lolx2. Proof or facts... You posted something stupid that the OP directly refuted with proof and facts, got totally pwned on it by BobMarley, and then replied with the standard half-ass "not in the same league" counter...which given that the argument was related to size...is also refuted by the OP. So uh... no. I have no intention of replying with "proof or facts" or whatever. They're in the OP, you idiot. That's why your **** was so weak. And anyhow this conversation is boring and way overdone.
Glad I don't need a study to tell me that living in San Diego is pretty awesome. Admittedly, I wish I had the same cost of living, but otherwise....
Maybe snoopy would like to argue with the chart in Azadre's post that shows Houston as the lowest relative cost of living? Is that because Houston is 'only #4 big but not big enough to be LA' too?
? I am arguing? Anybody who spent any amount of time in Houston would obviously know the low cost of living. I am not at all surprised by Houston having the lowest relative cost of living, especially considering that the recession doesn't seem to have affected Houston as much as other parts of the country, but that's another discussion. My point was people always say Houston is the 4th largest city, when actually the better indicator of a city's size and population is the metropolitan area/population. As I said before, Houston's metropolitan population size is comparable to cities such as DC, Atlanta, Dallas, Miami, Philadelphia. That is a fact. So yes, generally it costs more to live in populated areas. Resources (especially land) are limited and less to go around, simple supply and demand. But we should really consider the metropolitan figures, and Houston isn't such a clear cut #4. There are ten cities with populations between 4,200,000 and 6,500,000, with Houston having 6 million. These cities are much smaller than Chicago (9.5 mill), LA (13 mill), and New York (19 mill). Again, a fact. Nothing to argue about here. Main difference is Houston has tons of land, a luxury in most big cities, which keeps down the cost of living. So I agree, Houston is probably one of the best place to live, if getting a lot of 'bang for buck' is important to you. You'll get a lot of bang for buck in Houston. And to some people, other things are more important, and getting the most bang for buck isn't as important. It's all subjective and there's no right answer to 'where is the best place to live'. It all comes down to personal preference.
Not quite understanding the vitrol krnxsnoopy is receiving simply for stating factual comments and I'm as big of an htown homer as you'll find. That said houston is easily one of the most underrated cities in this country.
Great, now the terrorist have moved us up on the list of cities to attack. <a href="http://forgifs.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://forgifs.com/gallery/d/207477-1/Make-it-rain-mideast-booty-shake.gif?" alt="forgifs.com" /></a>
Feel free to point them out. I don't even care about the "city dick measuring" nonsense honestly, I just thought the exchange was ridiculous. "Big cities always have a higher cost of living" "Uh...Houston's way lower, and it's the 4th largest city in the nation" "Well, it's not the same" I mean, that's just funny. Stupid funny.
And.... all of this has already been elucidated upon in this thread. You have reading comprehension problems. You say you don't care but you keep coming back to this thread, jackass. Nobody was even talking to you, p*** off.
So you pick the only cities that are bigger than Houston?? HAHA. Houston is in the upper scale along with those cities, especially because we are growing faster than any of them. We may eventually become bigger than Chicago.
The reality is that Houston is really much bigger than just the Metro area. You and I both know that. That is what Houston's strength really is. We have spread out and not stacked up. This in the long run will make us a larger city because when we do stack up like NY, and LA have then our numbers will really jump up.
So this is just with adjusting for cost of living? Does it adjust for not having to pay for a car or gas while living in NYC or San Fran? Does it adjust for low utility bills in LA or San Fran because the weather there doesn't cause for the a/c to be at full blast?
So this thread has been reduced to BobMarley arguing with himself, smh Seriously though, "Go Houston!!!"
Pretty sure that any decent cost of living adjustment comparison is going to include transportation/commute costs as well as typical energy costs.
Wake me up when this happens. I don't think you understand what metropolitan area means. Educate yourself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_area FYI Houston's metro area includes 10 counties, including but not limited to, Harris County. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Houston
You're right. I've seen the urban planning & development projected population numbers for Houston in 2030/2035 and the pop. density inside beltway 8 & especially 610 compared to now is staggering
