Another way to tell if you're in Houston is if every taxicab you see has an ad for the Men's Club on the back of it.
i love houston. i drink sprite and im sure you guys are going to be super excited when i stop driving around UH's parking lots and hit up the big freeways!
Or when you are driving down Westheimer and that same place has the balls to put up a billboard that reads: "Wine, Women and Thong".
try seattle...everyone is in NO hurry. they all drive between 50 and 60. there is no such thing as the left lane is the passing lane because the hov lane is the left lane and people drive slow in there. during rush hour you will be behind cars going 45 in all 4 lanes...when im finally able to cut someone off there is 1 mile of clear driving space in front of them foolowed by another group of cars going 45 blocking all the lanes... serentiy now
i've lived in houston all my life, and im sorry, but the city sucks...houston's supposedly one of, if not the richest city in the U.S., and we have nothing to show for it...have any of you been to nyc, chicago, san francisco, seattle, etc.....well, there "downtown" area actually has stuff to do other than stare at big a** office buildings... this city needs to spend some of its money on the city...
Sometimes I wonder if I really am from Texas (even though I was born in San Antonio and have lived in different parts of Texas all my life except for six months in Connecticut). I don't say "ya'll" or "fixin" and I don't refer to any soft drink as a "coke" (I say "soda"). I feel like such a freak.
DoD: Lol, that is so true. I grew up to jokes about East Texas weather b eing unpredictable. Go to Boston... and guess what? Same damn jokes.
Much of that is changing now. You have to remember that for years the city's business community was dominated by businesses that needed lots of blue collar workers to work in factories and refineries, in particular. That meant a need for inexpensive housing mostly on the outskirts of town. In the mid 80's, downtown office capacity was running at only 25 percent. It is near 95 percent now even with Enron going down. After the oil bust of the 80's, the city had to diversify. The combination of the changeover from blue collar to white collar employment needs and the increase in citizens desire to move closer to the inner city (which, by the way, is a trend not exclusive to Houston - see Cleveland, Baltimore, Indianapolis, etc) has caused big business and government to place a much greater emphasis on the inner city which has, in turn, brought more residential living and typical downtown amenities like restaurants and clubs. In five years, there will be a new arena, the baseball field, an expanded convention center, a new convention center hotel, 5 more commercial hotels, 3 new skyscrapers, 4 new parks, light rail, even more theater seats including the new Hobby Center for the arts, an expansion of Bayou Place (retail shops and retaurants), a huge acquarium restaurant where a fire station used to be, better non-parallel parking and tons of new residential, retail and commercial development including a 1 million square foot retail development across the freeway from Astros Field. You won't recognize the place. Check http://www.downtowndistrict.org/ for more information.
