Warm Suburbs in the US to Live and Raise a Big Catholic Family

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Old_Begonia said:
Did I mention it’s a dry heat? Yes, it can be hot here, but the low humidity makes it very different from the Midwest. Instead of walking outside and being drenched in sweat, here you walk out into the heat and, somehow you know you’re sweating, but you’re dry. The air just sucks the moisture away.
Instead, our TYPICAL winter lows in the low 30s seem especially bitter because the dampness seeps into your clothes and you feel clammy and cold. They don’t sell good winter clothing here, except ski stuff.

But it’s beautiful!
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“It’s not the heat, it’s the humility!”

—Yogi Berra
 
One thing to keep in mind about PA, though, is that if you are interested in homeschooling, PA has some of the most restrictive laws in the US.

I have some friends that are military, and he was transferred from the Pentagon to Carlise. Even thought the assignment was for a year+, he had his Orders cut as Temporary Duty (TDY) vs. Change of Station, so his wife could continue to educate their kids under VA laws.

It means that the family is pretty much stuck to on base housing (none of which were built for families with 7 kids). But it was worth it to them to avoid the PA laws.
 
How about Lake Jackson, TX? It’s about halfway between Houston and Galveston. I spent a couple of months Jan-March there, it was pretty warm. Sleepy sort of place, where even the Taco Bell and McDonalds close down at 9 or 10 pm. I remember the Catholic church there being reasonably nice; pastor had sort of a southern preacher style about him but still Catholic. Also my first experience with a tamale sale after church. But beware during Lent, innocuous sounding things like “potato soup” might be loaded up with chicken. Being Texas and all.
 
pianistclare said:
Ave Maria Florida.

All the streets names after Saints. Big church. Gaggle o’ Catholics. 😃
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I wouldn’t recommend anyone move to Ave Maria. From what I understand it is a sleepy little ghost town in the middle of nowhere Florida. There aren’t any shopping or employment opportunities and the real estate is outrageously priced. You can see photos of the slow development. Besides that, it isn’t a suburb of any major city.

If you’re looking for nice suburbs in the south

Covington near New Orleans

Katy, Sugar Land, or The Woodlands near Houston

Plano, The Colony, or Arlington near Dallas

Although you’ll just be trading cold and miserable winters with a hot and miserable summers. Personally I’ll take the cold over heat, humidity, and mosquitoes.
 
Burt_Macklin said:
I wouldn’t recommend anyone move to Ave Maria. From what I understand it is a sleepy little ghost town in the middle of nowhere Florida. There aren’t any shopping or employment opportunities and the real estate is outrageously priced. You can see photos of the slow development. Besides that, it isn’t a suburb of any major city.

If you’re looking for nice suburbs in the south

Covington near New Orleans

Katy, Sugar Land, or The Woodlands near Houston

Plano, The Colony, or Arlington near Dallas

Although you’ll just be trading cold and miserable winters with a hot and miserable summers. Personally I’ll take the cold over heat, humidity, and mosquitoes.
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So I reiterate the towns surrounding San Antonio and Austin, Tex (the two big cities are ninety miles apart, so the exurbs are numerous).

While summers there are hot (being Texas) , they are not nasty hot or humid. And winter weather is mild. Snow is only triennial in Austin, and not much of it then.

And 95-degree days in Austin are what all the lakes are for!!!🙂

ICXC NIKA
 
For those of you familiar with Texas–are there any parts where it is green in winter?
 
gardenswithkids said:
It’s winter.:snowing: We’re cold.:winter:
Tell me about nice yet affordable suburbs of major cities in the US where Catholic families can be warm in January and February. I want to fantasize about living elsewhere. :tanning:
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Define “warm”. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area in a city with a climate about as mild as you can get while retaining seasons. It is always above freezing during the daytime in Winter. The summer gets hot (some years it breaches 100°F for the high) but not hot enough that an A/C is “mandatory” (most don’t have them). Catholicism is probably the majority religion. There are at least three Catholic churches in the city with one having a small mission Church that does a Latin Mass every Sunday. It is quite diverse ethnically. There are many excellent outdoors opportunities. A nice six bedroom house can be bought for $350k. The Catholic K-8 here is good. Residency in California gets you cheap access to a number of world class universities.
 
I’m with you! It has been below zero too many days this winter. Right now the wind is howling outrside. It is bitter cold, icy, gloomy.

I have been searching Tucson AZ where I have relatives to fantasize about moving. I found housing in decent areas with A SWIMMING POOL out the back door!.. Housing is 27% cheaper there than where I live! I even talked to my hb about it. Biggest problem is we have grandchildren here.

Longer days, sunshine, light, swimming nearly every day… I could put up with heat with no humidity!🙂
 
gardenswithkids said:
For those of you familiar with Texas–are there any parts where it is green in winter?
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Most of TX would fit that description, except for the Panhandle (Midwestern climate), far west and south (too hot to be green at all).

The central zone, from San Antonio to north of Austin, and eastward toward Houston have a very green year-round climate.

ICXC NIKA
 
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