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As a former Houstonian (and Montrose denizen), the one problem here is that there is a very good chance your job will not be in Lower Westheimer or Downtown. Wh

As a former Houstonian (and Montrose denizen), the one problem here is that there is a very good chance your job will not be in Lower Westheimer or Downtown. Which means you could very well be spending an hour on I-10 headed out to the energy corridor to work for one of the Big Oil companies. Houston is a great 'secret city' that few know about, but the effects of its lack of public transport (insane traffic on the freeways) can be seen daily. But you are correct, If I was to move back down there I would immediately try to get a place in the Heights or Montrose.

saryant 15y ago
> As a former Houstonian (and Montrose denizen), the one problem here is that there is a very good chance your job will not be in Lower Westheimer or Downtown. Which means you could very well be spending an hour on I-10 headed out to the energy corridor to work for one of the Big Oil companies. Absolutely. Fortunately my new employer is in the middle of downtown but the fact that the big employers in Houston are leaving the 610 loop does skew the population distribution. I've read elsewhere that the statistical center of the Houston region by population is almost at Highway 6 and I-10 now, largely due to growth in Katy. Given that Katy ISD is opening five new high schools in the next few years at 3.5k students each, it's not really surprising.