Best Place on the Texas Gulf Coast to live?

**Panterro** · 01-16-2008, 12:55 PM

What is the best place on the Texas Gulf Coast to live?

**T.S.** · 03-17-2008, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Panterro

What is the best place on the Texas Gulf Coast to live?

Galveston looks and sounds nice. South Padre is popular with the spring break crowd. Corpus Christi probably has the most jobs. Being just an hour from Houston might be another plus for Galveston.

**Panterro** · 03-17-2008, 02:34 PM

Yeah T.S. South Padre Island is not too bad.. you would think it would suffer from the same issues El Paso does with needing Spanish to work there, but since it is such a tourist town it is the exact opposite. The population there is mostly Hispanic, but they get a huge fluctuation in the population due to the tourism.

Corpus Christi TX, has become more and more like El Paso on the water. I hear all the time about people needing Spanish to get jobs there in the service markets mainly. Tourism there is not as big as its two bookends S.P.I. and Galveston. They seem to want to keep the more laid back coastal life style there.. and thats a good thing to me. I also hear that many of the people there are upset with its leadership because they don't seem to be interested in the city's growth. Also Gang's seem to be a major issue there.

The many smaller towns between Corpus and Galveston, all seem like good candidates if you can either retire and not need to work, or commute to a job in one of the larger cities near by. Rockport, Aransas, Port O'Connor, to name a few... all seem like nice places to live.

Galveston is the gem on the coast right now, it has a great blend of home life and tourism life all mingled together. There was a time the city was a trash heap, with homeless and drugs, broken bottles on the beach and just filthy. But it has clean upped a bunch, still has some crime issues and drug dens here and there, but it is slowly cleaning up and becoming a great place to live. Right now its my top choice to live. One because of the job market there, and the pay rate, second rent and cost of living is still rather low, considering your living on an island.

Near Corpus is my second choice. Aransas Pass, or Port Aransas are my second top choices. I start my great hunt for a city I like this weekend.

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03-17-2008, 02:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
Panterro TEXAS ***** ADVISOR Join Date: Jan 21st, 2007 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 1,513	Re: Best Place on the Texas Gulf Coast to live? Yeah T.S. South Padre Island is not too bad.. you would think it would suffer from the same issues El Paso does with needing Spanish to work there, but since it is such a tourist town it is the exact opposite. The population there is mostly Hispanic, but they get a huge fluctuation in the population due to the tourism. Corpus Christi TX, has become more and more like El Paso on the water. I hear all the time about people needing Spanish to get jobs there in the service markets mainly. Tourism there is not as big as its two bookends S.P.I. and Galveston. They seem to want to keep the more laid back coastal life style there.. and thats a good thing to me. I also hear that many of the people there are upset with its leadership because they don't seem to be interested in the city's growth. Also Gang's seem to be a major issue there. The many smaller towns between Corpus and Galveston, all seem like good candidates if you can either retire and not need to work, or commute to a job in one of the larger cities near by. Rockport, Aransas, Port O'Connor, to name a few... all seem like nice places to live. Galveston is the gem on the coast right now, it has a great blend of home life and tourism life all mingled together. There was a time the city was a trash heap, with homeless and drugs, broken bottles on the beach and just filthy. But it has clean upped a bunch, still has some crime issues and drug dens here and there, but it is slowly cleaning up and becoming a great place to live. Right now its my top choice to live. One because of the job market there, and the pay rate, second rent and cost of living is still rather low, considering your living on an island. Near Corpus is my second choice. Aransas Pass, or Port Aransas are my second top choices. I start my great hunt for a city I like this weekend. __________________ "No ma'am. We at the FBI do not have a sense of humor that we're aware of".

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