As I ponder our conversion to Judaism, I struggle with where do we move and will the Rabbi be willing to assist us to covert. I really struggle with making the move to Houston for a couple of reasons. Yes, we know the Rabbi will do our conversion there, but the area is so crime ridden and expensive that I know as soon as my conversion is complete I would move away. I feel that this defeats the entire purpose since I want to also become a part of the community and I have disliked Houston since we moved there 5 years ago, this is why we bought our home so far away from the city. I didn't want to feel like a prisoner in my home, fearful to go outside of being robbed or killed.
Since conversion is our goal I have been surfing all the Shul's from the Orthodox Union website and looking at the demographics of each location. Is it safe, what is the crime rate, how large is the city, can we afford to live in the city, can we afford to buy a home, do I see myself living there and settling for the rest of my life even though I could potentially be thousands of miles from all of my children.
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