San Antonio is one of the more fun cities I've ever been to. That will be my contribution to this thread.
Yeah if Houston is a Big Urban Sprawl, I'd say Brownsville is a big small town sprawl. ITs growing like crrrraaazy, but its all Brownsville! oh ok, they got their new restaurants and Best Buy near Sunrise Mall but its still Brownsville after all.
SA is one of the fastest growing cities in the country, don't worry, you'll get to the urban sprawl part... Seems like San Antonians have that same inferiority complex that H-Town has when measured against more highly profiled cities. BTW, I think there is a Wok Bo style restaurant in the SA airport somewhere, they just have tobasco sauce instead of soy sauce... ...and yes, I've been Brownsville ande McAllen...wasn't a straight up comparison, just a gut feeling. Dang, Wexler and Matt Jackson are arguing with a caller about this also...ok which one of you is the caller? PS. Spurs fans are as annoying as Faker fans, to me.
I've been there and the only ride that was really fun was Superman. However, when we went (my wife and I) it was REALLY hot and REALLY crowded. As a matter of fact, we picked the WOST day to go: It was the day that all the kids who passed their TASS (or whatever) test got to go to the park for free. So it was super crowded with tons of idiot kids who were just brats. Kids were constantly cutting in line (and not even being descreet about it) not to mention that the lines for the restaurants were super long (as the kids got a free meal as well). We were there for 9 hours and rode on 8 rides. All our time, except for maybe 40 minutes at lunch, was spent in lines (being cut by kids). We should have gone to Sea World. Superman was really fun, though. We would have ridden it twice it the line didn't take and hour to get through.
Are you serious? I have just about the opposite opinion of Spurs fans. They're actually a pretty loyal group...I think their ticket sales are consistently good. It's a nice town(And actually bigger than Dallas), but I don't know...it really doesn't even compare to Houston(Not that Dallas does either).
Hey esse that was a very good post makes me want to live in SA seriously except that no Asian restaurants. But maybe we can start some good ones..but what's the point when there's really no Asian population? Anyways still I love how the resto f it sounds about less traffic..idiots driving slowly which is good..less pollution..I still love Houston's diversity..but lots of individual businesses are cool. Spurs! But yeah H-town is my hometown.
I'd like to know how loyal they were in the 80's, also how loyal they will be after Duncan era. Lemme revamp my statement and say they started coming out of the woodworks in the D-Rob era, got shamed and had to STFU when Hakeem slapped D-Rob around, and then really came out of the woodworks in the Duncan era and vaulted into that annoying stratosphere of the Faker fans. It's just that "Yeah, I've ALWAYS been a Spers fan...BTW, who's Artis Gilmore and isn't George Gervin that guy who knows his finger roll in those cool Nike commercials " feeling I get from your typical Spers fan. I'd like to talk about football but the Roughriders ain't gonna cut it...BTW did SA really think they had a pipe's dream of a chance of getting an NFL team when they built the perfectly good use of SA taxpayers' money called the Alamodome...
I lived in San Antonio before I moved to Houston, and I'll say this: Spurs fans are loyal to the point of being psychotic. They LOVE their team.
Next to Austin, San Antonio is my second favorite city in Texas. Were it not the closest (of the big cities) to Mexico (which I love to visit) I would rank it much lower, but still miles ahead of Dallas.
There was nothing that pissed Houstonians off at San Antonio, it is a blue-collar, down-to-earth town, so there was no ego conflict there between the two towns. San Antonio was like the submissive girlfriend, she knew her place.
I like San Antonio. The people there really get into it at metal concerts. Not like Houston where the crowd is completely dead. The times i've gone to San Antonio i've really enjoyed myself.
I know, I know ok you and a handful, I was trying to make a point but I didnt do it very well! But you gotta admit the asian community certainly grew in the b-ball viewing at the Summit, er...Compaq.
BTW, Have you guys been to the SBC Center? IT is an absolute GARBAGE! I can't believe they couldn't build a better-looking arena or at least tried to give the impression that it was a modern arena. The SBC Center was about as good as the Compaq Center when I attended a game there last season. But back to the city comparison. There really isn't a comparison, it is two different towns with two distinct personalities of their own. I would say it all comes down to preference: if you like more of a modern Urban environment then Houston is the place for you, if you prefer an old town that is still stuck in the 1950s you might like San Antonio. If you want a job that doesn't pay minimum wage, an urban city with thousands of restaurants, top-notch malls and shopping centers, top-notch medical facilities, an extensive and ever-expanding highway/road network with less confusing streets than in San Antonio, more diversity, less illegal immigrants (although not by much), etc., then you might prefer Houston. Houston is symbolic of "big business", is an industrialized power house, and is one of the best job markets in the U.S. It is the perfect place for college grads to try and make a living in. Everything about Houston says 21st century. At the same time, perhaps as a result, people here are not as friendly as in San Antonio. San Antonio has more of a down-home feeling, people are more friendly and life moves at a much slower pace, while you get the feeling that Houstonians are always on edge, jumping from one place to another trying to get things done in a hectic atmosphere. But as I said, really, both towns have their advantages/disadvantages, so it depends entirely on preference.
I used to go to Rockets games regularly for several years now, and definitely before and after we drafted Yao Ming there is a new fan base that has been added to the Rockets' fan base, although they would change overnight and root for another team as long as Yao was on that team. There used to be usually a total of zero Chinese fans at the Compas Center before Yao came, and now there are entire sections pretty much full of groups of Chinese fans who treat Rockets games as almost a sight-seeing trip instead of a sports event, marveling at the sight of Yao Ming. But I don't mind that, they clearly have a lot of national pride and Yao is the embodiement of Chinese pride. It is understandable and makes sense.
