skyrocketed too. With that said, the issues are heat, humidity, traffic, crappy infrastructure, corrupt politics, guns, religion and the people. The only good thing about Houston use to be the cost of living, but that's quickly fading away, too. I definitely won't be retiring here!
We have wonderful place way out here in Katy. Our neighborhood has acreage lots and we have even more acreage lots behind us with horses, pecan trees, cows, chickens, etc. The problem is the growth has moved in on us. We're in the last undeveloped quadrant of the Katy area, but it's all being developed so fast. 7,000 house development took over the rice fields. Neighbor with acreage and Belted Galloway cows (Oreo cows) has his place for sale so that will be gone soon. At least we have a new HEB nearby. Our property and views are protected by our neighbors, so that's good.
Exaggerating!!!!! You don’t take an hour to travel 7 miles. But humidity has always been here and it is still cheaper than California, DC, New York. So no. I am never leaving Houston. This is home to me.
I follow the news from a distance and seems hurricane Katrina in New Orleans changed Houston somewhat. But many big cities in America seem to be declining.
Hurricane Beyrl🌀 was the last straw ngl. 3 days and still no power. I’m moving for sure when my college years are complete. Probably will come back for nostalgia in few years time but won’t come back most of the time after.
Grew up in Houston when things were super nice. Left in 1988 for Los Angeles. Returned to Houston 2021. Shocked at decay. I'll take LA any day over the new Houston!
It’s funny. I don’t even live there (Austin, TX here) but I love Houston. But before you even said it. I said: “Heat, Humidity, and Traffic.” Guess I’m not the only one haha
Houston is a great city. The people here are polite. Like any large city you have to be careful where you go, and you have to maintain situational awareness. It has always been hot here during the summer, but instead of avoiding it, you embrace it I don’t think you really know HOUSTON
My parents moved here in 1957 and I-45 was under construction. It's 2024 and I-45 is still under construction. Toll roads are new to Houston and you can easily go where ever without using them. The toll for the one near me is $20 for about 9 miles. That is criminal to me. We just went through Hurricane Beryl and those who moved here and have never experienced one were grossly unprepared. I can be off the grid for a week before I need to find fuel. Longer if I include propane and solar.
36,000 on property taxes! I've never gotten the "moving to a state with no income tax" thing. Regardless of where you live they ALWAYS find a way to get you.
This highly depends on where you live. I have a nice house (probably worth around 800,000 now; almost double what we paid for it 10 years ago; did add a pool though) with acreage and pay about 14,000. My taxes are back down to what I was paying in 2014. I also pay around a 1,300 HOA fee. (pays for maintenance of neighborhood stuff because we don't live in an incorporated city; the amount is comparable to the nearby city property tax) The lion's share of my taxes are for the school district; by far. Katy has great schools, but they aren't cheap. A new neighborhood nearby has some really high property taxes because of the land development before the houses were built. These are called MUD taxes. (Municipal Urban District) [loans were taken out in order to develop the land] A lot of it has to do with flood prevention. So, with property taxes, rather than a income tax, you know where your money goes. Want your kids to go to great schools? You might find that big school tax acceptable. Don't want to pay those high taxes? Choose a place to live without them. The point is that you get to choose whether you pay high taxes or not. An income tax doesn't allow this. So yeah, they're going to get you, but you get to choose how you badly you get screwed.
Houston is an extremely hot, masquito infested, high crime, concrete hellscape that floods way too often. It really is a horribke place to live and with the cost of living increasing there is no incentive to live there.
Please add the high crime, the political corruption, the lack of street repairs, the road/freeway construction that seems to never end, toll roads to get anywhere across the metro, the angry entitled people, the high costs of living, taxes, flooding, jobs that suck your soul from you just to name a few.
Wow that sounds like Canada!
You forgot the outright rudeness of big sweaty bovine people who are usually pretend Texans from out of state.
Searching for something that isn't there, my question is where do you go to find better people most are just needy.
Entitled narcissists! 🎯💯
Houston ain't for everyone gotta know how to move around
Because Houston was built on a swamp we are prone to flooding. Also our energy grid is GARBAGE! Heavy rain you are without power for hours if not days. Dont get me started on traffic. I don’t drive on the highways between 2-7. 610 headed towards the Galleria is miserable no matter what time.
Energy is ridiculously expensive too
DEREGULATED ELECTRICITY HAS CONSEQUENCES
@@kenxclout truth
@@MargDBX 150 "choices" for power. One choice for hoe internet. The illusio of choice
It’s worse than a swamp. In the 1800’s the Houston area became an actual lake between Buffalo Bayou and Brazos River every time there was a heavy rain. Crazy they built a major city here.
You forgot about the crime. Out of control. My high school buddy moved there and opened a Subway shop. Before he knew it, he had a gun to his head. They sold and got the hell out.
Which Subway was it?
Is there a place on the Earth where crime doesn't happen?
HPD is slow to respond, they will make a report and that is all, criminals roam freely here
True, but you forgot add that the justice system in Harris County is a revolving door. Criminals get caught and then the judge releases them on a very low bond or a personal recognizance bond (a total joke). Then the criminals just go back out and continue their crime spree.
@@michaelsix9684very true. My house got broken in one time and HPD is not doing anything about it
I can do hot. I can even do cold.
But when you breathe in the air and you wonder if this is what it must feel like to be drowning - it's too humid.
Yea it's like you go to one street corner it's fresh air and then the next smells like trash hahahaha
I live in Austin. I remember driving to Houston a few years ago, and I could feel driving into a wall of humidity. Albeit, that was when there was almost no humidity in Austin unlike this year.
If you live in Houston, being waterboarded is no big deal.
As a native Houstonian is the traffic, weather, crime. It’s not only the heat, but if it rains hard you’re stuck getting home from work. Don’t get me started on the road rage shootings also.
Why are you still a native of this bothers you?
Y’all complain too much I love this place
@@god563616 ... I don't think you understand what "native" means. He was born there. He doesn't magically become un-native because he's bothered.
It take money relocate. Once you live in a city you become subject to that city political and social religious economic vices so if you have relatives there it make it more easy to move
I left last year and I don’t need to take my anti depressants any more 😅
I don’t want to be around anyone who might forget to take their meds you won’t be missed
@@HoustoneMunzit’s cold arrogant people like you that make it a miserable place to exist.
