kaykaygirl

it's when they DO something to me where the problems start.

Exactly. I am not concerned about what people say, but what they do. That is why I posted.

Some of the posts I read were pretty bad, and I wanted to make sure that the vibes I was feeling from the message boards were not the prevailing behavior in the neighborhoods.

I'm an upstart out here... how am I ruining the area?

Many people find it cheaper to move out here to North Houston/Spring/Klein because we can afford to buy a house here (something increasingly difficult in the city) and the area has some pretty decent schools (from what I know ... we don't have kids).

I'm just saying people move to where they can afford and base their decisions on what's best for them. Don't follow the threads here that make it seem like everyone who moves out this way is bad

We (recent transplants) are not all some poor ecapees from the city and not all of us have criminal records.

Okay calm down. It appears you may have misunderstood my original post. I was asking if I would face any prejudice out here because I am:

a) non-Caucasian

African-American

c) from an poorer background

When I read posts of the area, all I see are people bashing the people that have moved to North Houston/Spring/Klein, saying they are the reason the area is on the decline (I personally don't feel the area is on the decline). I don't want to be the object of their frustration, especially since I would be moving to the area with two tween age children. I don't want my nephews being treated badly because people are prejudiced.

So my post was not to bash anyone, I was simply asking if I would face any problems in the area since I do not share a similar background of people originally lived in the area. I am currently looking at a homes in Greenwood Forest and the surrounding subdivisions.

Problems as people make it seem. If you stay on this newsgroup a bit, you see that a lot of bashing of the 1960 area goes on.

Well I have read some of the posts and that is where my concern is coming from.

I didn't read the posts as bashing the area as much as bashing the upstarts who have moved there and are now (supposedly) ruining the area.

As I mentioned in another post, I tend to like the North Houston area (warts and all) ... there are not as many as people make it seem.

There are not as many what?

Hello, all. This is my first post on the forum.

I am thinking of moving to the Klein area. However after reading some of your posts, I am concerned about how my family and I would be treated if we moved to the area.

I am an african-american female, in my early thirties, college educated and currently work in the natural gas industry. However grew up in a very low income neighborhood in the northeast side of Houston (think Northline area). I feel if I moved to the area, my family would be viewed as everything that is currently going wrong in the area. And we would only be continuing to bring these "once-great" neighborhoods down. I don't really care what people may think; but I am concerned about how people would treat us.

Not really me, but since my sister and my two tweenage nephews are moving with me, I am concerned about how the children would be treated. I have been the object of prejudice in the past and it is not an experience that I welcome upon them.

I am looking for an intelligent discussion, not an argument. I just want some inside information from current residents.

Thanks!