Best Spots to Live in Houston for SA 23
Just accepted an offer in Houston but I am from out of state. Does anyone know some fun areas and apartments to live in close to downtown?
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I would try midtown, galleria, or upper Kirby area. All are relatively close to downtown. Midtown is a bit louder but lots of bars around.
Galleria is turning into a shitshow, crime around there through the roof.
Someone was shot in front of Joey uptown like 2 days ago. I live in RO shopping district (30 second walk to shops and restaurants), 2 guys were murdered in front of my apartment complex, bullets went into people's apartments (luxury building). Family is moving back to the suburbs. I'll probably live in Midtown for my internship, or possibly commute.
Wait I also will come down to Houston for SA2023. Can we connect lol
For close to downtown, Montrose is awesome. Midtown is fine - a lot of bars but not necessarily the coolest. Moved from Houston a bit ago (~3 years), but seemed like east downtown was on its way to becoming pretty cool?
Lived in Houston for first year analyst stint.
Montrose - is alright, cool food? aka the gay part of town, from what I’ve heard. Good ice cream. No friends here. Hanover Montrose is a cool building here
Midtown - Pretty poppin bc of the midtown bars. If you work downtown, prob best place in terms of commute. Can live fairly near the train line if you need to commute w/o car or don’t want to pay parking ($200-$300/mo downtown for some reason). A lot of my friends live here, good value (cheapest option on avg). Diverse as well.
Heights - Great place very much Austin-vibes. You’d like it you went to UT and was in a fraternity, similar vibe with the bar scene. Better restaurants, away from the hood, cleaner, safer. Bit more expensive maybe, but def up and coming and big millennial spot. Good food options.
Near Washington Ave - close to the bar scene, kinda in middle of montrose, heights, midtown. Longer commute to dt. A couple people I know live here.
River Oaks - Sure it’s a really nice area but not young. Could be your vibe? Armando + Lizards is cool.
Downtown - Easy commute to a lot of banks, so makes life easy, but not many options to eat DT past business hours. Def would need a car here otherwise expect to order a lot of food. Overall pretty solid living situation, bc apts are nice and big. Bar scene is def older side but a lot of development lately downtown. $10-15 uber most places.
These are probably are the most popular spots for your own Apartment for a first year analyst who likes to go out/hang with people. Some people live with family too, which honestly not bad considering rent savings, but prob more boring.
Strongly recommend a multifamily apartment in 77019 area (very quick commute to downtown, easy travel to the rest of the city, relatively safe. Midtown has too many homeless.
Just get a place in midtown. Closest spot to downtown, 25 yr old crowd, bars, restaurants, etc
Live near Washington. Bunch of great bars on Wash and also close to the Heights.
A lot of the comments above covered the primary "inner loop" areas - downtown, midtown, heights, lower heights/washington, montrose, river oaks, upper kirby, etc. Also depends if you intend to have a car or are okay with ubering a lot (lack of a lot of public transit). I will say - be cautious about WHERE in midtown/downtown you end up renting (if you do so) because certain parts/stretches are definitely nicer and safer than others. Some parts get very sus very quickly. e.g. if you look at a map and see a McDonald's/Greyhound Station near 45 in between midtown and downtown - avoid that area at all costs :)
another option could be somewhere near Rice University as there's a higher likelihood of summer sublet availability
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