Where did you go?
@@kevingray8616 Virginia
@@kevingray8616 Virginia
I stayed in Houston for 2 wks recently and found that Houston is a Texas version of LA, with a bad weather. I then flew to NYC, just in time to miss Beryl, and it was a relief. It's still more humid here than CA, but I can at least go outside and walk or ride subway. In Houston, you can't even think about going outside in anything other than your car.
The only reason to move to Houston, or Texas for that matter, would be that it is cheaper to live there. If it no longer is, then there is no reason at all.
It's a bit gracious to compare Houston to LA. 😂
@microbios8586 THERE ARE SIMILARITIES...NOT ALL L.A IS "HOLLYWOOD" & STUFF YOU SEE IN MOVIES
It is no longer cheaper! With crack head wages!🙄
It's not the same as LA
Don't ever compare
New York Subways are hardly paradise on hot humid day.
Average home in Houston now is constructed of particle board with NO insulation. Your AC will cost you $400/month. The city itself is a crime riddled ghetto.
This is not an exaggeration. Sadly
Crime is in every major city
@@rajeshb5773Hustonian here. Yes, last summer I had electric bills nearing $400 for my 1500 sq foot home.
In order to keep a house cool here, we have to keep it at about 74 or lower. Otherwise the humidity causes temps to become too hot.
@@rajeshb5773
I’m a Houstonian. Last summer I had energy bills nearing $400 in my 1500 sq foot house.
If you don’t leave the thermostat at 74 or lower it’s too hot here because we have such high humidity.
"But I live in Memorial City!"
Congratulations, your mugging will end up as a high speed pursuit ending in 5th Ward.
I escaped when I joined the service in 2000 and will never live in Houston again.
The bums ran me out of Houston. Tried of deal with bums. They are everywhere
Same, I enlisted out of Houston MEPS in 2000 as well and never returned to this day. AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY!!
@pedrohernandez4971 we were probably at MEPs at the same time!
@@Poopster4U stay out weaklings you both would die in a real war, you let Houston scare you I can already imagine the both of you in combat you aren’t soldiers and never will be
Damn, really so, what do you live now?…. I thought Houston was the destination for everybody.
Houstonian here. The city has basically no redeeming qualities. No beauty, no pretty beaches, no mountains, just cement, cars and corporations.
Good news, you're getting another Corporate HQ. Chevron. I think your Gov gives 'em deals to 'own the libs'.
My daughter and I made up a game in the car , you have to point out any color you see besides green or brown dying trees or plants ,their very few
damn. what happened? designed that way?
Low cost of living, vibrant food scene, world’s #1 Medical Center, Rice and UH.
@@XTRABIG no zoning
Lack of Infrastructure and no planning. I am now 63 and have lived here all my life and the City is deteriorating fast.
Feels like the power grid has become much more unstable in the past decade.
I feel like I'm in a dead zone. You have to pay for anything recreational. Pay to park on seawall so you can ride your bike. No sand volleyball. Pools are always closed. Pit bull dogs running loose. Houses with Dog and T 0:05 ermite farms to make money.
@@dianemasterson2132 Yes - a dead zone.
52 and the same deal. The only thing good about the GHA is the job market. Quality of life and outdoor activities suck. Nothing to do but eat out, get fat, or get drunk. It’s a swamp like New Orleans, but the old Southern flare here has moved way outward. May1-Oct 15 is pure Hell weather. If you don’t have hair on your chest, you will if you can survive these months. I wish climate change was real, but we are screwed here. It’ll never change. Don’t get me started on the gangs and millions of illegals here. I grew up Eastside, but I’ve lived all around the city. There are nice pocket areas to escape the crime, but these areas are very expensive. Houston is basically an immigrant city now. Looks more like Honduras.
I've been blaming Houston boomers for allowing the city to be such a corporate traffic-clogged wasteland.
I dont get how this is the city of love
As somebody who was born and raised in Houston, I can’t wait to get out of here.
1. Traffic
2. Weather(just got hit with another storm/hurricane, millions of people with no power) hot and humid and miserable for most of the year
3. Cost of living/housing is no longer affordable
4. Terrible drivers most of whom don’t have insurance(you know how many times hit by somebody who didn’t have insurance)
5. Smog and pollution(not good for people with asthma, allergies or breathing problems)
6. Crime
7. Living in red state
8. Sprawl, you have to drive to do ANYTHING in this city.
9. Too many overweight/masculine/westernized women.
10. Too many Homeless & people begging for money on the street corners.
Lol @ # 9
When I visited a couple years ago I was surprised at the amount "Heavies" I saw out and about.😅
Don’t forget 80% every single truck owner is overweight 😂
@@FATmenDRIVEtrucksWhat comes first? The lard ass or the jacked up, too big for common sense truck!
Number 7 seems to be a YOU problem. You don't hate Houston because it's IN a Red state. You hate Houston because IT'S a Blue city.
I’m all for people not moving to Houston and more importantly leaving Houston. That won’t fix the weather but will sure help on the traffic.
I was a Moderate Texan voter until the invasion of liberals from non-Texas cities, now I'm intentionally conservative. "Get off my lawn you hippies!"
Traffic is still going to be sh*tty until you get a new state government who doesn’t still think endless highway expansion will fix traffic. (Preferably one that doesn’t support making the Handmaid’s Tale real either.)
I am ECSTATIC THESE Narcissist complaining new comers are Gone!! Go! It's getting too cluttered and peoples negative attitudes are from other states.
@@SomeGuyWhoPlaysGames333Leave already! We don't need your opinion find PERFECT TRAFFIC AND GOVERNMENT somewhere else in Neverland!
@@god563616 LOL, I don’t even live in Texas. Don’t need to though to know that’s it’s a massive sh*thole.
When I lived in rural Texas the grocery store was 30 miles away. Now I’m in Houston and the grocery store is 5 miles away but still takes just as long to get there. There is no convenience here only traffic.
Lol so true
Its like Texas hates or is alien to the concept of within walking distance
It wasn't like this until 2021 when everyone and their grandma moved here to get away from the city they hate only to complain about it and go back.
Car dependence.
