You will have a blast, most places are good, but places like Greenspoint are BAD, any part of town has a bad "spot" but overall, you will be fine. Your flying solo and not sure if you're a guy or gal but take precautions as you would anywhere, by and large the folks are hospitable but be careful at night, don't put yourself in a bad situation as in any city. I travel to Mexico all the time solo, and I can normally tell if I am in a good part of town or not based on my Spidey senses ...............we have the best tex mex food in all of Texas and the BBQ will melt in your mouth, if you catch an Astros game stay downtown and enjoy the atmosphere before and after, you will have a blast and welcome to HTOWN
If you're doing touristy stuff, you'll be fine. Check out NASA. Avoid the Sunnyside neighborhood in SE Houston where I grew up. Enjoy your visit.
Yeah, I lived there during a big transition phase. Still had folks working on the Eastside with blue collar jobs and we had young families move in. 19th was getting redevelop and 20th/White Oak/11th starting to evolve to what it is today. Definitely a mix of old school heights and new school. I can make a case for living in River Oaks Memorial The Woodlands Rice Village That is surrounded by commute time/type of networking/recreational If you are in your 20s you can definitely make a case for other central areas like Montrose The Heights Midtown/Eado When I lived in all those places I went to games/concerts multiple times a week
100% with you. When we were going out we used to live at Pub Fiction in in Midtown and Bakers St and Bronx bar in Rice Village. Used to see Matt Maloney all the time.
Houston is so vast and areas that used to be the hood are now gentrified, so anyone with older knowledge of areas (me) wouldn't be able to give you a concise overview. 20-30 years ago I would have told you to avoid X Y Z only to find out that there are million dollar houses there now. Like someone else said, better to ask about where you want to go.
Thanks so much for all the tips, I will be checking out NASA, the Museum District, and some Texas BBQ while I'm in town. Can't wait!
Houston is a great place to live but it's never really been a touristy kind of city. That's why you're getting all these answers you probably don't understand. If you're going to a Rockets game and an Astros game, best stay somewhere downtown. Plenty of nice hotels downtown and lots to do. Be sure to cross the street if you see a bunch of homeless people, which you will. Definitely check out the museums. You can probably take the train to the Museum District if you can figure out how it works. Try to avoid doing this after dark. You'll have to drive to NASA but it's worth the visit if you're from out of town and you'll get to experience our wonderful and endless freeway traffic.
Right. It's a commercial/industrial city and it's ****ing massive so the distance between attractions is far. Staying downtown is the play to see the museums, zoo, pro sports and some good restaurants (although those are everywhere). Then you scoot out to NASA and back during non-peak driving times like 9:00AM-2:00PM Cuisine I would target while in Houston: Tex-Mex ('Mexican' food) BBQ Gulf seafood Louisiana/Cajun Asian fusion Places I would visit if I never lived here: Zoo Museums Sports NASA Galveston, if you've never been to the coast, there are far prettier beaches in the world otherwise. But the food is good and relatively cheap and The Strand is fun to visit. Good nightlife during tourist season, especially on the weekends. If you're so inclined, just drive Beltway 8 east over the ship channel to see the sprawl of chemical plants. It might not seem like an attraction to everyone but I've had people (engineers/scientists) ask to just drive there to see it all.
I haven't been to NASA in like 20 years.......I need to hit that up again, it's like Galveston, I know it's there but dam I have gotten lazy and selfish with my time on the weekends, I have no patience for traffic and crowds
Where are you from? The vast majority of the areas are very safe. Use common sense - areas that look more worn down are 95% of the time more dangerous.
i've not stayed here and it's a bit on the spendy side but i might choose this: https://maps.app.goo.gl/L7rRwgDAa76LLeuL7 maybe, someone has local knowledge, it certainly wasn't there when i was growing up... you are walking distance to the menil, rothko chapel, west alabama ice house etc. also tram ride to toyota center (or a fairly short uber there). you could mostly get by without a car except the day you wanna head to NASA
So I finally made the trip this week. Although I have never set foot in Houston before, I’ve always felt some connections to the city after rooting for the team for so many years. Took me 32 hours but it was so cool to finally be here and Toyota Center specifically. People that I met in Houston were very friendly to me. I had a blast!
That's how we roll in H-town.* One of my favorite things about the city - the people. *except driving on the freeways
