Houston metro area continues torrid growth ! (The Woodlands, Conroe: schools, housing, land)

[DSL_PWR]

Originally Posted by Bike4Life

Yep. I just drove down on Grand Parkway 99 and traffic was already backed up on Saturday!

been that way for months now.

[KerrTown]

I have observed that most of the new Houston residents are from small towns/cities in Texas or from other Southern states (usually the economically laggard Deep South states of LA, MS, and AL). The California/Yankee migration has stopped, compared to the torrents 5-10 years ago from those places.

[NewYorkiforniainHouston]

It's to the point that when I now see out of state plates on horrendously packed 290 the only words I think of are Go.Home. Same when I see another "O hai I'm moving to Hou in a few weeks and......" threads

[SouthernBoy205]

Originally Posted by NewYorkiforniainHouston

It's to the point that when I now see out of state plates on horrendously packed 290 the only words I think of are Go.Home. Same when I see another "O hai I'm moving to Hou in a few weeks and......" threads

Aren't you a transplant?

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Originally Posted by KerrTown

I have observed that most of the new Houston residents are from small towns/cities in Texas or from other Southern states (usually the economically laggard Deep South states of LA, MS, and AL). The California/Yankee migration has stopped, compared to the torrents 5-10 years ago from those places.

We aren't seeing that at all where I am, we're still getting tons of wannabe hippies from CA and WA who are trying to escape.

[ColdAilment]

Houston needs to address this growing population with a more systematic metro rail line. It's gotten too big to rely on freeways.

[cheryjohns]

Am I the only one that think the article's use of the word "torrid" is funny?

[ColdAilment]

Originally Posted by cheryjohns

Am I the only one that think the article's use of the word "torrid" is funny?

I actually have to agree with you. Complete wrong word choice.

tor·rid
ˈtôrəd,ˈtärəd/
adjective
adjective: torrid

1. 1.
   very hot and dry.
   "the torrid heat of the afternoon"
   synonyms:hot, dry, scorching, searing, blazing, blistering, sweltering, burning, sultry; Moreinformalboiling (hot), baking (hot), sizzling
   "a torrid summer"
   
   
   
   antonyms:cold, wet
   
   
   • full of passionate or highly charged emotions arising from sexual love.
     "a torrid love affair"
     synonyms:passionate, ardent, lustful, amorous; Moreinformalsteamy, sultry, sizzling, hot
     "a torrid affair"
     
     
     
     antonyms:passionless
     
     
   
   
   
   
2. 2.
   full of difficulty or tribulation.
   "Wall Street is in for a torrid time in the next few weeks"
   
   
   
   

[Htown2013]

Originally Posted by ColdAilment

I actually have to agree with you. Complete wrong word choice.

tor·rid
ˈtôrəd,ˈtärəd/
adjective
adjective: torrid

1. 1.
   very hot and dry.
   "the torrid heat of the afternoon"
   synonyms:hot, dry, scorching, searing, blazing, blistering, sweltering, burning, sultry; Moreinformalboiling (hot), baking (hot), sizzling
   "a torrid summer"
   
   
   
   antonyms:cold, wet
   
   
   • full of passionate or highly charged emotions arising from sexual love.
     "a torrid love affair"
     synonyms:passionate, ardent, lustful, amorous; Moreinformalsteamy, sultry, sizzling, hot
     "a torrid affair"
     
     
     
     antonyms:passionless
     
     
   
   
   
   
2. 2.
   full of difficulty or tribulation.
   "Wall Street is in for a torrid time in the next few weeks"
   
   
   
   

Torrid can describe Houston in the summer.

[ColdAilment]

Originally Posted by Htown2013

Torrid can describe Houston in the summer.

Sure, but it doesn't describe the growth of Houston. "Houston metro area continues torrid growth!" is pretty wrong in all aspects of English. Maybe rapid as an alternative word choice?