@@god563616 Dang I keep hearing about companies from California like Chevron, SpaceX, X and Tesla moving to places like Houston, Dallas and Austin and hype up certain neighborhoods in those cities. But the issue I see here is that it only benefits the major Venture Capitalists from San Jose and San Francisco that can easily move to Texas. However we need to address the needs of people that cannot leave because of various reasons. Also Texas will have the same issues over housing affordability that places like San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose faced in the past. Its just I don't know how many decades we have to wait for that to be true or disproved for the same issues to hit places like Houston, Dallas and Austin.
I Live in Conroe, close enough to enjoy what Houston has to offer; great food / restaurants, shopping, events, sports, but far enough that I don't have to deal with the negatives; crime, traffic, noise, taxes, property taxes.
Conroe has went down the drain. Stayed out there last year for a job and it’s way too over developed. I was literally at a traffic light for almost 20-30 mins
I’m just North of you and I love the area. Only issue is I work in Deer Park and I leave at 5:30am just to avoid traffic.
property taxes in Conroe are high, really anywhere in Texas is still very out of control. The only hack around it is to live in an old musty mobile home off a county dirt road with no internet
@@arsewind I have a nice place, new home, 1 acre lot, tax rate is 1.6, my tax rate in Spring was 3.4, Conroe (Montgomery County) is significantly better than Harris County.
@@nritten6142 very true. However, I just got back from touring Italy.. there we only pay taxes when we choose to spend money. I would rather pay VAT, and not get penalized for building nice stuff. until then, i am in the market for an old meth trailer to move in to
In Houston 7 out of 10 drivers do not have a valid car insurance. Even if not your fault, you’re screwed if you’re involved in a car accident.
Houston is majority Mexican. I can believe that.
San Antonio is like that too
Because everyone drives and the vast majority are either uninsured or underinsured. Most people can’t even afford to maintain their own cars.
@@wturner777 the inspection rule is gone in 2025, be ready to be plowed into by an uninsured driver with bad brakes or engine mounts. It's like they want chaos. Be covered for uninsured/underinsured; don't have to have comprehensive.
@@amitisshahbanu5642 Oh yeah, I’ve heard. I’m sorry for y’all.
Houston used to be nice, until all that trash got blown in by hurricane Katrina!
Yup
lol, Houston was dump before then.
😀
I was in school at that time those kids were ruthless 😂. They would refuse do anything she even said get 20 points just write your name they wouldn’t even do that. Then the drug activity and fights tripled they would fight the teachers scream and cuss. Definitely a low point for Houston
Correct😂
I was here as a child...moved to California for 20 years...and came back. People drive like idiots...they cut you off, ride your tails, make right turns from the left lane, zip in and out of traffic ( as though that makes you arrive to your destination faster) ....every 3 or 4 cars has a dent in the side or back and yet people STILL won't learn. All the police would have to do is start pulling people over but I guess they don't care until someone crashes...then they show up.
Oh my! The dent in the cars, "Every 3 or 4 Cars" I swear I was the only one who noticed that. It says a whole lot about the way people drive. Its most of the ones who don't have insurance and 2 years expired licensed plates . They will run you over on the road and disappear. They Don't Care..... Can'T wait to leave this place..
San Antonio,Tx drivers are also idiots
This.
I agree, the police do indeed need to start pulling over people that can't wrap their mind around "Left Lane for Passing Only" and seem to think the goal of driving is to hold up traffic.
They can't even catch the actual criminals so good luck with that
Houston was awesome in the 80s and 90s. After 2000 its been circling the drain.
It was the greatest back then. I wonder can you find that anymore 🤔
The quality of life dropped big time after the 90s. The influx of Katrina refugees along with the millions of illegal immigrants that have flooded the area has turned this once vibrant, beautiful city into a third world country. It is really sad
Agree .I grew up in Houston in the 90's it was such a amazing place to live.. everyone loved each other and we had our own culture..it's not the same anymore sadly
Capitalist economy in the '80s and life sooooooo fabulously rockin' but James Cameron film the Terminator (1984) and John Carpenter's They Live (1988) have prophesized the dark ages period of this millennium/ Soulless people of the lie have exponentially multiplied and they wield socioeconomic and political power/
@@marcocarbajal9299so basically a black and Mexican city was turned more black and Mexican ?
Having the most incompetent (or corrupt, not sure which) energy delivery companies (Centerpoint and Entergy) is enough to make anyone want to flee the area.
People hate houston because it is too crowded and getting more crowded all the time.
Please tell me which big city isn’t.
@@pukaseek this somehow reminds me of the old Yogi Berra line about the restaurant nobody goes to anymore because it is too crowded.
Im sorry but I’m leaving because the hispanic race is making the quality of the job markets decline
The heat is brutal, like in Minnesota with the cold dont get me started on Alaska thats a whole different planet
I live in Webster, work from a shop in Kemah and drive hotshot delivery in half ton truck every day, for myself, I'm used to it, (use EZ Tag and planning) and I like paying $200 monthly ac / light bills for my 3 bedroom house in the dead of summer, no income tax and $3.00 gallon gas while paying my $1,200 month mortgage, huge backyard and no neighbors behind me, relatively low social rioting BS to deal with, Houston is in a bubble because we work, we don't get the rest of the nation's BS. Yes the roads and crime are dangerous, yes I'm aware I'm playing the shooting lottery everyday. Take the highroad, let the guy go ahead of you, don't cut people off, be a courteous driver. It's survival.
And we have the best food! So what if I'm dripping sweat at 5:30 AM while I'm loading equipment, my wife and I have raised a successful 24 year old son here, he's about to go to Med School. Houston made that possible.
I go a 16ft trailer here get honked at by so drivers but I try to drive safe and I ow how to use signals
VERY good. Similar story. City/area of opportunity. If you have a skill or educational tools, Houston, and ALL of Texas, is for you. Freeloaders and those wanting 'government 'handouts' ( benefits) they're NOT available in Texas. 👍👏👌
Texas City resident here 🖐️
Lol, I really appreciate your honesty.😂 I'm a born and raised Houstonian and have always loved it, but the last few years have gotten me looking elsewhere. Not out of Texas, but DEFINITELY out of Houston.😩
Webster is not Houston
At the end of the day, here it is in a nut shell…
If you’re not working, there’s absolutely nothing to do in Houston,,, nothing.
