Corpus Christi area "safe"???

[DOTLDaddy]

We are considering going to the Corpus Christi/Rockport area next February. My wife is somewhat "concerned" about whether or not the area is "safe" or not.

Any comments??? I thought you snowbirds would have the inside info on the question. 🙂

[deaop01]

We liked Rockport better than CC. Less traffic and less people. CC is kind of depressing. A month in that area is enough time to spend. Not a lot to see but some great beach driving.

Good luck

Ron

[Tequila]

LOL, I snowbird in Mexico, I guess you won't convince her to go there.

Did she retire to wrap herself up in foam and stay home?

[John_Joey]

I found the Corpus Christi area kinda depressing. I would not want to spend much time there other than shopping.

North and south of CC is fine. I found west of there not very enjoyable either. YMMV

[TomG2]

Stopping even a hundred miles north of the RGV is about like stopping in central Florida on your way south. Sure, it is warmer than Michigan, but why not get all the warmth you can? In Jan/Feb, every degree helps.

[netjam]

DOTLDaddy wrote:

netjam wrote:
....I'd be more concerned about Feb weather. A little too cold for my taste.

You're joking . . . . . right???:W

If it were me, I'd go a couple hundred south and stay in the valley. The reason I snowbird is to be warm. Corpus after Christmas is OK but not warm IMO.

[skipnchar]

It is certainly possible to be hit by a car while crossing the street but that and other dangers are no more likely there than any other place. Biggest weather related danger is hurricanes or thunder storms but those happen in much of the country. Over all its as safe as any place else.

[muelldawg]

Just returned from a months stay in Corpus Christi (Flour Bluff area) and am alive and well. I have been going there in the spring and fall for 8 years. Always fun.

[1995brave]

We stay at CCNAS also, but run around till the wee hours of the morning looking for good fishing spots. One day we will move down there.

[rr2254545]

chris3403 wrote:
Oh by the way, we now stay in Rockport 2004, 10, 11, 12 and again this year. Nothing wrong with either place. Rockport is more laid back and a lot more RV parks but a lot less people somewhere around 9,000 vs the 300,000 plus over in Corpus

x2 would not want to stay in Corpus we prefer the ocean beaches

[RoyB]

My AX handle and wasp spray works wonders... Motion detector outside lights does great as well...

My wife is full blooded Texan - No one wants to mess with a full blown Texan. they shoot first and ask questions later...

I will admit getting down south of the Padre Island National Seashore park road is rather remote to say the least. You are sorta on your own down those trails.

Roy Ken

[chris3403]

Oh by the way, we now stay in Rockport 2004, 10, 11, 12 and again this year. Nothing wrong with either place. Rockport is more laid back and a lot more RV parks but a lot less people somewhere around 9,000 vs the 300,000 plus over in Corpus

[I_am_still_wayn]

I was considering visiting Ballwin, Missouri, but concerned that some areas may not be safe. I already know that lots of St. Louis is not safe, and I wonder if that crime has spilled over to Ballwin.

[chris3403]

Spent 2005 and again 2009 in Flour Bluff which is at the south end of Corpus Christi and we never had any muggings, murder, rape, robbery or thefts that I am aware of in the RV park we stayed in off of Waldron Drive. Did have a couple of people die due to old age.

[2oldman]

DOTLDaddy wrote:
the usual . . . . . . muggings, murder...

Ok, there are statistics on that, but the farther you can be from any populated area the safer you are.