spikey

The Riverside Terrace area's only draw back is the schools. As a single father with 3 young sons looking for a larger home. I am torn by my love for this area and my desire for something better for my kids. I send the two school age boys to a private school on south main near the med center, even though I live less than 5 blocks from Lockhart Elem. I am leaning towards Fort bend county because of the great neighborhood schools which we lack. I must say money is not a problem, I have received offers of over 300k for my home located in Timbercrest, and can easily afford to purchase up to 500-600k. I had even considered making an offer on a beautiful old southern colonial on the corner of S.Macgregor and Rio Vista that sits on over 2 acreas. If we had 1 good school in the area, with a cross section of all racial groups, I would stay put and never move out. I just would like to send my kids to a good neighborhood school, instead of having to drive them across town.There doesn't seem to be a chance of that happening. HISD had a chance to built a new school on it's property on the corner of 288 and N. Macgregor instead it sold it, and we are getting a Hotel, Condos, shops and offices and Perry Homes.

I am in the process of looking for a new home. The only areas I am looking are Riverside Terrace South Macgregor area and Quail Valley, because of the large number of minority professionals in both areas. I am shocked to see some of the comments concerning Quail Valley, which is the area I will probaly settle in. It is one of the most beautiful well maintained areas in suburban Houston. Is it because a large number of African American professionals have moved in, that it is called "too ghetto". Riverside on the other hand is getting an influx of White professionals but is still over 80% African American but no one is calling it "too ghetto". I guess the more things change, nothing really changes!