This city is BORING! Houston is a business city, not a fun city.
I grew up partially in Houston. As a kid I hated it. I hated how everything took a long time to get to. My family ended up moving to Melbourne, Australia and it was a complete 180. Melbourne is a very large city but at least it had decent public transportation and was safe enough that my teenage self could traverse through on my own without worrying my parents.
With the added bonus of all four seasons in one day sometimes.
Well, good luck in that Prison Down Under.
Wow that is very interesting, quite the contrast! Thank you for sharing that.
I live in Dallas and have worked in Houston many times over the years. The crime and the mosquitoes are the worst! Trash city and the separation between classes is extreme!!
Yeah, because none of those things are a problem in Dallas. 🙄
@MJ23-KB24 it ain't perfect by any stretch but for sure definitely better than houston
Houston ranks number 1 in HIV cases 😳
Funny, I worked in Dallas and thought the same about it.😂😂
@@MJ23-KB24 Dallas got Katrina overflow but Houston got majority
I have lived in a small town about 50 miles from Houston for most of my life, and the older I get, the less I can fathom how anyone could stand living there. It’s okay to visit from time to time, but I can only imagine that living there must be a miserable experience.
I'm just the opposite. Small towns are so fucking boring to me. Even when I just pass through one to have a meal, I think...this is creepy boring and isolated. Far away from the best and most helpful services. Little in the way of culture, entertainment, or intellectualism. People who *prefer* small towns are likewise gross.
It is, most major cities are
@@JTN-f1pblah blah blah 😑 you sound like a lefty who’s had too many boosters
That's just simply part of living in a major city. Small towns are nice but they get boring after a day or two.
@@JTN-f1p Judging from what I read in your reply,
I have concluded that the culture and intellectualism of the big city has had little to no impact on you.
The worst thing about Houston is they don't bury the power lines because the entire government is on the take. So power outages is frequent. As for going downtown, most companies are move out to the suburbs.
After Ike I didn't lose power but twice for less than an hour till the freeze in 2021. Most places don't bury their power lines. The grid is in need of renovation, but it isn't as bad as people make it out to be. We have just been unlucky the past few years.
I’ve been here since 1985 and I’m still not used to the humidity.
This.
I lived there from 1959 to 2014 and finally had enough of the crime. I moved to the Texas panhandle.
I left Houston for Medellín Colombia and I will never return back to that gang riddled city. Not walkable, without a single culture that defines it as its own, hateful drivers and people, the weather is terrible, dating pool as a septic tank, it does have good food but that doesn't justify it 🙅🏻🙅🏻
The line about not having a single culture is SO true. The place has no personality of its own but it’s always trying to fake it.
medical care is good if you have cancer, heart disease, but living here might give you cancer! we have highest cancer rate in tX!
@@michaelsix9684it ain’t called cancer alley for no reason. All them chemical plants and refineries
glad you escaped, I work on it every day
@michaelsix9684
No shit. My dad works on the ship channel and he was just diagnosed with throat cancer. Doesn't drink and never smoked a day in his life
I only recently started to consider leaving, for all of the reasons you mentioned. I've been here 30 years. By the way, don't be fooled by the lack of state income tax. It's a high tax state, and you don't get a lot in return.
We have lived here for 11 long years and can’t wait to get out. This city is an absolute dump in every possible way. The only redeeming feature is the food and you can get good food in lots of places.
Thank God you're leaving. There isnt place better than Houston right now. Try Cali or NYC, Portland or Chicago all with higher crime rates and less jobs that pay lesser in every field than Houston.
@@god563616aww you sound really defensive.
Please leave 🙏🏼
@@UA-caminvitaI know it can be hard to manage those big feelings when someone doesn’t like the same things that you like, but you can do it. I believe in you! 😘
Please leave soon.
Lived there for 9 years. 2008-2017. Not going back! Wayyy too hot. I lived in the houston suburbs where home prices were better. Property taxes were 40% of my mortgage payment.
The problem is all other nicer places are way too expensive now and Houston area is still relatively affordable with plenty working or middle class jobs so people come to make a living.
The lower cost of living used to offset the traffic, heat, hurricanes, and other issues. Now that the cost of living is so high there’s really no incentive to stay here.
Thank you for helping convince more people to leave. That will dramatically reduce the traffic. 👏🏽
I saw an e-v car with Tennessee plates at Randall's the other day getting charged. They were sleeping in the back while charging. They had a curtain across their seats for privacy.
But they won't actually leave because this is where the jobs are.
Houston was such a nice place when the metropolitan area had a population of about 4 million people who were used to the weather. With 7 million people, many of whom are very uncomfortable, it's not as nice, it's overcrowded, and services are falling behind.
I live in the Woodlands, I have lived all over Houston and the North side is where its at. People who can are leaving the big cities in mass. However, the outskirts of those cities have some nice places to live.
The Houston suburbs can go to hell. Pearland is an geriatric corporate wasteland
Houston is not losing population. Austin and Dallas lost population over the last year. Houston gained the most in Texas.
The growth rate is slowing. The weather will be a determination of Houston's growth rate.
It’s more expensive to live in Dallas and the households are getting smaller. People are being forced to live in the suburbs, which are cheaper. It’s cheaper to live in Houston and it also has massive city limit land size at 640.4 sq mi, which is capturing the growth. That’s nearly double the size of Dallas’ city limit land size of 339.6 sq mi.
@@1TewBuMyShoe Harris county also gained more residents than any county. It’s also the third most populous in the country.
@@1TewBuMyShoe😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Kenyon712 It’s also much physically larger too than most major Texas Counties. Texas Cities sprawl and grow outward. Bigger the landsize, the bigger the population that can be captured.
Look at how similar they are
Dallas County + Tarrant County (Ft Worth) has a population of 4,789,305 and a land area of 1,737.06 sq mi.
Harris County has a population of 4,835,125 covering 1,706.96 sq mi of land.
I'm amazed there's hardly any mention of hurricanes and terrible electric grid infrastructure. When my youngest graduates from UH in a few years, we're moving. Probably out of state.
Hurricanes are not really that common. A major one comes every 25 years. We have just been unlucky with storms lately. The grid needs some work, but you will find power outages happen anywhere there are storms.
