Eeeeeeek help ... Looks like I'm moving to Texas !

Welcome to Expat.com Jemma!

Hope that you'll soon be enlightened.

I suggest you to download the US Expat PDF guide.

Harmonie.

Where to live, this is probably going to be driven by were you work, Houston is a big place and the traffic can be bad if you have to commute to work. Personally we live in an area called the Heights which is closer to downtown and has a nice feel to it with some good bars/ restaurants and easy access to bike trails and parks also my work is out of town so I go against commuter traffic.
The driving is pretty atrocious but is unavoidable this is a car city I am afraid, taxis are expensive and public transport is not widely used,  I would suggest that you get a GPS as that takes some of the pressure off trying to find your way around we have found ours very helpful.
Not sure I am able to comment on the social scene as we have a toddler so don't get out late very often so will leave that question for others.

Thanks Sprocket !! ... I'll be working on Main Street ??
I'll have a look today to see how close that is to the heights.

Haha I'd not even thought of navigation with the driving ! The traffic was scary enough ...
Now I'm petrified ! ... How hard can it be though right ?! :-/

Thanks again ... Jemma

The traffic can't be any worse than London traffic Jemma. Just remember to stick to the right side of the road. I found driving in NY a lot easier than in London. What I always do when I drive in a new place is to first start driving after the sun has gone down, all you need to do then is follow the red lights :-) have fun in Texas and make sure to visit Austin which has a great live music scene! enjoy the sunshine!