Colony Ridge

Colony Ridge is a new community experiencing unprecedented growth, located about 40 miles northeast of Houston, which has become the subject of a special session of the Texas legislature, convening beginning Oct. 9, 2023, in Austin.

There is apparently no law against selling property to illegal aliens, and there are allegations that hordes of them have flocked to this community.

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The development company, Terranos Houston [meaning "Houston land" in Spanish], has dismissed suggestions that Colony Ridge is a haven for people in the country illegally as “slanderous” and “unsubstantiated.” Developer William Trey Harris, a major campaign donor to Abbott, told local media this week he is “a little disappointed in our state government that they are taking action based on lies and gossip.”

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This looks like a libertarian experiment on a grand scale, going from 0 to 100,000 in population in record time.

Successful use of private police force

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In response to claims that crime has skyrocketed in the area, Harris said Colony Ridge was being blamed for violence that didn't happen in the development, which pays for a dozen full-time law enforcement officers to patrol. Harris said he's noticed the arrival of state troopers recently — which he welcomed.

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The privately employed police force is ensuring safer streets than in some neighborhoods in Houston. One person who happily moved to Colony Ridge says that was "lured by cheap land and the chance for his family to escape the crime he says was rampant around their apartment in nearby Houston."