Houston.. a metaphor (Dallas, Austin, Howe: new construction, mold, rating)

[houstonfan]

Originally Posted by justme02

My dad (who lives in Houston) always said:

Houston was the girl with a great personality, caring nature, and who could cook well, but couldnt get a date.

Dallas was like the high school cheerleader that became a trophy wife.

Austin is the girl who thinks she is different and rebellous, but really isnt. She actually really wants to be the cheerleader (or Dallas in this metaphor).

Your dad's a smart man. Dallas and Austin are especially true. Nothing weird about Austin, rather boring city, trying to look for an identity. They can try and try to keep it weird, but it's pretty mainstream.

[HouTXmetro]

Houston, the girl who looked decent but just never stood out, never really fixed herself up. But once she did make herself up she looks Amazing and her personality tops it off. You finally realize what a jewel she is.... "marriage" material".

[bigpapasmurf76]

I don't get all the Austin-bashing by people living in Houston. I've lived in Houston for the first 24 years of my life. It's a perfectly fine city (by American standards). I've been in and out of Austin all my life because of my family out there, so I've probably spent 6 months of combined time out there, so I know it pretty well. Austin is what it is: overrated, yet still pretty great if you like outdoors activities and an abundance of local music, among other things.

I understand that it being overrated leads a lot of Houstonians to overcompensate by criticizing Austin more harshly to the point that it's unrealistic (I've heard Houstonians say it's "the worst city in Texas!"), but it just comes off as sort of insecure. Because, really, a Houstonian calling Austin boring? You or I could definitely call Austin a lot of things (overrated, not diverse, horrible infrastructure, lack of "higher arts", etc.), but boring really isn't one of them. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of things to do in Houston, it's just I have found that I always have to try harder to have fun here (having nothing in the way of enjoyable hikes or water-based activities or camping is a big difference).

I think we should be proud of our decent, diverse, underrated city and let people think what they want to about how awesome Austin is and how horrible Houston is, and not resort to hyperbole. It makes us sound like we secretly believe all the hype.

[houstonfan]

^^ Austin is a very pretty city, it has rolling hills instead of being flat like Houston. It is better for outdoor activities. It is a good city on its own merits. What it isn't is rebellious and weird like they tout it to be. It's less diverese, less edgy than houston. I get tired of Austinites and UT Austin grads telling others it's utopia and the coolest city in the world.

[David Dollar]

Originally Posted by houstonfan

^^ Austin is a very pretty city, it has rolling hills instead of being flat like Houston. It is better for outdoor activities. It is a good city on its own merits. What it isn't is rebellious and weird like they tout it to be. It's less diverese, less edgy than houston. I get tired of Austinites and UT Austin grads telling others it's utopia and the coolest city in the world.

Really? How? Houston is a very tame city. It doesn't have much edge to it at all. Midtown, Uptown, Washington Ave, Rice Village? All we have is Montrose which is quickly becoming the next Washington Ave.

Austin screams edgy with 6th Street, SXSW, the Warehouse district, food truck scene, etc.

[Truth713]

OMG you people act like ass and tittes come flying out of women skirts at night and , on the spot concerns can happen at any second, and you go to place X and mobs of people break out into dances on random. Instant mardi gra ...most america cities are tamed to people who have actually been to real party cities, where anything can really happen..
It like watching to attractive but ulimately average looking women , try to disss each other over who's not pretty enough to be on america next top model !!!

maybe on a decent night out you might come across . the drunk college girl willing to dance on top of a table, but when you have been to cities where women walk around with their breast out, and people have sex behind every slightly hidden area, we will talk , when you walk into the mens room to take a leak and a couple are going at it , we will talk. when random woman X is grinding so hard on you its basicly sex with cloths on and when the song is over she disappears into the crowd leaving on a very nice memeory, we will talk..sorry but this whole Houston is tamed, no Austin is tame back and forth eriks anybody who has ever partyed outside the US

[David Dollar]

Originally Posted by Truth713

OMG you people act like ass and tittes come flying out of women skirts at night and , on the spot concerns can happen at any second, and you go to place X and mobs of people break out into dances on random. Instant mardi gra ...most america cities are tamed to people who have actually been to real party cities, where anything can really happen..
It like watching to attractive but ulimately average looking women , try to disss each other over who's not pretty enough to be on america next top model !!!

maybe on a decent night out you might come across . the drunk college girl willing to dance on top of a table, but when you have been to cities where women walk around with their breast out, and people have sex behind every slightly hidden area, we will talk , when you walk into the mens room to take a leak and a couple are going at it , we will talk. when random woman X is grinding so hard on you its basicly sex with cloths on and when the song is over she disappears into the crowd leaving on a very nice memeory, we will talk..sorry but this whole Houston is tamed, no Austin is tame back and forth eriks anybody who has ever partyed outside the US

Did an adult write this?

[Truth713]

Originally Posted by David Dollar

Did an adult write this?

I don't know do adults sit there and go back and forth about who's city is tame ? Someone does not like your city. Get over it there are people in life who do not like you. You going to go on a spree about how great you are !?

[swanstone1]

ahhh maybe NOW is the time to write that book about Houston that has been kept under wraps for a while. Houston has never been boring. Maybe not everyone is exposed to certain elements....but just because you don't personally live it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. That applies to any place on the planet.

I personally fled the state because TOO much excitement was there!

[David Dollar]

Originally Posted by Truth713

I don't know do adults sit there and go back and forth about who's city is tame ? Someone does not like your city. Get over it there are people in life who do not like you. You going to go on a spree about how great you are !?

They do on forums where the point is discuss and debate.