SperlingViews - Cypress, Texas

I am origially from Indiana.(close to Chicago)Lived there until I was 10 years old. Lived in Ft. Worth from 10-20 years old. Everyone talked about how "nasty" the Houston area was. I never had positive thoughts about moving here. Job transfer brought us here and when I had kids I chose Cypress to raise them. I loved it then and love it 13 years later! You can get so much house for your money with tennis courts, pools, ponds, maintence and police security that works for YOUR neighborhood. I have never felt more safe and happy anywhere! All three of my children have been through Hamilton Elementary & Middle School and on to CyFair High. They have received the best education and made wonderful friends. Everything is pretty and green because we are a tropical climent. We have jogging trails, nature parks with beautiful creeks to hike and today we are voting for an entire park development. I am so proud to say I live in Cypress and never intend to leave. The only drawback is the humidity in Houston period. I think it is worth it and never would want to live anywhere else![read more...]

Let me start by saying that there are a lot of friendly people here and I enjoy the small shopping area where you will certainly run into 10 folks you know just at the Kroger. That said, I see a lot of room for improvement here. For starters, everyone drives, all of the time (especially giant SUVs, this is Texas) and they have to because there are no side walks. Our little town center would be much better if we could ride our bikes to the ice cream stand. Second, there are no large parks for walking or organized sports near by. If your child is in Cy-Fair sports you will be driving no less than 30 min to a ball field ( and that would be in light traffic). The schools are good, but they do that open concept (no walls or doors between classrooms) going on which I do not like.[read more...]