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Someone earlier said they both have a "beachier" feel ... and that makes perfect sense to me.
To me, LA and Miami have a more tropical resort kind of ambiance. They are more glamorous, touristy and trendy. Houston still seems like a part of the Old South and has more of a "Southern" attitude - which is a positive thing - even if Florida is a former Confederate state. Miami lost it's "southern-ness" generations ago (we used to call it "My-am-uh")
To all native Angelenos all you have to do is look up an episode from first 48 in Miami and another from Houston, and look where the detectives are driving around, tell me which one most resembles LA? Sometimes I swear Miami looks like south central in many of those episodes.
To all native Angelenos all you have to do is look up an episode from first 48 in Miami and another from Houston, and look where the detectives are driving around, tell me which one most resembles LA? Sometimes I swear Miami looks like south central in many of those episodes.
LOL so do the skylines of Cleveland and Charlotte but I never see those cities being compared as similar, Houston does not, and will not resemble LA, no matter how much you wish it would.
The difference is Houston & LA have iconic skylines/architecture & they're both among the top 4 largest US cities.
Nobody pays no mind to Cleveland or Charlotte when the topic of big city skylines are brought up. They're not even on the radar. Why, because its just not a subject worth talking about unless you live there.
Hell I was at the top of Rockafellar Center in NYC one time when I over heard a random conversation between two complete strangers about how Houston has one of the most impressive US skylines. You wouldn't hear Cleveland or Charlotte mentioned because they're not on that level.
Houston has the 3rd tallest US skyline only to Chicago.
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Houston had an increase last year of ~125K people, of which I believe ~65K (still very substantial)were transplants or Int'l immigrants. The remainder are the net of the births/deaths. Something that people don't realize is that the growth due to natural increase is as large a driver in Houston. Compare that with say a Boston or Philly where there were more deaths than births and a natural population decrease on this aspect.
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I know Houston is growing (and so are other sunbelt cities) But I had no clue it's that many people annually.
Someone earlier said they both have a "beachier" feel ... and that makes perfect sense to me.
To me, LA and Miami have a more tropical resort kind of ambiance. They are more glamorous, touristy and trendy. Houston still seems like a part of the Old South and has more of a "Southern" attitude - which is a positive thing - even if Florida is a former Confederate state. Miami lost it's "southern-ness" generations ago (we used to call it "My-am-uh")
I will say this. The Southerness is holding on to dear life in Houston. Each year that passes, the old south feel fades away. In fact, I don't get an old south feel in Houston. Some parts it may exist but not the majority. At least from my experience. Gulf Coast Southern, yeah.
The difference is Houston & LA have iconic skylines/architecture & they're both among the top 4 largest US cities.
Nobody pays no mind to Cleveland or Charlotte when the topic of big city skylines are brought up. They're not even on the radar. Why, because its just not a subject worth talking about unless you live there.
Hell I was at the top of Rockafellar Center in NYC one time when I over heard a random conversation between two complete strangers about how Houston has one of the most impressive US skylines. u wouldn't hear Cleveland or Charlotte mentioned because they're not on that level.
Houston has the 3rd tallest US skyline only to Chicago.
Sure, sure, and you just so happened to be their right, also I wouldn't call either citie's skyline as iconic.
The difference is Houston & LA have iconic skylines/architecture & they're both among the top 4 largest US cities.
Nobody pays no mind to Cleveland or Charlotte when the topic of big city skylines are brought up. They're not even on the radar. Why, because its just not a subject worth talking about unless you live there.
Hell I was at the top of Rockafellar Center in NYC one time when I over heard a random conversation between two complete strangers about how Houston has one of the most impressive US skylines. You wouldn't hear Cleveland or Charlotte mentioned because they're not on that level.
Houston has the 3rd tallest US skyline only to Chicago.
LA and Miami have a lot more in common than LA and Houston. All three have big ports. Houston is mostly petrochemical oriented, LA is mostly consumer goods with some cruise activity, and Miami has a huge amount of cruise activity and also some containers. While the oil industry used to be very big in LA, it's a very small part of the economy today. LA and Miami both have big tourism industries and celeb 'culture.' Houston doesn't really have anything in this realm. Houston is much more conservative than LA and Miami, even accounting for the aging Cubans in Miami that had to flee Castro. I understand that Houston isn't conservative by Texas standards, but it is very conservative by large city standards.
And then there is density. Miami is the most dense of the 3, but LA has over 2x as many people per square mile as Houston. Even in the most dense part of Houston, inside the loop the population density in 2010 was only 4,743/sq mile (per COH Loop 610 - Population ). The least dense region of LA after the Santa Monica Mountains is probably the San Fernando Valley. The population density in the SFV in 2000 was 6,405/sq mile. I couldn't find more recent data, but the population of the city grew so it is likely a little higher. In the ~58 square miles of Central LA (Central L.A. - Mapping L.A. - Los Angeles Times), the 2000 population density was 14,458/sq mile, on par with Miami's population density of 12,140/sq mile in 55 square miles. I guess you could compare Houston to the San Fernando Valley, but even that's probably not a good fit.
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, also I wouldn't call either citie's skyline as iconic.
