Good and Bad in Belton Texas 

You’ve lived quite a few places, sounds like an adventure! I’m glad you get to come home! Thank you for leaving a comment!

Well, I bet Belton is not as populated as Pearland, Houston, and Clear Lake are. I am from Galveston and I am looking in this area to get away from the hurricanes. As a retired person, the last thing I want to do each summer is prepare for a Hurricane. Who wants to raise all the furniture, board up the windows, pack everything else, and get crackers, and bottles of water. I already rode out Ike and I have no plans of staying for any future storms. Two are enough. Oh, did I not say that I rode out Hurricane Carla as a baby?

@@lynnespringer1513 I hear you on staying away from the hurricanes! That's why I couldn't move back to south or southeast Houston area again even though I love it. I also rode out Ike. We lost electricity for like 2 weeks and were among the lucky ones. I remember that hurricane that hit TX right after Katrina- Hurricane Rita- and everyone evacuated to San Antonio and Austin, but it took us 24 hours to get to San Antonio, instead of the usual 2.5 hours. I was just 12 years old at the time, but it was then that I decided I could never buy a home in a hurricane prone area 😅. We also almost ran out of gas and people were completely stopped on the road. I just read that the evacuations for Rita may have been the largest evacuation in US History. Did you evacuate for Rita too? I have two cats these days, and I cannot imagine trying to evacuate with them in my Prius! I really hope you check out Belton. I'm here now, and it's very quiet! The video gave a great description of what it's like. Unfortunately there isn't a Costco here for the grocery savings, but otherwise, between Killeen/Harker Heights and Temple, Belton is a nice situated small town and you can get your shopping needs at the bigger cities nearby. The HEB here is quite nice. I wish there were more long paved walked trails for long bikes and long runs. I see many road runners and road bikers for this reason, which isn't always convenient. Also Nolanville has some nice homes between Harker Heights and Belton. Thank you for the walk down memory lane. I do miss Galveston Island! I used to work at UTMB Galveston. By the way, I'm closing on my home tomorrow! So today is my last day living in Belton! Good luck with your future plans, dear. I know it will go well. I would suggest moving before all the Californians take up the good homes.

You mean temple. You were either born in kings daughters or scott&white. Me too by the way lol i moved out of belton 6 years ago. Miss it but its grown way too much, its not the hometown i remember.

Happy new year!

Thanks for the feedback! Our friends and family in that area typically go about as far as Georgetown, unless they are headed to the airport or some other special occasion.

Thanks for the feedback!

Thank you sir!

I don’t live in that specific area of town, so I’m not there all hours of the day, but the time I have spent there I haven’t heard anything.

@@LivinginAustinTexas512 thank you!!

Bought a home on the northwest side of Stillhouse Hollow Lake just up from Dana Peak in Harker Heights and occasionally there is a distant rumble like a far away thunderstorm, but I don't notice it much and I think that area would be slightly less. Just stay south or along FM-2410 for both less noise and less crime and the hills, lake views, and parks are very nice.

@@W2HTLCA I don't think that area would have a lot of noise, but you'll still likely hear distant rumbles occasionally. It should be far enough away from Ft Hood to avoid most of the crime and it's an easy drive to both lakes, Belton, and Harker Heights.

@@bonesandbells thank you! much appreciated!

That's awesome! We've always been curious if someone would watch one of our videos and recognize their house. Thanks for commenting!

Thank you! Every area, even different subdivisions can be different for property taxes. Generally speaking, right around 2.5% is on the high end for that area. There are many that are under 2%. For Texas, anything under 2% is low!

Extremely high we live in Belton (outside city limits) since sep 2021 and everyone complains about taxes. Increments of 10% are expected every year. It is a big deal over here.

@@tathianamontilla5604 It's not just Belton, it's all of Texas for the most part.

If you say so… I’m new to the state but BISD is proposing an insane school bond that has everyone talking. I’m voting NO :)

32.5% tax increase

Raised here all my life..Belton has went down drastically. Seems to get worse by every passing day. I couldn't agree with you more.

I hate to hear that. The town has such a great feel to it. What’s the main draw to the area?

Man you are not lying my son was walking home from the park when one of the shootings happened. Smh. It's a dam shame grew up here and use to love it...no so much

I'm gonna guess it's hooligans from Killeen finding their way up there.

Love it. Thank you for the insight!

belton lake is many times larger and deeper than stillhouse

Thanks for the feedback! I’m actually going through an eminent domain situation myself so I feel that pain. We get phone calls from people moving here for a variety of reasons. Most of the time it’s job related. We make content to assist them with their decisions and the locations are based off of the questions we receive.

Yup 10/4 it’s getting traffics had a Karen at the h e b going off “ in the way “ 425 thousand acre training on ft hood it is the largest military base in the world it’s a 3 division post 300 k people easy

Why ?? Just asking sincerely

@@JETSFOOL101 32.5% tax increase, 10 shootings within 2 weeks, rage rage increase, vehicle pursuit. My whole area is nothing but CA, NY, NJ, MN, WA refugees

I’m from Mississippi. Can I come to Belton since I’m not a Yankee?

Belton to Austin is a long and horrible, horrible commute because of traffic.

@@Recce-man…

What’s up!

Haha, you guessed it. Good people though!

As long as they leave the California BS...in California

They drive teslas too

haha...I went back and watched to see what you were talking about. I don't typically edit things out when I mispronounce or mess up. I just let it roll. Thanks for the feedback though!

Born and raised here, he didnt mispronounce it. We say "Bel Un" here lol