It's ridiculous! Centerpoint is sad just sad
Houston we have a problem
😂😂😂
Oof 😂
It’s all of the unfettered immigration + Dora the explorer
Hah! Dora, she's our own Little Idiot.
Most newcomers to Houston I talk to don't think like this at all. I've straight-up listed the bad things about Houston to friends of mine who've only lived here for 1 to 3 years, and they've nodded and said, "Yeah but..." and talked about all the things they hate about other places and why they'd still rather be here instead. Those of you who think you'll publicly hate Houston out of attracting newcomers are deluded. People will come here for the things they think are good about it. It's hot as hell, but from national forecasts I see showing other cities, even ones normally known for temperate summers, heat is as or nearly as bad in a lot of places.
There are a lot of cities I'd rather live in than Houston, but they happen to be places that are a lot more expensive, and it's not even close. The places that are about equal in cost of living either have the same or similar problems, or few/none of the same problems but then don't have things I like: diversity, international population, great food, many pro sports teams, regular spot for music concerts, a lot of museums/theaters/festivals, a lot of night life.
I'd definitely rather be in a walkable city. At the same time, not being in one doesn't stop me from walking in nature since I actually go to the park and other green spaces to walk. They exist in Houston and I seek them out. Don't act like you must be in NYC or Philadelphia or the like in order to walk outside.
Work from home makes the traffic pretty unbothersome to me. I only have to drive for weekend social life or weekday evening social life and know how to get around the traffic in those cases.
for every plus you get here, you get a minus, net gain is zero, Austin was great now it's a huge mess
Every Texas city suffers the same fate. Austin's traffic HORRIBLE! And the humidity is good for your skin. Houston's real issue is the weather, but not the heat, the storms.
Was in Austin after Hurricane Buryl, escaping the Houston heat and Austin's traffic was light compared to Houston. Austin is much prettier and people nicer then Houston.
Definitely agreed with the skin part. I moved to Houston from Dallas a week and a half prior to Hurricane Beryl and aside from the inconvenience of power outages, my skin has looked this great since I was a teenager! Tired of being drenched in sweat everyday simply walking out the door to my truck but the having great skin was a welcomed compromise 😂😂😂
So is Dallas trafffic crazy drivers same goes with Atlanta Houston NEW YORK CITY New Jersey Boston Los Angeles part of chicago in Downtown even Detriot
Native Houstonion here. Used to love my hometown. Not any more. Big dirty town, corrupt politicians, neighbors are nice, but drivers aren’t. Grocery stores packed like everyday is a crisis. Thinking I’m ready to move.
“Grocery stores packed like everyday is a crisis” 😂 facts! Every time I try to go the H-E-B on Washington it’s like trying to get into a concert or a football game. You have to wait in line just to find a parking spot. I stopped going during peak hours on the weekends. It’s ridiculous.
Same here. I grew up here but I am starting to hate it here! H-E-B and Walmart are packed to the brim all the time because we have so many people here moving in from out of town, out of state and even out of the country!
Texas, along with the entire nation, needs good public transportation. Buses running every ten minutes, trains and subways stations. USA is running behind when it comes to public transportation.
It’s an embarrassment.
Car dealers and oil companies have clout.
I dont hate the traffic I hate how people drive here. There is no enforcement at all and people change lanes like crazy while speeding and on their phones. The heat doesn't bother me at all. The mosquitoes and roaches though are disgusting. Plus it's getting really ghetto...
Very ghetto. People in the comments are all too scared to mention how bad the diversity is here, but I'm not.
Yeah, I've mentioned how ghetto it's getting here. In many of the nice areas it's even ghetto. It's only _not_ ghetto in areas where there's major money. There definitely is little traffic enforcement in the Houston area.
If I have the opportunity to move my business elsewhere. I would
That’s me. I don’t know what the f i was thinking! Now I’m stuck.
Move It 2 Dallas
@@dougedoug2105 no way, but we should send the Californians there
Same here. Houston is one big poor ghetto.
I've lived in Minnesota for 40 years and love it. Including the cozy, cold Winters! It's in the '80s now and not humid!
Sounds enjoyable central, Ohio about the same 🤷
That’s exactly what I want. This heat and humidity is beyond old over here by Houston
spot on. I'm a native Houstonian and the change seems so sudden. I think it's the people that are moving here in droves. The heat and traffic are a recipe for a lot of angry road rage scenarios. The crime has also risen quite a lot and the police aren't able to respond very quick due to there not being enough and also because Houston is so vast with so much going on. Don't even get me on the flooding and the long lengths of time it takes to get energy and power restored. I'd actually like to move out of Houston myself but not currently able to just uproot.
People from both out of town, out of state and even out of the country always seem to choose Houston as their #1 place to move to when they come to Texas. I don't get it, out of all the places, why Houston?!
Depends where’s if you are, I moved from NY 1978. Live here 45 years.I knew how to get around also driving to make deliveries 27 years. Houston have a lots if you know short cut.I am 78 now I can go somewhere not to bad, but know how to get around.
I left 2 years ago and won’t return. Constant power outages, heat, humidity and large bugs were the driving factors. If you move to Houston knowing these things, you will have no one to blame but yourself.
I live in Houston, work off the North Beltway. The traffic is extremely annoying to me. Highway 6 has tripled traffic in the last 3-4 years. Don't get me started on the road construction that is never ending. I don't plan on leaving, I work here. What I am looking to do is get closer to work. I am going to either buy an RV, or rent an apartment and sale my house.
Why would sell your house? If you bought your house pre covid, you better hold onto it because prices skyrocketed since then.
