http://gawker.com/375037/texas-oddly-expects-you-to-visit Houston: what's the point? The Texas city is most famous for the Bush family, big hair, and sippin on the sizzurp. At least that's the stereotype, and as a non-Houstonite, I don't care enough about the city to put in the effort to dispel that stereotype. But the city has anticipated this; they're rolling out an ad campaign designed to boost the city's reputation. It's called "My Houston," and it features celebrities talking about what they like about the city. Unoriginal idea, Houston! Really now, are tourists going to flock to a hot, sprawling, asphalt-covered outpost in Texas just because racer A.J. Foyt fondly reminisces about speeding around its traffic-choked outer loop roads? In any major city, no matter how forlorn it is, you can find a handful of prominent citizens who will talk it up. They're called the rich. They'd get along pretty well anywhere—even Houston. Besides, why did the city go and spend a bunch of money on a new ad campaign when they could have just gone to YouTube and pulled off this perfectly adequate "Great Day Houston" rapping promo for free? Don't read the comments if you love Houston because they are heinous.
don't despair, new yorkers love you. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/us/02houston.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=houston&st=nyt&oref=slogin
I disagree. I laughed my ass off. I love it when a bunch of ignorant blow-hards get together and try to talk s*** about stuff they don't know s*** about!
Uhh.. does anyone remember this? I figured I would have heard about a gang war - maybe he's thinking of Mexico?
The difference is that those people read about Houston in magazines or visited for couple days. I live in Dallas for 4 years, and I still hate it.
Well I, as a native Houstonian, am TOTALLY HUMILIATED knowing that a writer for gawker.com ( ) doesn't approve of my home town. Bloggers and their readers MUST approve of my home town in order for my life to have any meaning whatsoever.
