What do you like most about Houston?? (Beaumont, Galveston: house, contractors)

[I LOVE NORTH CAROLINA]

Originally Posted by D-Towner

You might be sorry about all the trash you talked about Texas if some cannibalistic appalachian mountain men start stalking you while you're living in the higher elevations of north carolina.

Or maybe they would sorry they messed with me

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by EasilyAmused

The best examples of Houston's character was after the hurricane when you saw young and old, wealthy and poor getting out together and clearing major roads, and cutting trees out of neighbor's houses. BBQs occured on the streets. No one waited around to have things "taken care" of for them...they went out and took care of it themselves. No whinners. And no looting occured. That in itself was amazing and spoke a lot about the community as a whole.

Absolutely! My family is new to this area and we were so impressed. After the hurricane, all of our neighbors in Sugar Land were outside cleaning up within a day. Houston is such a "get it done" city...except for mass transit, apparently, but no city is perfect.

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by Topaz

Houston is such a "get it done" city...except for mass transit, apparently, but no city is perfect.

There's a will to do it but too many NIMBYs that are well-connected in local politics. It's viewed as a bringer of crime in the rich neighborhoods and a bringer of gentrification in the poor neighborhoods.

In time though, it's gonna happen, and people are gonna get used to it. They might even come to like it.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by EasilyAmused

The best examples of Houston's character was after the hurricane when you saw young and old, wealthy and poor getting out together and clearing major roads, and cutting trees out of neighbor's houses. BBQs occured on the streets. No one waited around to have things "taken care" of for them...they went out and took care of it themselves. No whinners. And no looting occured. That in itself was amazing and spoke a lot about the community as a whole.

One of the absolute best things about Houston!
And all this was happening when (most of us at least) still had no electricity, no a/c and spoiled food in the fridge.

[D-Towner]

Originally Posted by AK123

One of the absolute best things about Houston!
And all this was happening when (most of us at least) still had no electricity, no a/c and spoiled food in the fridge.

I like Houston...I long for the day when we see a Texas Rangers/Houston Astros World Series and a maybe a Houston Texans/Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl.

[I LOVE NORTH CAROLINA]

Originally Posted by D-Towner

I like Houston...I long for the day when we see a Texas Rangers/Houston Astros World Series and a maybe a Houston Texans/Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl.

Hey I'll go for the Cowboys/Texans Super Bowl Of course the Cowboys will win, because they are the best in Texas!

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by I LOVE NORTH CAROLINA

Hey I'll go for the Cowboys/Texans Super Bowl Of course the Cowboys will win, because they are the best in Texas!

Cowboys/Texans all-time series (in games that count) is 1-1, both unbeaten at home. Since the Texans have existed, neither has won a playoff game.

They're even IMO.

And Astros/Rangers? The Rangers can't even get there!

[HTownNearNative]

Originally Posted by I LOVE NORTH CAROLINA

Hey I'll go for the Cowboys/Texans Super Bowl Of course the Cowboys will win, because they are the best in Texas!

Sure they are.

[texasfirewheel]

I'm sorry, I didn't realize it was the worst Houston storm in modern history.



D-towner, I was also here during Carla in 1961. That was a bad one too, but not nearly so damaging and incapacitating as Ike.

[jfre81]

When does "modern history" begin? And forget Galveston for a minute - how exactly was Ike worse for Houston than, say, Alicia in '83?

Granted, with the surge Ike was pushing it'd have been a lot worse had it hit west and not east, and it wouldn't have made much of a difference in Galveston.