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I'm not sure, but I've read several times that Houston, and more specifically, Sugarland/Ft. Bend County, is the most ethnically diverse region in the country in recent years.
1. Climate: That's a tough one. All have summer heat. Houston and Dallas both get rain fall. San Antonio, Austin and El Paso are a lot drier, so whichever you prefer in this case.
2. Vibe: It really depends. Being that Houston is extremely diverse, you can always feel ethnically at home. But as for friendly people, Austin gets the the throne.
3. Multicultural: Without a doubt, and lightyears ahead of the other four, Houston all the way. Houston has been named the most diverse metropolis in the nation, and I am not surprised at all. Personally, I'm from Venezuela and only other city in America with as big of a Venezuelan population is Miami, for example. Houston has all the ethnic neighborhoods. Chinatown, Little India, Koreatown, Little Nigeria, Little Saigon and Little Persia. The Asia Society is located here (others are located in NYC, San Fran, LA and DC). Food from all over the world, cultural events from all over the world. Flights to all inhabitable continents. You get it.
4. Affordable: DFW and San Antonio probably take these.
5. Livable: Traffic: Definitely not Houston. Houston has horrible traffic. the rest are about even. Slow paced living: San Antonio.
6. Nature: If what you're looking for is land, San Antonio. If you're looking for parks: Houston.
7. History. Depends on the kind of History. all 5 metros have their own.
8. Location: Houston is the only to have its own beaches. While Galveston is super fun with everything it has to offer, the sand isn't white. The white sand starts in Corpus Christi, 3 hours away. San Antonio is the closest to Corpus and down to South Padre Island. Houston has the casino town of Lake Charles within 2 hours, so if you're a gambler, there you go.
Even the "reliable source" you sent stated how the Nigerian population dominates all other countries. check it out.
Thats irrelevant. The data, directly from the census, shows specifically that Houston's African immigrant population is 8th in the US. Its behind all other other cities I mentioned. Its comparable in size to Philadelphia.
The department of immigration numbers I posted show that Houston where Houston is to its peers in immigration of Africans.
What Peter posted exactly is the African immigration from 2008-2012. Houston already had a higher immigration # than Dallas. Lets get that straight. In the article as well. But by numbers that were there before, Houston has been high for a long time. Peter is posting something that has numbers so idiots like yourself will only see those and think that's the full population. the article states IMMIGRATION FROM 2008-2012
Yeah, because 2012 was 100 years ago. I'm sOoOoOo certain the numbers have changed DRAMATICALLY since then!!!
What Peter posted exactly is the African immigration from 2008-2012. Houston already had a higher immigration # than Dallas. Lets get that straight. In the article as well. But by numbers that were there before, Houston has been high for a long time. Peter is posting something that has numbers so idiots like yourself will only see those and think that's the full population. the article states IMMIGRATION FROM 2008-2012
Again, no.
Ill walk you through it sir. Click on the link below:
Thats irrelevant. The data, directly from the census, shows specifically that Houston's African immigrant population is 8th in the US. Its behind all other other cities I mentioned. Its comparable in size to Philadelphia.
The department of immigration numbers I posted show that Houston where Houston is to its peers in immigration of Africans.
I now remember where I've seen you before. You came on a previous article comparing Houston's Little India to Chicago's Little India. Dallas, of course, doesn't have a Little India, but you tried throwing it in the conversation about its population even though it had nothing to do with what the article was stating.
This may refresh your memory. Anyway, this article is reaching an impasse. And at this point I don't care who has a higher African population. But I'd like you to take a look back at this.
This may refresh your memory. Anyway, this article is reaching an impasse. And at this point I don't care who has a higher African population. But I'd like you to take a look back at this.
I do remember it, and if you want to talk about it more, we can go back to the thread.
How are we reaching an impasse? An impasse is reached because people have a difference of subjective opinion.
This isn't a difference of opinion. This is something that can be factually proven. Houston's African population is not as large as NYC, DC, Atlanta, Minneapolis, LA, Dallas, or Boston. Thats not an impasse, thats a fact thats proven by data. You could have just said Houston was the most diverse city in Texas (since thats what the topic was about) and left it at that and you would have been correct. Instead, you tried to shoot for the moon and it didn't work out.
Again, I don't disagree. It is still significantly humid than Houston.
You can have two things that are both one thing, but one significantly more than the other. For example, LA and New York are both big, but one is bigger than the other.
No one should be jealous of Houston or Dallas' summers. They're both bad. So you look for silver linings. In Dallas, that was the evening where things were relatively dry and it cooled down. In Houston, it cools down but the humidity stays. Theres nothing to look forward to.
So after a couple of years, if not more, of posting that Houston has the most miserable summers (without any qualifiers) Your position is now that Houston has the more miserable summer nights which of course is hard to prove or disprove since they stop calculating heat indexes when the temps drop into the mid 70's. So I guess you have your little data-less sweet spot now and you can post to your hearts delight your personal anecdotes and subjective empirical observations. Don't get too dizzy with the spin..
There are some Nigerian sources that say that Houston has 200,000 Nigerians.
Well...we dont.
According to the census, we have 22,000 Nigerian nationals living here. That number is high since, as I previously mentioned, its 2nd in the US only to NYC.
Thats the official word. It doesnt matter what "some sources" might say. If its not from the census or INS, its not worthy:
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