Lol okay this has nothing to do with houston technically, it just so happens that houston is home to all 3 of those societal institutions
I didn't read through all the posts, but you don't know what you're talking about. That's fine, though; it's better to keep it that way in general. That being said, in fairness, your claims certainly have some validity and are definitely debatable.
Funnily enough, I could say the same thing for all the inner-loopers who constantly talk crap about how horrible it is outside the loop. How the hell would you know, most of you would never lower yourself to actually living out here(or even coming out here for anything) so you dont know jack **** about what it is really like. As for mister Ganja and nono, rock on guys...move to your dream cities, we still got PLENTY of people coming in to make up for yall leaving this hellhole.
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The problem with how Ganja and nono's thoughts are that they seem to think the entire Bay Area looks like the tiny 48 square miles of San Francisco, or that the entire NYC area looks like the four boroughs (discounting Staten Island). The reality is, most of those areas are typical suburbia (I will say that there are more traditional small towns with nice little downtowns that got swallowed by suburbia near NYC). In fact, Houston suburbia is typically denser than those on the East Coast (suburbs get denser the further west you go). Houston is a young city compared to those, so it will take time for the urban area to continue to fill in. Where Houston fails is its rail transit. Even without that, there are still nice urban vibes being created throughout the inner loop plus the west side to Beltway 8. Houston actually has an almost perfect grid like setup which will help the city to continue to create that urban environment that millenials like. Houston has loads of potential. Just needs that proper rail system.
You're out of your ******* mind if you think San fran has more good looking women then houston. Go to midtown or downtown or montrose on a Friday night and report back. I will agree that they are definitely more accessible but that's only bc the "men" in SF are such p*****s the women there are dying to meet a guy that doesn't act like a child or wear nothing but hoodies. And whoever knocked houstons food scene was woefully ignorant.
San Fran, the last time I was there was like 30% homeless. Homeless just everywhere and very harassing. Beautiful city, but I'd rather grow my bank account here than pay ridiculous taxes on every single thing they can tax inn Cali. Plus, I just hate California. Not an ounce of "I wish I lived there" has ever crossed my mind. I'm usually ready to leave 2 days into it. Also, the NoCal vs SoCal thing is severely more irritating to read or hear. They blow the Dallas vs Houston thing away ten fold. Just non ****ing stop, so repetitive and embarrassing.
It is a huge problem. I was the one who made the thread about the homeless guy defecating in Starbucks.
I lived in Houston all my life and with my job, I get to travel to a lot different cities. I will say this much, I would move to SF or NYC but realistically it's not worth cost if you ask me. I have a great job working for the largest laboratory company in the world as a sales rep but on my salary and commission it would be very tight for my family in those cities. My wife is doing her post-back for medical school and we have a newborn. In Houston, we can afford just for me to work, go on vacations, put money into the savings, and will be able to put our son in daycare. In some of these other cities, it's just not realistic to be able to do these things. On a side note, Houston is very known for their restaurants. I mean there is a reason why chefs move to Houston all the time. One of the reasons why I believe we have an overweight problem in Houston is because we're so stationary as a city. If you look at the summer months, people are in the air conditioning. You have to drive pretty much everywhere and we sit in traffic all day long. Our traffic has gotten worse over the years.
Luckily you have posters like me that are well acquainted with the suburbs, whose friends and family all live or moved to the suburbs, and understand firsthand how horrible it can be out there. I get that some people like it though. People like American Idol and Ricky Martin. I get it.
I still don't understand the whole inner looper and outer looper thing. Just with anything, both has nice areas and **** areas.
It probably makes a difference if you hate your family and are forced to drive some place to see them.
I'm a big family guy, I wish I could spend more time with them but unfortunately they are not able to afford a home inside the loop, therefore I drive to the 'burbs when I have time. Doesn't bother me though and it only makes coming home much more enjoyable.
A big family guy you say? <img src =http://www.nuzco.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Family-Guy-Episodes-1.jpg> Is houstons environment conducive to making people fat, lazy and stupid? If one has no awareness of self/surrounding and just goes with the popular flow
Over simplified generalization. I live in Chicago and while there are pockets of young "hip people", they are mostly people BORN in Chicago. The overall population is not growing and the economic situation is not good.
It does. 95% of office lunches in Houston happen at places where only unhealthy meal options available. Let's all go to Rudy's!
You never lived in Houston.... if you did, you would know it isn't "Houstonites". Also you are poor. That is all.
