Hopefully those neighborhoods aren't also unreasonably pricey, if it does come to staying here. I guess I really don't have faith in any type of market or real estate anymore. No idea what to expect.
It's kind of a toss-up. Houston's artsy neighborhood is now fairly gentrified and expensive, and what has happened is that a lot of the artsy liberal types have moved to the Hispanic-dominated neighborhood I currently live in. I do have to commute a lot to the artsy neighborhood to do fun things, but I like it here.
(I hope this doesn't become gentrification roulette and attract townhomes, but there are certain qualities of the neighborhood that will prevent that. I hope.)
It's also not
that expensive; friends lived there while supporting themselves during their studies. You learn how to cope, which streets to go to.
I feel sick driving through those magnificent mansion neighborhoods near Highland Park in Dallas. I guess I really am a "red".
This is a very stereotypically Texan liberal thing to say, but augh, Dallas. Goddamn Dallas. They don't say "Keep Dallas Plastic" for no reason.
They have some incredible art museums and architecture and I'm sure there's a bohemian scene somewhere, though.
I'll take this opportunity to repeat my usual advertising pitch of Pacific Coast USA!!! Specifically, the contiguous West Coast. Specifically within that, the Pacific Northwest. Specifically within that, Seattle.
It may well happen, actually! I have an uncle and grandmother there, and friends, and it seems to be doing well economically. I absolutely adore that city - I have many beautiful memories of my childhood visits to my grandparents' home.