It is all perspective, needs & income. Trust me when I say the grass is not always greener. I am a 61 year old native Houstonian who lives north of Houston. I have also lived in 2 other cities in TX and lived 9 years in Colorado. We moved back to the Houston metro area in 2020 from Colorado. For years, I begged my husband to move to CO. Finally in 2011, we moved to a small town north of Colorado Springs. In CO, while property taxes are low, homeowner's insurance is through the roof due to wild fires. They also make up for the low property tax with your vehicle registration. In Texas, we pay a flat $25/year for vehicle registration. In CO, you pay "ownership" tax. "These taxes are based on the year of manufacture of the vehicle and the original taxable value which is determined when the vehicle is new and does not change throughout the life of the vehicle." You pay this for everything that has wheels, including utility trailers. One car we currently own would have cost us $1008.00 to register it in CO this year. We bought a house in CO in 2013 for $335k and sold it in 2020 for $610k!! That's how much home prices increased. Home prices are ridiculous despite low property taxes. There is not one place that is a paradise IMHO. Every place has its pros and cons. Despite being in good health all of our lives, in the past couple of years, we have had some health issues. I am so glad we are near some of the best hospitals in the country, Houston Methodist, being one of them. Houston has one of the best medical centers in the country with St. Luke's, Methodist, Memorial Hermann & MD Anderson. It's all in what is important to you. You can still make a very good living in the Houston/Metro area (without living in the 2 areas of town you showed here: Downtown and Uptown/Galleria) and find affordable housing. No matter where you live, you cannot stop the over development. It is happening everywhere. It was happening at a jaw-dropping rate in Colorado as well. Traffic in Denver and the Springs is awful too just like Houston. IDK if we will move again any time soon, but for now, we are in a small, quiet neighborhood near a lake with easy access to hospitals, restaurants, etc. and still have friends and family here. We just visited Charleston, SC and I would not consider living there or anywhere in SC. Being a native Texan, I don't care for much of anything East of the Mississippi. No offense, but too many yankees. I still love the people of Texas and there are still many reasons why I love living in my home state near my hometown. Go Astros!!!
Hahaha I loved that. I have not met one Single mosquito....they were all married with families .
Born in Beaumont but lived in Houston for most of 40 years. It's always been a nice metropolis of sorts but now it's gotten too crowded. Traffic has not been managed well and with the sprawl you can try and plan your workplace around your home but beware committing to a suburb area. You're next job might be across town. Nearing retirement age we'll be heading into central Texas next. Good luck H-town, it was a good run.
I live in Houston and the identical comments are made about every mega city, especially Los Angeles. Yes, it's humid. Yes, there's traffic. Yes, there's crime. Yes, the power grip needs updating. Yes, there are potholes. I could move anywhere i choose but I never do because I love everything else about the city. If city life isn't your thing, I totally get it.
I live in Katy, I avoid rush hour traffic and don’t do nightlife to avoid crime.
Houston sales tax: 8.25%. I joke about the sauna that is Houston. I've lived in Houston since the late 80s and I plan to move away _eventually,_ perhaps to West Texas where I was born and grew up.
Used to lived in Houston for 6 yrs then we moved overseas because my husband got a job offer overseas thank god we left & live overseas for 11 yrs now we’re back to Texas for good but we did not come back to Houston we now retired in Grimes country with our 3 acres land we love it no traffic less property tax & still closer to any restaurants or anything in College station/Bryan. 😅
I've lived in Houston since 1998 and I feel like people come here to work or raise a family. Not play. Best place for careers in medical or oil and gas. The weather gets hot starting April and doesn't cool until the end of October. There's nothing to do but eat and museums (indoor activities). I was disappointed when Six Flags Astroworld closed down because there is not many fun options left.
Houston is a business city, not a tourist or fun city.
Long time Outside Houston Resident here. I live about 45 min South of Houston. My whole life has been spent around and in the city. Its terrible Leadership that has led it to be in the shape its in.
When I was a teen in the early 90s.....we would go to The Heights and Downtown with the tat studios.....it was awesome. It was relatively clean and just a fun place to hang out.
As the decades have gone by its just gone to total Sh!t.....the streets are full of pot holes.....something the last guy (Turner) ran on for two terms saying he was going to fix them. 🙄
The Mayor before him was only worried about LGBTQ issues, she had two terms and got little done.
The poor guy that asked for the job now......I feel sorry for him.....he has walked into a total slum, with zero money.
My wife and I just went yesterday to eat at a little place on Westimer......I was shocked at the conditions, it looked like a 3rd world slum. I almost did not want to go to the restaurant.....but we did and it was ok, but just sad at how far awful politicans have allowed it to fall.
BUT.....at the end of the day......that goes back to the voters that keep voting them in. Parker and Turner both should have only been 1 term Mayors ....but that were given 8 years each.....and thats what we are seeing.....the accumulation of inept Governing.
As for the humidity and heat......thats just Texas, for sure South TX near the Coast.....anybody coming here should full well know what they are getting into as far as that is concerned, so I cannot really factor those things in.
the bugs
Increased crime, traffic, cost of living is ridiculous now, and weather sucks! Born and raised in Houston and I’m getting out as soon as I can
TO GO WHERE
I personally like cold weather better you can't even get away from the heat.
Where are you going to go? The same thing is happening and even worse in Cali, NYC, Chicago, Portland, Detroit etc. It's the world we live in now
@@GSM92😂 this is what I'm saying. This is happening all over the USA especially in ALL major cities!
Not to mention the sprawl and the lack of decent public transit.
The Secret to living in Houston is just staying out of Harris County. Just like in Chicago, the key there is not to own a house in Cook County. But the collars of both are fine. Relatively speaking it's still cheapest in the country for big-a$$ houses that have a pool. Gimme!
I'm at the far edge of Harris County, almost in Waller County. Greater Houston has moved in on us, even way out here. I still have a big-a$$ house, a pool, and acreage with even more surrounding acreage, but I got here 10 years ago. I was in the last undeveloped quadrant of the Katy area, but those days are gone.
For those of us born and raised here.....yall should know this is exactly what people mention when they talked about Chicago, NY, or L.A. only los Angeles has has nice weather.
But the COL is higher. The weather is bad (at least it doesn't snow). All that said, O&G isn't going anywhere. Healthcare isn't going anywhere. As much as we complain? And point fingers to these transplants, it's still one of the most successful cities. We're a victim of our own success. That's a it.
Houston we surely have our share of problems But thts considered light work compared to other major cities like NYC the rat capital ,Filthy Philly,or L.A.the homeless camp,the list goes on And N spite of our flaws I still ❤️ my city we’re not perfect But wht city is???
Give it time from what I'm seeing in the comments you are already there. You refuse to see it😂
@@Raygarza713 Do you really believe that? Stats use how many people used on pest control company..... that means its residents go the extra mile to PAY FOR A SERVICE.... not that it has more bugs... OMG NO vs Houston or even rats. Houston homes without a monthly exterminator is what?????
