...Colgate? a street near Hobby? YES, I know exactly where that is....that area was "transitioning" in the mid-70's, maybe sooner....my parents stayed in the house I grew up in until the mid-80's and moved out to Clear Lake and near NASA...beautiful area out in the trees....
I moved to Clear Lake in '88 to work for Exxon downtown. My wife lived in El Lago and also worked for Exxon, where we met. After we married in '93, we lived in Clear Lake till '95 when we moved back to Austin. My brother still lives in CL and works at NASA. Our house in CL and my brother's house are both in the Oakbrook West subdivision.