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[quote=Anonymous]Not the Midwest by any stretch, but we left DC metro (Arlington) to move to Houston for DH's job. The opportunity presented itself and we just went for it. We have two kids under 4.

I was apprehensive but now I am really liking it, maybe loving it. We have been here for about 7 months. The first few were very tumultuous because we were renting an apartment, then traveled back East back and forth for holiday season, etc. Around Dec we settled into a house in a wonderful, very quaint and family-friendly suburb of Houston. Kids are in an excellent (and CHEAP!) daycare, we have twice the house we had in Arlington, for half the price, and traffic gets "bad" here according to locals but these people have clearly never been on Route 66 any time of day!

People are very nice and the pace is definitely slower. We could not keep up with the Joneses and here it's a non-issue. Also I was never a fan of cold weather so the climate down here suits me fine. It definitely gets hot and humid, but I don't mind that tradeoff since there is no bothering with snow/cold/ice.

Biggest downside is the city itself is a bit ugly and does not have nearly as much to offer as DC (though there are many trendy restaurants). People who say Houston is "cosmopolitan" are either kidding themselves or they haven't spent much time in NY/DC. Truth is we have little desire to go out and be filled with culture in Houston - we are perfectly content to have a nice dinner now and then or go see a movie, and we can go in our area or another nearby suburb to get that. [/quote]

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