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Go to HAR.com and you can put in your parameters and see what pops up.
Feel free to PM me for any specific questions about an area. As you may know Houston does not have zoning so you can have an interesting cross section of residential and business. There are many master planned communities which are very nice. But I would certainly want to live near where I work. And if by water you mean the Gulf of Mexico then you might want to live on the south side of town to be even closer.