foo_bar Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Our family is moving to houston. I am going to work in downtown. We have a 5 year old. Based on different inputs sugarland, pearland and woodland seem like the places i should be in (schools, crime, rental prices). Which one of them is the best place to be in with respect to commute. What will the commute be in rush hour (using park-and-ride, tollways whatever choices make it faster) for the 3 of them to downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProHouston Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Our family is moving to houston. I am going to work in downtown. We have a 5 year old. Based on different inputs sugarland, pearland and woodland seem like the places i should be in (schools, crime, rental prices). Which one of them is the best place to be in with respect to commute. What will the commute be in rush hour (using park-and-ride, tollways whatever choices make it faster) for the 3 of them to downtown.Though The Woodlands is the nicest (it's as close as you get to Utopia), it is also the furthest. That would be one hell of a commute, probably an hours easy at rush hour.Sugar Land is great for people working Uptown, probably your second best commute option to downtown. Sugar Land is a great place to raise families, do a little research, it was rated as the 3rd best place to live in America by Money magazine and of the best to raise a family as well.Pearland would be the easiest commute to downtown just based on distance, traffic is steadily getting worse with no plans to expand 288 South. It is also the least developed and planned, not sure how that fits into your preferences. All of these areas are nice, you wouldn't go wrong with any of them.Also, crime in Sugar Land is the lowest of the three, not sure about rental prices in these areas. Both Sugar Land and The Woodlands have commuter shuttles to downtown. See Trek Express and The Woodlands Express. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I work downtown. Most of my coworkers live in Katy or Sugarland. They all take the bus.Pearland does not have a Park and Ride. Although some of those in "old Pearland" drive to the Fuqua P&R.As long as you take the bus your commute will be a dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto250us Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Our family is moving to houston. I am going to work in downtown. We have a 5 year old. Based on different inputs sugarland, pearland and woodland seem like the places i should be in (schools, crime, rental prices). Which one of them is the best place to be in with respect to commute. What will the commute be in rush hour (using park-and-ride, tollways whatever choices make it faster) for the 3 of them to downtown.Stay out of the Fort Bend Schools.Go for the Spring/Kline Schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 pearland's much closer, though no park&ride as mentioned. if you're driving, you can use transtar for historic traffic flow data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProHouston Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Stay out of the Fort Bend Schools.Go for the Spring/Kline Schools.I'd have to disagree with that. Fort Bend schools are good, some of them exceptional, you should always check these figures before moving. I agree that "Klein" schools are very good, but there are some that aren't as well. I wouldn't move into the Spring school district. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto250us Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 You will usually find a correlation between home value/cost and the schools that the home is zoned to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foo_bar Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 thanks all -- Sugarland it will be.MidtownCoog -- what is your travel time like door to door on an average. I am a big fan of public transport (energy / environment / infrastructure) so that gives an added incentive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 You should check out Katy, too. They have extensive HOV coverage out here, and the Westpark Tollway can get you into Uptown real quick. Katy I.S.D. is the largest school district in Texas to have a "Recognized" status this year.Katy I.S.D. Campuses, there, you can view school report cards, student population, and more information about the schools. Hope you find it easy finding your new home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian De La Ghetto! Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 thanks all -- Sugarland it will be.MidtownCoog -- what is your travel time like door to door on an average. I am a big fan of public transport (energy / environment / infrastructure) so that gives an added incentive.I used to commute from sugarland, just hit the westwood park and ride, (its a lot less crazy than the west belfort) its around 15 minutes from p&r to downtown via the new HOV directly into midtown. The bus route is 262. You can take 265 (west belfort) but like i said its super crowded, but the buses do run every 5-6 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foo_bar Posted November 7, 2006 Author Share Posted November 7, 2006 Thanks Sebastian ! Have been waiting for info on this. Will aim to live close to Westwood park and ride now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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