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Fallon Active Indicator LED Icon 18
~ 11 years ago   Aug 6, '12 4:07pm  
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WJo Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 11 years ago   Aug 6, '12 4:13pm  
@weddz...what crime ? everyone here totes a gun & if you are the  bad guy you better watch out cause these gun toteing texins will shoot you dead (LOL) we do love that about Texas , got to love a man with a gun (LOL). 4951
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weddz Active Indicator LED Icon 1
~ 11 years ago   Aug 6, '12 5:06pm  
Crime is terrible in houston. People that are born and raised here think its the best place on earth. You have no idea how nice other places are. There are so many people who say how great it is here and how nice people are but the
Minute you mention you like another state people are rude and *****ing you out . Houston is not a pretty place. Just driving down the freeways youcan see how run down alot of it is. I laughed so hard the other day when someone said they moved to kingwood for the diversity. Haha this place is the least diverse place ive ever lived. Its 98 % white people. How is that diverse. Funny. 4951
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weddz Active Indicator LED Icon 1
~ 11 years ago   Aug 6, '12 5:09pm  
And you can buy a nice house for cheap in cali.. Houses that were once 1 mil go for 400,000. And they payments are way less a month there than here because the property taxes are horrible high here. 4951
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~ 11 years ago   Aug 6, '12 5:33pm  
Sorry, have to agree with several telling you to be cautious, If you are from here or Mexico you will find all of this the norm, but if you are from the North, you will ultimately begin to feel altered, saddened, and somewhat consumed with thoughts that yes, you may have not fully thought through what you have done.
 
If you are in construction at all, you may as well look at a 30% pay reduction as soon as you move into the state. You are competing at a level that pits your skillset against a curve far lower than what you will find in KY, so expectations are less. If you dont believe me, look at some commercial properties on your next visit. No zoning, no real enforcement of buildinfg code standards. These things should be thought through as no one cares to build at a standard that would require the necessary expenditure.
 
There are some really great people here, great cultturasl diversity, and yes Kingwood would be a safer area. However, with that being said, the city has pulled a significant amount of money, patrols are down in Kingwood area, and crime is up. Overall you will not see a significant police presence which in turn relates to crime. When you cross the river bridge you will also see almost a 38% increase in crime, its called Atascocita. However with that being said , Houston overall is a cesspool of crime and after a certain amount of years you will give in and accept that it is the way it is.
 
Good luuck to you 4951
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~ 11 years ago   Aug 6, '12 6:35pm  
@wjo---if you think it's bad here in Texas weather wise, you should try out New Orleans/Southeast Louisiana on for size. It gets so hot down there, I used to bring a second set of clothes with me 6 months out of the year seeing as I had to change mid-day as my first set was totally drenched in sweat/perspiration.Larry, welcome to Texas!  check out this site, as it may help:https://wit.twc.state.tx.us/WORKINTEXAS/wtx?pageid=APP_HOME&cookiecheckflag=1  4951
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WJo Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 11 years ago   Aug 7, '12 9:18am  
@mardigrasman...no thanks when I was 19 I lived in New Orleans for a year & that was enough for me (LOL) have not been back since . 4951
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~ 11 years ago   Aug 7, '12 12:59pm  
If you are in construction at all, you may as well look at a 30% pay reduction as soon as you move into the state. You are competing at a level that pits your skillset against a curve far lower than what you will find in KY, so expectations are less. If you dont believe me, look at some commercial properties on your next visit. No zoning, no real enforcement of buildinfg code standards. These things should be thought through as no one cares to build at a standard that would require the necessary expenditure.

Larry,This is 100% true.  I used to be in construction back in La La Land (CA) before I got into oil, and the standards here seem to be somewhere between Mexico on the low end and Drunk Hillbilly on the high end (toungue-in-cheek here), and everybody thinks its just fine.  I don't know the difference in construction wages from KY to TX, but it's got to be noticeable, due to the satisfaction with low standards here.That being said, If you are moving here to be closer to your family you will not be depressed like many of the other transplants on here.  Just be sure you move to an area commensurate with the income level you can expect, and which is close to those you want to be close to (If they're in The Woodlands, Spring might be a good place to look).  Houston is a place you move to because you have to, not because you want to.  But as long as you are hell-bent on being happy, none of these other things people have mentioned will be able to stop you.  At least you will be able to visit your loved ones whenever you want, unlike those of us who were forced to flee our homelands! Emoticon 4951
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weddz Active Indicator LED Icon 1
~ 11 years ago   Aug 7, '12 1:27pm  
When we told people we moved from san diego to here alot said "oh sorry" or why would you come here. I laughed. Yes the cost of living may be better here bit some things are alot more money here. Live where your happy. Id rather live in a beautiful place that im happy in rather than a hell hole with bad crime and have more money. You cant go any where without worrying about being robbed or carjacked. Its insane. My husband always has his gun with him. I said its pretty sad we cant go any where here without a gun. Its sad. 4951
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~ 11 years ago   Aug 7, '12 1:30pm  
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~ 11 years ago   Aug 7, '12 1:38pm  
crime might not be too bad in kingwood but its sad if you go anywhere outside of kingwood its dangerous. Shooting in lowes parking lot shooting at the mall. Thats just within the last few days. Since we moved here my husbands truck got broken into. When we lived in atascocita cops shot a guy and he died while driving off and drove at over 50 mph into our brand new house and the whole front of our house was gone. It was terrible. Then we move to wonderfull kingwood and someone broke into our garage and cars and stole crap from us. So this place isnt so fabulous as some people think. Compared to where we lived before this place is a hell hole. 4951
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Fallon Active Indicator LED Icon 18
~ 11 years ago   Aug 7, '12 1:43pm  
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weddz Active Indicator LED Icon 1
~ 11 years ago   Aug 7, '12 1:46pm  
I read about the shootings on here. And kingwoodyardsales 4951
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~ 11 years ago   Aug 7, '12 1:46pm  
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~ 11 years ago   Aug 7, '12 2:19pm  
The lowes up front in kingwood. 4951
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