Decent place for drunks and people from California
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11/1/2017
I've lived in The Colony since 2001. It's never been a fancy place but it was decent enough. We were famous for being the only wet city around and having plenty of bars. When I was growing up as a teen in the early 2000s, most teenagers would drink or smoke weed to pass the time. Fast forward to 2017. People are moving to this area by the thousands and driving up the home prices! I don't mean by a few thousand but by 70k +. A house that would have cost you 120k is now selling for 260k. The higher end homes are going for half a million dollars. One of the biggest problems are individuals who are moving here from other states and have no problem paying 300k for a house because the cost of living in their old state was above the national average. Therefore, when they sold their house they have plenty of money to buy here. Now, the people who have grown up here are no longer able to stay and buy their first homes. The income for families that have lived here for decades are not going up but everything around us is costing more. Our property tax went nearly 40% this year alone.
As for the crime rate? That's also on the raise, we have plenty of that to go around. The worst thing about this area is the traffic and accidents that happen everyday on 121!
Carlie | The Colony, TX