You cannot claim oh all up north is worse.... no... look in your own mirror Houston. You also did it to yourself. The boom will eventually normalize..... less new and more taxes from homes with rising infrastructure needs will consume you as it did in other past booming cities.
Did you look into Houston's debt today???? a booming city with HIGH DEBT. not like NYC or CHI... who had many more decades of again infrastructure to deal with... BUT DURING BOOM TIMES.
I suggest you look into REAL DEBT of HOUSTON. Just amazes how a state boast a surplus yet cities are in the red... pun intended... not all about politics on one side the problem. It is a problem of who pays and Texas said we will not charge the companies... heck we will pay you to move here and allow you more pollution risk......
Hurricane tornado freezing, extreme heat😅😅😅😂 Austin San Antonio etc.. Just like NYC LA clown
Born and raised in Houston.
Houston is a dump now.
Most places you go are similar
The storm vulnerability is pretty HUGE. Beryl was a Cat 1. The place doesn't drain well and it's only going to get worse the bigger it gets. The difference in humidity between Houston and say, Austin or San Antonio is HUGE too. Like 75% vs. 40%.
Let's not forget that Ike was a Cat 4 and hit Houston directly!
@@christiangonzales7429 Take a look at the Buffalo Bayou and San Jacinto watershed map. It's bigger than Harris and Montgomery counties. And it's also concentrated with development related to impervious groundcover. Rain that falls as far away as Huntsville drains out of the ship channel. Approaching storm surge acts like a big cork in a bottle.
I actually love houston :-)
I lived many years in Virginia and living here paying 900 dollars for rent for a 2 bedroom apartment in the Heights.. 😂I’ll never give that up ever again!
Btw don’t worry after these hurricanes I know some people left :-) and Katy even though I don’t like Katy, you can find an aprtment for 1500 dollars BRAND new.
A 1 story house you can find it for 285 K in Katy.
Please don’t complain about mosquitos or bugs I barely get any over the course of a year
Nice video.The weather of Houston is warm and humid. Therefore I am also planning to go back to Chicago. Houston downtown is also calm and deserted . But if you go to Chicago downtown, you will enjoy a lot.
I’m from Chicago and used to live in Houston before lol. I love Chicago because of food and more cultural city
I cane to Houston from San Diego in 2020 and my life has improved in literally every way. People who think Houston has a homelessness problem clearly never travel
They blame people like you for ruining it. Outsiders need to go back to where they came from.
I call Houston to be Texas's own little slice of California
@@christiangonzales7429 have you been to California? Or Austin? You’re way off here man.
No company will ever pay you fairly nor will they treat you fairly in the great state of Texas which is now ranked number 2 on the list of most financially distressed states.
I got robbed by homeless at Chevron on Smith St in Midtown before because the homeless doesn’t want to work but just panhandling for a living. I used to see a Vietnamese homeless around Midtown who panhandling people for a living but he parked his car a block away so people don’t know that he’s rich and not a homeless
Just left, relocated to Tulsa last week. Couldn’t handle the Houston traffic and the unreliability of utilities anymore.
Power goes out every time it storms
I would leave like if I could. The lack of zoning is ridiculous. Gas stations can and are built too close to residential areas. I gotta deal with Hispanic drunks on a regular basis and a shitty food truck in the area that likes to play music as early as 11am and the city has no laws to get rid of the shitty food truck.
The surrounding areas and suburbs right outside of Houston is where it’s great to live. The Woodlands, Katy, Cypress, Sugarland, and a handful of others are great places. Different affordable housing options, amazing school districts, just about every restaurant, store, and places of entertainment you can think of, a lot of jobs, low crime, still hot as hell though. And if you need to go actually into Houston, it’s right next to you.
Once you get into the Houston city limits a lot starts to change in a bad way.
That's where allll the old Houstonians moved to
It would be better to specify living in 'Houston' vs 'Harris County' vs 'ex-urban' areas like Katy or The Woodlands.
Life is significantly different in each of these locations (I have lived in all 3).
This video is focusing strictly on the dangerous and corruptly managed center of the Houston metropolis.
I live outside of Houston & only use it for the competitive shopping… I get in & out and no one gets hurt
May Texans be protected from Beryl. ❤
its not going to be that serious of a storm
@@bns434Are you sure? It's had some time to get recharged from the hot Gulf water.
Beryl will hit us Texans hard man especially houston/dallas.
@@bns434bruh how you know
Thank you!!!
I currently live in Houston and cannot wait to move ; to many issues with this city.
Horrible traffic, over population , floods just about everywhere, power outages all the time, water quality is terrible, air quality is worse.
The cesspool of texas, even other Texans refuse to go to houston ,rather be in the high desert of new Mexico, cool mountain air in Santa fe, Houston you gag with the pollution and the humidity znd no one speaks houston talk there anyway@😮
With weather changing pattern, it is not a easy place to put your stakes down. Many power outages is norm in last few years.
Well..don't move to DFW its exactly the same here
@@alisonh4022it's better.
been here since 87, been thru six major weather events, now I'm on day 6 without power, Centerpoint map shows I might have power in 3 days! been rough, hot, humid, no AC or refrigeration makes it tough, no TV or radio or internet, can't get the news -- lots of tension in this town, road rage is common now, heavy traffic, pollution, crime, public schools hit or miss, only reason to be here is you have great corp.job, in the legal field, or work in medical field or energy, if none of those apply -- don't come here
I've been here all my life. I'm in my 30s and I agree with you 100%. No reason to come here!
The "Greater Houston" area is huge, at just over 10,000 square miles. That's bigger than the state of Massachusetts. About 7.5 million people live in this area. Due to the expanse of the area, we don't have the mass transit network efficiency of other large cities. So, we drive.
@@mayorb3366 , you need to check your facts. The land mass of Houston is 599 square miles.
@@amarilloaristocrat8435 The term "Greater" means it includes the city and the suburbs and towns surrounding it, where the major city exercises a commanding economic and social influence.
The term "Proper" refers to only the area within the city limits.
Wikipedia says Massachusetts is a little smaller, but not by much. Still, VERY comparable. Damn interesting statistic.
