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popeye1250 -> Texas questions. (6/9/2008 5:48:05 PM)
Ok, Texas is a huge state and there are a lot of things there. I've never been there unless you want to count going through it by train in 1962. Ok, what's "The Woodlands?"

DrkJourney -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 5:49:28 PM)
It's a community around Houston

kittinSol -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 5:53:03 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: popeye1250 Ok, Texas is a huge state and there are a lot of things there. Apart from Smith117, what is there in there [8D] ?

popeye1250 -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 5:59:17 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DrkJourney It's a community around Houston So then the name would imply that there's a lot of wooded area there?

DrkJourney -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 6:00:59 PM)
lol..I would say so....lot's of pine trees in east Texas

DomAviator -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 6:01:28 PM)
Popeye, its is a rather snooty subdivision in the northern part of Houston above Bush Airport. Essentially it is a swamp that they filled in to build expensive homes for uptight pricks who think they are better than the rest of Houston LOL. (Im down in the Bay Area, so Woodlanders dont like us... Im not sure if its in Conroe or Spring I think its between the two the lines are a little confusing to me on that side of the city. (See a lot of people dont realize what people call "Houston" is actually 70 miles across... Like NASA isnt in the city of Houston it is in Clear Lake in the Bay Area, adjacent to Stinkadena (Pasadena) where urban Cowboy was filmed. This is "The Woodlands" http://www.thewoodlands.com/ on the north side of Houston By comparison this is more my area: http://www.visitbayareahouston.com/ http://www.kemahboardwalk.com

FangsNfeet -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 6:06:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: popeye1250 Ok, what's "The Woodlands?" It's a place drama of where the moderatly rich and wealthy (primarly from Kingwood) formed in between Houston and Conroe on I-45. As Houston took over, Kingwoods taxes increased but sever budget cuts where made in the the Kingwoods fire, police, and ambulance departments. Being unhappy about paying more for less, certain rich town folk decided to rebuild a community that can be strong enough to over come Houstons reach. The Woodlands mall, hospital, hotels, and eating places are easy to find for the most part being right off I 45. However, all the nice homes, law offices, High School, small shopping centers, and parks are all behind the trees in the actual woods. Kind of odd but it works. Great place to go trick or treating and christmas light displays. Conroe and the Woodlands are roughly 10 miles apart less than a six to eight minuet drive. However, the two towns treat each other as forign states and continue to battle over county power. Any more questions about the Woodlands?

DrkJourney -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 6:08:23 PM)
lol...wow tell us how you really feel....lol honestly I can't make heads or tails of houston. I just follow whatever directions given at the time...lol

popeye1250 -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 6:09:56 PM)
Aviator, ok, so is is flat or hilly around that area? Everytime I think of Texas I think "flat." And which part of Houston is the "best" part to live in?

Level -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 6:11:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: kittinSol quote: ORIGINAL: popeye1250 Ok, Texas is a huge state and there are a lot of things there. Apart from Smith117, what is there in there [8D] ? [8\|]

DrkJourney -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 6:12:46 PM)
Actually, I live around San Antonio and it's not flat. West Texas has lots of hills

DomAviator -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 6:12:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DrkJourney lol...wow tell us how you really feel....lol honestly I can't make heads or tails of houston. I just follow whatever directions given at the time...lol Drk, seriously The Woodlands is weird... I mean if you look us "Asshole" in the dictionary they will say "see Woodlands people". They have some interesting attitudes. You can have a $700,000 house in the Bay Area with an 85 foot yacht docked out front and a Woodlander with a $280,000 house will be like "Bay Area Trash" LOL

kittinSol -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 6:13:07 PM)
Mouah, Level, you're so conspicuously unTexan I'd forgotten you lived there. Matter of fact, I imagined you resided in Vermont or something :-) .

popeye1250 -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 6:15:34 PM)
Seventy miles across? Wow! I wonder how many Fire Stations Houston has? They must have a bunch to cover that area!

DrkJourney -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 6:16:08 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DomAviator quote: ORIGINAL: DrkJourney lol...wow tell us how you really feel....lol honestly I can't make heads or tails of houston. I just follow whatever directions given at the time...lol Drk, seriously The Woodlands is weird... I mean if you look us "Asshole" in the dictionary they will say "see Woodlands people". They have some interesting attitudes. You can have a $700,000 house in the Bay Area with an 85 foot yacht docked out front and a Woodlander with a $280,000 house will be like "Bay Area Trash" LOL Sounds like an area I'd like to drive a monster truck through....lol I don't think I'd get along with those people...lol Although my aunt and uncle have friends there

DomAviator -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 6:16:28 PM)
Popeye, its flat. If you ask me I would say the Bay Area. You would HATE the woodlands . (Liberal granola crunchers) by comparison the Bay Area - Clear Lake, LaPorte, Seabrook, Kemah etc is great folks - mostly ex Navy, CG, Merchant, etc... Dont take the $700,000 house comment to mean its expensive here... You can get houses quite affordably and the cost of living is great! Lots of fun water activities here too.... Fantastic fishing Well there are a lot of fire stations but they are in "the city" - not all of Houston is Houston Fire Dept. A lot of towns have volunteer, or paid and volunteer. See the city of Houston is pretty much all inside the beltway but what people call houston actually covers 5 counties - Harris, Brazoria, Galveston, Montgomery and Ft Bend.

popeye1250 -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 6:20:08 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DomAviator Popeye, its flat. If you ask me I would say the Bay Area. You would HATE the woodlands . (Liberal granola crunchers) by comparison the Bay Area - Clear Lake, LaPorte, Seabrook, Kemah etc is great folks - mostly ex Navy, CG, Merchant, etc... Dont take the $700,000 house comment to mean its expensive here... You can get houses quite affordably and the cost of living is great! Lots of fun water activities here too.... Ah, ok, I'm looking at the map now. That's a big area!

popeye1250 -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 6:23:48 PM)
Now what are the Western suberbs like? And where did all the Katrina survivors go to?

TxAllieGrl -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 6:24:18 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: popeye1250 Aviator, ok, so is is flat or hilly around that area? Everytime I think of Texas I think "flat." And which part of Houston is the "best" part to live in? That area of TX is flat. Flat, flatter and flattest. The best part of Houston to live in will be highly dependent on what part of Houston you'll be working in. Traffic can be absolutely horrific, as the growth has far exceeded highway expansion. You probably don't want to live in the Woodlands and work on the southside. Downtown is doable, only because of the commuter buses - you would not want to try to drive this daily (especially with the price of gas these days). It also depends on what sort of life you want. Clear Lake/Kemah area is more laid back, "Florida-ish" with the lake/bay/water. Galleria/West Hou/Downtown/Midtown are the happening places. Woodlands is a planned community of suburbia. If you're kountry (with a "K"), think east side - Baytown. Katy is a great place (also on the kountry side of life), but the commute can be suicidal. Is proximity to downtown and the activities - sports, clubs, etc - important? Or access to a lake with a boat? Or having a big plot of land? Suburban heaven with neighbors 5 feet away? So a) narrow down where you'd be working, and b) decide what's important to you to help figure out where to live in Houston. It's a great city - so much to offer, very diverse, really great people. Feel free to msg me on the other side if you have more Hou questions. I'm happy to help if I can.

slaveboyforyou -> RE: Texas questions. (6/9/2008 6:27:17 PM)
When I think of Houston....I think of the heat, the humidity, the smell, and the traffic.

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