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Wrong word choice, I should not have said catagories. I should have said that Houston should be(for a city of its size) killing KC in the debate that this thread has come to (cosmopolitan feeling, urban core, non suburban feel, ect).
You do know as well as I do, cities like Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix, and Dallas lose every CD poll.
Kansas City is more walk friendly, is more politically liberal (as white people view the term liberal), and has a better downtown. Thats all CD really cares about.
It doesn't matter that Houston is much more worldly, diverse, is between a beach and a pine forrest, has better food (Im sorry, but it absolutely does), has more opportunities, and generally has a lot more going on. None of that matters as much as having a walkable downtown.
Wow, this is a pretty evenly split debate(especially if you take into account half the votes for Houston are from people who live in Texas). I personally would rather live in KC, BUT I think that Houston has a waaaay brighter future. Let's be honest, for a city that has over 2 million people, Houston should be killing KC in all categories. The only other cities that have over two million would be obliterating KC in these categories. I'm not sure if this is a props to KC for pulling it's own weight or a "you can do better" to Houston for underachieving for a city its size.
Aside from transit what areas does Houston lack compared to other cities? And how do you know where the votes are coming from?
Of course not because you don't normally research before you spew...
No I didn't, I talked about KC's top attractions and cultural events. I posted what makes KC a pretty neat city. You can do the same for Houston. I never said anything bad about Houston, I was only showing that KC is not some cultural wasteland in Kansas like most people think. And I don't think Houston is either. I have agreed with other posters. Houston is an international city while KC is a regional city. My point is that KC holds its own and actually compares quite well to much larger Houston, although it's not going to match it. That's all.
Statistically speaking, only NYC, LA, DC, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, and Miami have more global populations than Houston. However, Miami's international population is overwhelmingly from one region. Chicago's international growth is now far slower than Houston so it will get passed at some point.
All things considered Houston, will in the very near future, be the nations number 5 city for global diversity.
Cowboys driving farm trucks on 12 Lane highways. Houston is weird.
There are no Cowboys in Houston and you will never see farm trucks driving on the highways in Houston. You don't have a clue what you're talking about.
Doesn't matter; that type of suburban development is spread throughout of Houston's core, despite it's layout being particularly well designed. Instead of streets being densely built, everything seems more sprawled and spread out.
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KC looks more like San Antonio which had a DT way longer than Houston. Houston cannot be compared to KC fairly because Houston is a HUGE business center mixed with people near or in it. Houston has 31 buildings taller than 500 KC has 3.
Again, taller buildings doesn't make a city more Urban; because of those skyscrapers DT Houston can look a bit dead.
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