I would take Boston any day over Houston!
Houston use to be great until constant influxes of out of staters in the early 2000s. That is the part that really doesn't gets talked about. The city culture has changed alot due to it. Use to be full of southern hospitality now not so much.
I moved here from Conroe in 1966, at 5 years old. I'm a 6th gen Texan. The city has been mobbed by influx, since the early 80s.
I'm glad you brought that up because, yes, many don't talk about that. Less people meant less noise, less traffic, shorter lines in businesses, and so on. With all these people flooding in so quickly, it's like the weight of them sunk the city to a new low. I've never considered leaving until recently.
@@purplewaves842 hate to say but the same here.
This video is not made to discouraged people moving to Houston but as a real estate agent he made this video about the downside of Houston before people make the big decision to move to Houston. As a real estate agent they have to tell the downside of the city so they don’t get sued when they don’t disclose the downside of the city to the homebuyers.
I think you missed the point about Houston. It is a big city with some great areas and some that are not so great. Crime is no worse than other big cities and neither is the traffic. I live in the inner city, rarely drive, and don’t know anyone who owns a gun. Property taxes have come down but are still too high.
I grew up in Houston ....... born there in fact. ..... you couldn't pay me enough to live there now.
But it's the crime that truly "saps the energy out of you". Gritty is the best description that I've heard. The type of crime there is demoralizing.
What large city doesn't have bad traffic?
Well traffic is irrelevant in cities with good public transit. Good example is that you wont hear people complaining too much about traffic in New York even though it has 4 times the population. Same with Amsterdam, London, and Boston.
And houston is also unwalkable. If you need to drive a car just to get a carton of eggs, odds are all your problems will be car related.
@@yaisef1Hog wash, born and raised in New York, traffic is 100 times worst than Houston.
I moved here two years ago. It’s not that bad. It only sucks during the summer. The other 9 months are fine
Most people don't move to "Houston", they move to a suburb outside of the city, although the costs there have skyrocketed too. With that said, the issues are heat, humidity, traffic, crappy infrastructure, corrupt politics, guns, religion and the people. The only good thing about Houston use to be the cost of living, but that's quickly fading away, too. I definitely won't be retiring here!
💯 Somebody who gets it.
We have wonderful place way out here in Katy. Our neighborhood has acreage lots and we have even more acreage lots behind us with horses, pecan trees, cows, chickens, etc. The problem is the growth has moved in on us. We're in the last undeveloped quadrant of the Katy area, but it's all being developed so fast. 7,000 house development took over the rice fields. Neighbor with acreage and Belted Galloway cows (Oreo cows) has his place for sale so that will be gone soon. At least we have a new HEB nearby. Our property and views are protected by our neighbors, so that's good.
Exaggerating!!!!! You don’t take an hour to travel 7 miles. But humidity has always been here and it is still cheaper than California, DC, New York. So no. I am never leaving Houston. This is home to me.
Don’t move here if you don’t like suffering
agree
I follow the news from a distance and seems hurricane Katrina in New Orleans changed Houston somewhat. But many big cities in America seem to be declining.
Hurricane Beyrl🌀 was the last straw ngl. 3 days and still no power. I’m moving for sure when my college years are complete. Probably will come back for nostalgia in few years time but won’t come back most of the time after.
Me too been here since 2005 moved here with my husband. Since he passed away it's time to go.
I’m hoping to find a home in cypress or old Katy. The electricity crisis is insane near the heart of the city.
@@kaffenaddict8864 The suburbs have it bad too because it all boils down to the fact that they all share the same power grid under CenterPoint.
Please report Where they are moving to and are they happy with their decision?
I live in Florida south Florida palm beach county and still would go to Houston
Grew up in Houston when things were super nice. Left in 1988 for Los Angeles. Returned to Houston 2021. Shocked at decay. I'll take LA any day over the new Houston!
It’s funny. I don’t even live there (Austin, TX here) but I love Houston. But before you even said it. I said: “Heat, Humidity, and Traffic.” Guess I’m not the only one haha
you have none of those in austin?
Houston is a great city. The people here are polite. Like any large city you have to be careful where you go, and you have to maintain situational awareness.
It has always been hot here during the summer, but instead of avoiding it, you embrace it
I don’t think you really know HOUSTON
The only city I love outside of Houston is The Woodlands. Spring is alright, the rest is trash.
The suburbs like The Woodlands otherwise make up for what utter garbage the Greater Houston area is.
My parents moved here in 1957 and I-45 was under construction. It's 2024 and I-45 is still under construction. Toll roads are new to Houston and you can easily go where ever without using them. The toll for the one near me is $20 for about 9 miles. That is criminal to me. We just went through Hurricane Beryl and those who moved here and have never experienced one were grossly unprepared. I can be off the grid for a week before I need to find fuel. Longer if I include propane and solar.
36,000 on property taxes! I've never gotten the "moving to a state with no income tax" thing. Regardless of where you live they ALWAYS find a way to get you.
my prop tax is 417.00, I'm 68, and state and Harris county gave me huge drop, used to be 3200/yr for 1700 sq. ft. home built in 78
This highly depends on where you live. I have a nice house (probably worth around 800,000 now; almost double what we paid for it 10 years ago; did add a pool though) with acreage and pay about 14,000. My taxes are back down to what I was paying in 2014. I also pay around a 1,300 HOA fee. (pays for maintenance of neighborhood stuff because we don't live in an incorporated city; the amount is comparable to the nearby city property tax) The lion's share of my taxes are for the school district; by far. Katy has great schools, but they aren't cheap. A new neighborhood nearby has some really high property taxes because of the land development before the houses were built. These are called MUD taxes. (Municipal Urban District) [loans were taken out in order to develop the land] A lot of it has to do with flood prevention. So, with property taxes, rather than a income tax, you know where your money goes. Want your kids to go to great schools? You might find that big school tax acceptable. Don't want to pay those high taxes? Choose a place to live without them. The point is that you get to choose whether you pay high taxes or not. An income tax doesn't allow this. So yeah, they're going to get you, but you get to choose how you badly you get screwed.
Houston is an extremely hot, masquito infested, high crime, concrete hellscape that floods way too often. It really is a horribke place to live and with the cost of living increasing there is no incentive to live there.