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It's definitely urbanizing, as is every other city, but there's just something about Houston that, in my experience as being millennial, is just not as appealing. I can't fully articulate why, but I've yet to meet a young person who wants to move there. I know people who I grew up with in LA that have moved to Austin and Dallas and it seems like a lot of people from Louisville have friends that have moved to Austin and Dallas, but I've never heard of anyone saying they have friends that moved to Houston. Some people from KY have goals of moving to Dallas, but I've never heard anyone having a goal of moving to Houston. I think the stereotype of it being an oil city hurts it. The fact that it is still in the process of urbanizing is unappealing. Possibly the weather. Miami and Houston and New Orleans and Tampa are all hot and humid southern cities, but Houston doesn't have the beaches like Miami or Tampa and it doesn't have the fun, unique, lively culture like New Orleans. The recent vote against LGBT protections probably hurt the city a lot too, since most young people want to live in a city where all people are welcome and accepted. The gays and liberals won't be flocking to a place that denies human rights. I could see the rush to NC quickly slowing down because of their bill as well. If you're going to move to Texas for the low COL, good employment prospects, and warm weather, you might as well move to a place that is also more liberal and welcoming of the gay community like Dallas and Austin. I know Houston has a lesbian mayor, but that vote tarnished the view of Houston to a lot of people I think.
Don't get me wrong, though. I'm sure Houston would be just as great to live in as any other city mentioned here. It's a massive city so it's easy to find your niche and friends with so many people in so many neighborhoods across a huge swath of land. But the reasons I mentioned against Houston are possibly what's keeping it from becoming a magnet for millennials like other cities.
I totally agree with this statement. I go to college in LA and people constantly crap on Houston (not just the students from LA but from all over the country), yet dallas seems to have a pretty descent reputation with millennials, not really sure why. One would think that since Houston is the largest city in Texas that it would be looked at as attractive to millennials. I heard that in Dallas their uptown is "hip", full of patio bars and trendy restaurants, maybe that is why?
Yeah because San Antonio, Austin, Houston, and Dallas are so mountainous, temperate and dry. And Tampa too.
You completely missed the point. I could have picked any reason out of thin air, and it would have been more accurate than white people being afraid of latin culture. Next time I'll use the sarcasm emoticon.
It's definitely urbanizing, as is every other city, but there's just something about Houston that, in my experience as being millennial, is just not as appealing. I can't fully articulate why, but I've yet to meet a young person who wants to move there. I know people who I grew up with in LA that have moved to Austin and Dallas and it seems like a lot of people from Louisville have friends that have moved to Austin and Dallas, but I've never heard of anyone saying they have friends that moved to Houston. Some people from KY have goals of moving to Dallas, but I've never heard anyone having a goal of moving to Houston. I think the stereotype of it being an oil city hurts it. The fact that it is still in the process of urbanizing is unappealing. Possibly the weather. Miami and Houston and New Orleans and Tampa are all hot and humid southern cities, but Houston doesn't have the beaches like Miami or Tampa and it doesn't have the fun, unique, lively culture like New Orleans. The recent vote against LGBT protections probably hurt the city a lot too, since most young people want to live in a city where all people are welcome and accepted. The gays and liberals won't be flocking to a place that denies human rights. I could see the rush to NC quickly slowing down because of their bill as well. If you're going to move to Texas for the low COL, good employment prospects, and warm weather, you might as well move to a place that is also more liberal and welcoming of the gay community like Dallas and Austin. I know Houston has a lesbian mayor, but that vote tarnished the view of Houston to a lot of people I think.
Don't get me wrong, though. I'm sure Houston would be just as great to live in as any other city mentioned here. It's a massive city so it's easy to find your niche and friends with so many people in so many neighborhoods across a huge swath of land. But the reasons I mentioned against Houston are possibly what's keeping it from becoming a magnet for millennials like other cities.
LOL, or it could be that Flat, Hot and Humid doesn't suit a lot young people.
I don't disagree with that, but I don't think that explains the disproportionate hate Miami gets compared to other cities on the forums, which is what I was talking about, if you read more carefully. I don't think young people are threatened by latino culture per se, that's not really what I meant to communicate -- by and large young people are very open. But I do think that a not-insignificant reason Miami gets on C-D is that a lot of people are threatened by the prevalence of latino culture in general. I think it's apparent in many users' posts, and just knowing how the makeup of our country is in general. But that's just one factor for why Miami gets hate on here, I think that is combined with the fact that people feel excluded and like they couldn't be a part of the city even if they wanted to because of the difficulty of getting a high-paying job.
As for why Miami isn't often picked as a city for young people specifically, it has more to do with the tough job market there and disparity between pay and COL (there's a post in the Miami forum on how the gap there between median income and cost needed to live comfortably as a single person is the largest in the U.S.)
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I don't disagree with that, but I don't think that explains the disproportionate hate Miami gets compared to other cities on the forums, which is what I was talking about, if you read more carefully. I don't think young people are threatened by latino culture per se, that's not really what I meant to communicate -- by and large young people are very open. But I do think that a not-insignificant reason Miami gets on C-D is that a lot of people are threatened by the prevalence of latino culture in general. I think it's apparent in many of people's posts, and just knowing how the makeup of our country is in general. But that's just one factor for why Miami gets hate on here, I think that is combined with the fact that people feel excluded and like they couldn't be a part of the city even if they wanted to because of the difficulty of getting a high-paying job.
As for why Miami isn't often picked as a city for young people specifically, it has more to do with the tough job market there and disparity between pay and COL (there's a post in the Miami forum on how the gap there between median income and cost needed to live comfortably as a single person is the largest in the U.S.)
Miami is just the perfect example of the decline of America. And no, I don't mean Latinos. I mean the disgusting opulence, lack of ethics, and narcissism, shared by all races that live in the place.
Miami is just the perfect example of the decline of America. And no, I don't mean Latinos. I mean the disgusting opulence, lack of ethics, and narcissism, shared by all races that live in the place.
Have you ever spent a minute in the city of Miami? Miami is not South Beach, which happens to be in the city of Miami Beach.
Miami is just the perfect example of the decline of America. And no, I don't mean Latinos. I mean the disgusting opulence, lack of ethics, and narcissism, shared by all races that live in the place.
Perfect example of the type of hyperbole you see on C-D whenever Miami is discussed.
Perfect example of the type of hyperbole you see on C-D whenever Miami is discussed.
It's not hyperbole if it's true. Just a disgusting town on so many levels, most prominent of which being the cultural one.
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