11 News: Living In Texas City Really Stinks (Houston, Galveston: crime, big house)

[jfre81]

Who is being paid to do research reaching the same conclusion I could've offered for free, and who is paying them?

There are apparently people employed or otherwise preoccupied with confirming the obvious. I really can't lie though....if they put together some kind of magazine list of the "Worst Places To Live In U.S. Under 50,000 Population" the first sign of its credibility is the presence of Texas City, Texas at or near the top. I spent much of the first 20 years of my life no more than a mile or so downwind from the refinery complex which is similar in size to the one around the Port of Houston. I have toxic waste running through my veins, I irradiate everything I touch and I lower property values just by taking a stroll through your neighborhood. In all honesty I should be exterminated for the good of mankind at large, but someone's got to live and work in the Valhalla of benzene emissions to help fill your cars and your cigarette lighters with petroleum byproducts that will burn. That's part of what big, smelly refineries do, aside from making the air smell like crap and being the scene of fatal accidents.

There are two kinds of people in Texas City - those who smell the refinery fumes and those who are used to it enough to no longer pay attention to it. They should leave somewhere and get some clean air (meaning a trip to Houston doesn't cut it ) and then go back. Also, oil refineries are loud. The best way I could describe it is if a mob of people was constantly standing on 5th Avenue South shaking milk jugs filled with marbles ...then there's the weekly testing of the sirens that go off when there's a chemical leak or something at the plants...Crime in some parts of town rival Houston's rougher areas, if lacking the near constant stream of murders of the Fondren Southwest area. In Texas City, either you work for the plants, you're an overpaid administrator for one of the schools, you commute a good ways to work, or you're poor and barely able to afford a house worth maybe $65K.

In a nutshell, my hometown is a veritable hellhole, and more than likely I can produce a large abstraction of statistics to lend credibility to this viewpoint if asked to. If you hate where you live, wherever that is, you might be relieved to know you can do better.

But if you want to buy a big house for under 100 grand and you don't care about anything else, you might try looking around there. And it's close to Galveston, whose citizens get a nice view of the industrial skyline of TC from Harborside Drive, Seawolf Park etc...

Anyone else here who either has lived and/or works (or lives and/or works) in Texas City? Or am I the only one shameless enough to admit it?

[arbucle]

Bravo ,I think you summed it up nicely!. Indeed a hell on earth!

[Wysiwyg]

a houstonian rationalizing the existence of a place where he (used to) live or has investments in and pointing out 'even rougher' sections of texas to imply his town ain't THAT bad compared to those? nothing new in these boards

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by Wysiwyg

a houstonian rationalizing the existence of a place where he (used to) live or has investments in and pointing out 'even rougher' sections of texas to imply his town ain't THAT bad compared to those? nothing new in these boards

Yup. So even though you hate where you live, Wizzy, I'm here to let you know you could do worse.

[Wysiwyg]

Originally Posted by jfre81

Yup. So even though you hate where you live, Wizzy, I'm here to let you know you could do worse.

yup. i'll work on my texan line of thinking

[tstone]

Originally Posted by Wysiwyg

a houstonian rationalizing the existence of a place where he (used to) live or has investments in and pointing out 'even rougher' sections of texas to imply his town ain't THAT bad compared to those? nothing new in these boards

Actually what I got was this:

Some of Tx City is as big of a ****hole as some of the SW side.

Looks like he's being a double hater above all else.

That is another common word used here, too.

I'll throw in more hate and say LaMarque is essentially no better than Tx city.

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by tstone

Actually what I got was this:

Some of Tx City is as big of a ****hole as some of the SW side.

Only partly correct. There are no refineries in Fondren Southwest

[newnew2008]

Overall Houston is no place for anyone other than those who were born here! Racism/Hate is profusely widespread. Houston is similar to some parts of south eastern states GA. SC. NC. VA. these people just don't want nothing out of life. I have been reading a lot of posts on people trying to make Houston out to be what it is not! Any city can build clubs/bars/boutiques/restaurants/malls etc...and the small amount of mexicans, asians, and even fewer african americans including those who evcauated from New Orleans does not make the city cosmopolitan or other. The fact remains the entire city of Houston has more caucasians than any other race it is instilled with an air of racism/hate that lingers throughout the entire city and all its surrounding areas/suburbs like smog in Los Angeles!

[EasilyAmused]

How many threads are you going to post that Houston is RACIST? Enough already. Racial aversion may exist in parts of the northern burbs, but I've never heard or seen anyone I know in Houston be blatantly racist towards anyone. Yes, the races stick to their own residental neighborhoods, but each race likes it that way. That's everywhere, not just Houston.
I'm sorry that you've had this experience here, but I will strongly disagree with you.

And if you think the population of Mexicans in Houston is small, you obviously haven't driven around much. They rule the minority ranks.

[bostoner]

Friday you asked:

Originally Posted by newnew2008

Hello to all,

Is the Champions/Klein/Woodlands area diverse? How diverse is the Champions/Klein/Woodlands area? What is the nightlife like in these areas in terms of peace and quiet? We are in our late 30's and do not care for the loud nightlife.

Today is Sunday and you said:

Originally Posted by newnew2008

Overall Houston is no place for anyone other than those who were born here! Racism/Hate is profusely widespread. Houston is similar to some parts of south eastern states GA. SC. NC. VA. these people just don't want nothing out of life. I have been reading a lot of posts on people trying to make Houston out to be what it is not! Any city can build clubs/bars/boutiques/restaurants/malls etc...and the small amount of mexicans, asians, and even fewer african americans including those who evcauated from New Orleans does not make the city cosmopolitan or other. The fact remains the entire city of Houston has more caucasians than any other race it is instilled with an air of racism/hate that lingers throughout the entire city and all its surrounding areas/suburbs like smog in Los Angeles!

How did you arrive at the conclusion that Houston is rampant with racism (and has more Caucasians than any other race???) within two days?