I know you keep it real... like Vernon Maxwell! you named yourself after the GREATEST SHOOTING GUARD in ROCKETS HISTORY.. BY FAR THE BEST.
i dont know if there was a thread about any quiter, but there was a thread about Vernon Maxwell. A Rocket champion who changed the face of the city of Houston. When I think of Houston, I dont think of the Galleria or Rice Village or Mid Town. I think, wow, that's where Vernon Maxwell changed a hot smoldering town into a championship metropolis. All that growth and publicity of Houston.. thank Vernon.
As someone who grew up in Houston, and now makes my home in Austin, I can honestly say that they are both really good places to live. It just depends on what you are looking for, Austin traffic is far less of a problem than Houston, but it is getting worse. Austin has a lot going for it, much more green belt and outdoor parks, etc. If I am not mistaken, they have the larest amount of park space per capita of any major city. Houston has more cultural things to do, mueseums, theater, zoos etc...etc...etc, and the professional sports teams are there as well. Austin has the RR Express, the Austin Toros and all the UT teams....mostly minor league stuff, but you can get a good seat for a lot less money. I chose to raise my family in Austin because you see far less murder on the evening news. Houston has some real trouble spots that do not compare to Austin. Also, the landscape of the hill country is better than the flat lands of Houston. However, I miss a lot about Houston, specifically theater and food. So, after living in both, I give a slight edge to Austin, but only because I prefer a big city with a small town feel. DD
More fodder: http://houston.culturemap.com/newsd...-festival-food-wine-snubs-houston-for-austin/ With its first Texas festival, Food & Wine snubs Houston for Austin BY SARAH RUFCA 05.19.11 | 11:27 am The good news is that Food & Wine is finally bringing one of its prestigious foodie festivals to Texas. The bad news is that it's skipping Houston, Texas' culinary melting pot, and setting up in Austin instead. The first Austin Food & Wine Festival is scheduled for March 30-April 1. Tyson Cole announced the festival to Eater Austin. The festival is being produced by C3, which also put on the Austin City Limits Festival and Lollapalooza, with Cole, La Condesa restaurateur Jesse Herman, and Fort Worth's Tim Love as partners. The Austin Food & Wine Festival is taking the place of the 26-year-old Hill Country Wine & Food Festival, so I'll admit that having an experienced big-event producer, a committed and well-known team of chefs and a history of food tourism are three excellent reasons to focus on Austin. But reason and logic aside, it just seems so ... unfair. Houston has been the site of the Super Bowl, the NCAA Final Four, Rendez-vous Houston, and a Republican National Convention, so clearly we are capable of putting on massive events. But Austin gets all the cool stuff, and it gets it annually, like South by Southwest and Austin City Limits. Wouldn't it be nice to make Austinites travel here for something other than an international flight? A quick glance at the Food & Wine guide to both cities shows more love for Houston (with 56 restaurants recommended) than Austin (with only 37). I'm not trying to diss Austin's food scene — the city has some truly great restaurants. But can it really compete with Houston? Are you looking forward to Austin Food & Wine Festival? Do you think a Houston Food & Wine will ever happen? Who should have bragging rights as the best city for food and drinks in Texas?
I wouldn't mind checking it out. I'll give Houston the nod for better food. It's a much bigger city and more diverse. Alot of the Houston restauranteurs are planting their restaurants here in Austin. As far as a festival/event town, Austin has been doing really well as you mention for the cooler music/indie events.
LMAO at Austin's food vs. Houston's. Houston wins by a mile. Austin's best restaurant is from a Houston Chef (Tyson Cole's Uchi)....and who is about to open an Uchi on Westheimer near Montrose.
