SperlingViews - Pearland, Texas
70.48% of people are white, 10.02% are black, 7.15% are asian, 0.39% are native american, and 11.96% claim 'Other'. 21.71% of the people in Pearland, TX, claim hispanic ethnicity (meaning 78.29% are non-hispanic).
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Nice Place - 5/21/2009
Nice people, nice schools, ok economy but you have to beable to endure the hot summers and allergies.[read more...] |
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Why Pearland? - 7/22/2008
We like living in Pearland because it is a small community in a major metropolitan area. Our extended family is nearby and the economy is stable.[read more...] |
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Too Crowded - 6/16/2008
Pearland is a great place to raise children, but it has gotten extremely crowded with construction and houses and people. As a result, the quality of life we enjoyed when we first moved here no longer exists, for many of the big city problems have found there way here. However, there is a good school system and plenty of eateries and stores in which to spend your money.[read more...] |
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Think twice before moving here - 4/10/2007
So you think you might want to live in Pearland. Well, you might want to reconsider. Take it from some young marrieds who have been here for two years.
Pearland is growing exponentially, but doesn't have the backbone to handle it gracefully. For example, our neighborhood has had water turned off four times, when there was too much demand in the city. The main farm road, 518, is bumper to bumper every weekend and most weeknights, especially north to Silverlake and the 288. And there's now word about a massive mall being built nearby, and another dreadful cookie cutter development that will edge into part of Iowa Colony and Manvel (two communities which are as rural as Pearland was forty years ago).
Worst of all in our minds, there are few sidewalks or public activities and culture for the kiddies.[read more...] |
