Dave,
You're right about the breezes, and the city of Houston being inland up the ship channel makes it the worst!! I spent about three years in Corpus Christi, and most days there we had an offshore breeze to keep things more tolerable. The thing I found I missed after a couple of years was the visible changing of the seasons. Having grown up Missouri it really messed with my body clock to not see the four distinct seasons, but I ran into a guy who had moved from Kansas to Corpus back in the 30's, and he said you couldn't pay him enough to go back to Kansas!! He loved the more constant temps.