Is it easy to make friends in Houston or the suburbs for people in their late 20s

I want to move from the chicagoland area to houston or any of the suburbs as I am sick of illinois. Also I hear traffic is terrible in Houston? is that only in the downtown area or even in the suburbs? I have been to katy twice and it seemed like just any other suburb. I think every downtown area has crazy traffic. For instance the suburb I live in around Chicago is only 45 mins away from the downtown loop area but depending on the time of the day it can take an hr and a half or even sometimes two hrs to get downtown.

Anyways can someone please tell me if moving to houston or even the suburbs would be ideal for me