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Old 11-16-2009, 09:26 AM
 
Location: Beautiful New England
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Houston is a huge city, it can take Boston and its burbs and swallow it whole at least 3 times.
Houston IS a huge city, no question about it. But I think you're undersizing the Boston metro area.

The Greater Boston Combined Statistical Area (CSA) stretches from Manchester, NH to Providence, RI to Worcester, MA and includes Boston proper. The total population of this area is almost 7.5 million. The Greater Houston CSA stretches from Huntsville to Galveston to Sugar Land to Baytown. It is geographically larger than the Boston CSA but it's population is smaller -- the Houston CSA is around 5.8 million.

Bottom line: there are more than 1.5 million more people in the Boston-area sprawl than there are in the Houston-area sprawl.
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Old 11-16-2009, 03:54 PM
 
Location: A little suburb of Houston
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Houston IS a huge city, no question about it. But I think you're undersizing the Boston metro area.

The Greater Boston Combined Statistical Area (CSA) stretches from Manchester, NH to Providence, RI to Worcester, MA and includes Boston proper. The total population of this area is almost 7.5 million. The Greater Houston CSA stretches from Huntsville to Galveston to Sugar Land to Baytown. It is geographically larger than the Boston CSA but it's population is smaller -- the Houston CSA is around 5.8 million.

Bottom line: there are more than 1.5 million more people in the Boston-area sprawl than there are in the Houston-area sprawl.
Houston is certainly less densely populated but that does not matter a hoot when you talking about commute times. The geographical size and difference in public transport is what counts and that is the point I was trying to make. I believe the Greater Boston area is approx 1447 sq. miles, Harris County alone is 1778 sq mi. So you see where a commute from the burbs could be a problem.

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Old 11-16-2009, 04:04 PM
 
Location: Houston area
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If you can afford $1000-$1300 a month, I would rent a small house in the suburbs or anywhere "around" Oak Forest, Heights, or Meyerland.
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