[Reuters] Houston poised to pass Chicago as third largest US city

[Inner Looper] Those places suck! [/Inner Looper]

But no, seriously, they do.

 

Loved Htown growing up but when I come back to visit at Xmas I realize how big it is and how difficult it is to get around. I have been in Omaha for 10 years and I appreciate the small town feel now........but I do miss Whataburger and REAL BBQ

 

If you are not doing a rush hour work commute, this city is not tough to get around. The freeway system works beautifully at non-rush volumes. I just came from the Med Center to the Westside at 65.

 

Folks who live in small towns. How is your internet? Come across any bears? Do you play dead or stand still?

 

That's what I was worried about when I moved back last year after 15 years in Austin. But I now find it better than before. Yeah, the traffic still sucks but there are ways to manage it...at least for me. I grew up in The Woodlands. Back in the 80's and 90's, you had to leave The Woodlands to do most anything outside of food shopping. Now, that's not the case. Shopping, fantastic restaurants, parks, etc., etc. are all available to me. I work from home and can pretty much set my own schedule when I need to see clients in other parts of the city. I have been pretty successful at keeping my schedule in the city between 10 and 2 so I rarely sit in traffic.

After yesterday, I have now been to at least 1 game for all 4 major professional sports team in this town...something that was much more incredibly difficult while living in Austin. Yeah, I miss some of the vibe of Austin but that was changing and will continue to do so. My family also loves the ability to take day trips to the beach. If I miss anything, other than my friends in Austin, it's music. But even that seems to be improving.

 

Hahahah.

To me the traffic is not the worst part..it's the freaking roads. Has someone seen Richmond and Westheimer? It's pathetic.

And in before da1, no public transport that's worth taking.

 

did we just have an Isabel sighting?

 

Have you evacuated Katy yet though?

You should share this info with the Chi-town bros hahahah

 

Guys, I live in Katy.

What do I do?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!

 

You already know the answer...

 

Maybe if your craphole of a city wasn't so damn famous for its corruption and the stupidity of the morons in there that keep re-electing these criminals, your craphole of a city would still be relevant.

 

has anyone posted jeff's article in the press? i'd rather send him clicks so i'm not posting the article. he's right on with his assessment...

http://www.houstonpress.com/news/ho...decade-still-a-crappy-city-apparently-7763563

 

I don't understand. Wouldn't I have obviously been talking about both cities?

 

Give or take all organized crime outside of Chicago or Sicily, and almost all white collar crimes ever?

 

I have to say, I have a different experience than many of you seem to with Houston's sprawl.

I moved to Houston three months ago. I live in Montrose, work in Montrose. My commute to work is 5 minutes. My commute to Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, HEB, or Kroger is all under 10 minutes. There are gyms, yoga, bars, clubs, etc etc within walking distance or under 5 minute drive.

I understand not everyone is able to live in Montrose, or able to live close to their work for a variety of reasons. However, I chose to live in a small apartment because I valued location more than space. I think if more people valued location over having half an acre or an acre of space, we would have less congestion and would all be closer to things we need and enjoy.

Just my 2 cents in favor of increased density.

 

Odd that they didn't list Pasadena. I believe there's over 150k people living there.

 

I actually thought you were ahead of Chicago by now.

The trend will continue, on Chicago's end. Gentrification is insane and they're pricing people of all ages/backgrounds/races out to the margins with ridiculous real estate rental rates, discouraging youngsters that don't have a trust fund or waiting six-figure job from moving there. Successful businesses that rented their property are closing down because the lure of selling attractive buildings is too great for their Realtor to ignore.

The last time I lived in the city was from 2000-05, and I could never find an affordable place in 2015 as the broke-ass bartender/writer that I was back then. Even now, with a family and comfortable longtime gig, it would just be too damn much.

 

It's all clockwork. There are hints of it here in Houston and I can imagine at some point Houston will experience this on the same level Chicago is. I mean, what would stop it from doing so? I know NY has experimented with mid level income properties. Houston isn't as forward thinking to do this right now although we are pretty good at copying what works elsewhere.