Book Board Chat

I hear you about the Houston traffic--it's gotten so much worse in the last five years with so many coming to live here from other states. Thanksgiving weekend I found myself driving the back roads home one evening instead of the interstate because the rain and bright lights were too much. Now I'm starting to understand why my mother didn't like to drive at night very much as she got older.

I grew up in Houston so it's always going to be home, but I sure wouldn't mind splitting my time between here and a lot of other places. Ahh, if only the finances permitted us to do so! We are tired of this "country" living and wish to be back to having the choice of nine grocery stores in the immediate area and lots of restaurants. I sometimes think about renting out this house and then renting an apartment in a high rise in downtown Houston. Lots of them to choose from now, but the developers think this is NYC or something and the rents are ridiculous these days. My husband wants to live anywhere it isn't hot. I would just like to get back to the city (and not the suburbs either).