Not surprised - that is how it has always been. I will be curious to see what happens when the younger generations take power in the city.
The Mayor (who pretended to support projects that promote foot/bike traffic until after being elected) is making it worse. Turning down millions in approved federal funding for a project that was already fought for, planned, approved and underway. https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/shepard-durham-whitmire-construction-19433885.php The 2 previous mayors made important progress, but the current one seems to think we need as many roads as possible to pipeline freight in and out of Houston as fast as possible, without consideration for the people actually living in the neighborhoods. A mayor shouldn't even be allowed to have this much power IMO (1 person pausing projects without any support information or commentary). At the very least, honor the previous administration's ongoing projects. Yall think people from CALI/NY are ruining Texas? I don't. They come from walk-able neighborhoods. Those are voices we need inside the loop.Those are the voices you need in a growing/maturing Austin. If you let the boomers that live in the suburbs run roughshod you end up with St Louis. I cant believe Houston had to pick between two 75 year old losers. 75! GOOD LUCK
I honestly do not know, at all. I have just heard the phrase, and it sounds poncy and Californian to me.
Do you remember what East Austin used to be? Have you seen East Austin recently? *That's* gentrification, holmes.
Houston named dirtiest city Space City lands at the top of our ranking’s trash heap as America’s Dirtiest City. It claims the title from Newark, New Jersey, its 2022 predecessor and this year’s No. 2. Among the 152 cities we ranked, Space City is the third most polluted. In fact, a recent study found that the city’s petrochemical facilities severely violate EPA safety guidelines. Our data supports those findings: Houston ranks third worst in greenhouse gas emissions from large industrial facilities. The city has the biggest cockroach problem, too, according to the Census Bureau. Despite such conditions, Houstonians are still more satisfied with the cleanliness of their city than the residents of 33 other big cities, including Amarillo (No. 33) and Fort Worth (No. 32).
The big ones are native to the coast. What are we supposed to do about that? I'd like to see the actual German cockroach numbers.
'Drug-addicted rats' infesting Houston “We got 400,000 pounds of [drugs] in storage,” Whitmire said. “The rats are the only ones enjoying it.” Asked whether the rodent problem in the downtown evidence room could compromise convictions, Lemaitre declined to answer, saying he's not an attorney. I mean, think about it. They’re drug-addicted rats. They’re tough to deal with.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna187709
Why don't we put all the drugs in the Astrodome (it's not like yall are doing anything else with it) , and just amp-up that insect/lizard/snake/rat/bird/cat ecosystem? I bet some drug-addicted cats could deal with some drug-addicted rats, dontcha think?
Shout! Shout! Let it all out! These are the things I can do without ! CMON! I'm talking to you ! CMON!
This fits. I had someone spaz out on my last time in Houston: I’m leaving Pecan Grove on FM359, turning onto Highway 90. There are two left-turn lanes and one right-turn lane, so no straight option. For some reason, people can’t handle the outside left turn lane in America. They drift over the dashed lines into the inside left turn lane like 70% of the time. I’m in the outside left-turn lane, first at the light. Some sketchy Buick SUV pulls up behind me. Light goes green, I take the turn, staying in my lane. Suddenly the Buick starts honking like crazy as if I’m the problem. Meanwhile they’re cutting the turn sharp, crossing into the inside lane (luckily that person was a little further up to not get hit). How can you be behind me and think I’m in your lane when you’re the one messing up? Then they completely lose it. From the turn to Highway 6, they’re swerving, trying every move to get in front of me. Traffic wasn’t moving fast like that anyway, so I timed it right. There were slow cars in the right lane, a truck towing in the left, and another in the middle. I slowed down a bit then sped up quick, moved to the middle, and the gap closed just as I made the light on yellow. The Buick? Too slow and they missed the gap and the light. Houston drivers can be straight unhinged. Atlanta, SoCal, and Dallas are bad too, but Houston’s on another level.
