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I haven't had any pictures fall off of the wall in the last 12 years. So it probabaly isn't as bad as IAH, we aren't directly under the flight path either. Also the largest planes coming in and out of there are737's, not nearly as loud as the big boys. We are selling our home there and moving closer to my work. (The Woodlands) The drive is getting expensive. Our home, our yard, and the neighborhood are going to be hard to leave behind we put a lot of time, love, and $ in the place.

Just head east toward downtown, it is slowly but surely being bought out but it has been there since the early 1900's Freedman's town I now guy who lives in the new metal construction town homes and there is some pretty shady areas around there. It's not exactly "next door" but it isn't very far.

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I have lived on Fauna St in the Garden Villas for 12 years and you do get used to the planes to the point you barely even notice them. The neighborhood is great and the Civic club and homeowners are regrouping to combat the run down properties. It is a slow process though.

I love my home, my acre and my trees, and I am going to hate to leave, but my job is in the Woodlands, and the commute is pretty tough. Even though it only takes me about 45 minutes, the gas and the wear and tear on the car are getting pretty expensive. So we're buying a house on an acre in Montogomery Co accross from the woodlands. The new development has a similar if not exactly the same feel only newer. but it doesn't have the access to the inner loop like the Garden Villas

We are soon to be listing our home on Fauna. As much as I hate to leave the neighborhood, my work has me looking northward. We have been there for 12 years and absolutely love the neighborhood, and yes you do get used to the planes. Plus our lot has large number of trees so that helps with the noise. It has been a great first home for my wife and I, we put a lot of time, love, and sweat into it and will hate to leave it. You really feel like you are in a special place there.

The Garden Villas is a very interesting place, I have lived there for 12 years. I absolutely love my yard and the trees and yes you do get almost completely oblivious to the planes. It's like an oasis in the middle of the city. Yes it has it's issues but the homeowners association is getting better organized again to handle the junk cars and the blighted properties. The neighborhood is unique to Houston due to the size of the lots so close to dowtown and the med center. All in all I love it there, and if I were staying in Houston there is no where else in Houston I would live. I just love having my own personal space. Besides the zoning in Houston is joke no matter what part of town you are in, you could have a ghetto next to river Oaks, oh that's right there is a ghetto next to river Oaks. You should check it out.