Moving to Houston and very concerned!! (San Antonio, Austin: live, light rail, eat)
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Location: The land of sugar... previously Houston and Austin
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Originally Posted by Jayden1978
Oh wow, yeah so im going to waste my time signing up and posting this question and my concerns just for the heck of right and to annoy people right
Oh, you'd be surprised.
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Originally Posted by triwing
To the OP, you've heard some exaggerated stories. That said, nobody could pay me enough to live in Houston.
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Originally Posted by Yonkers
Thanks for coming into our forum and sharing that. Appreciate it.
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Originally Posted by triwing
No, it's pretty dumb for you to make assumptions about a total stranger, such as myself, whom you've never met.
I don't care that Houston is the fourth largest city in America. I do not like it and there is NO WHERE in or around Houston I want to live. I simply don't like that part of Texas. I don't like the weather there and I don't like the swamp-like geography. I also don't like the traffic and even considering the nice parts of Houston, to me the city has this overall working-class vibe that's not for me. Maybe it being a major port city, and the fourth largest city in the country, has something to do with it.
Fine, but is it really necessary for the snide comments?
I don't know about others, but I get really tired of this Austitude. Maybe because I used to live in Austin and don't see how it's so dramatically different from Houston to justify this "I won't touch Houston with a 100-ft pole" attitude. To someone from another state especially, the weather is not that different (they're 2.5 hours apart, not on opposite ends of the state), the traffic is almost as bad, and it has major growing pains and has something of an identity crisis these days. And working-class vibe in Houston? That's news to me. But then again, I have no reason to frequent the more working-class areas like Channelview, Baytown, etc. Sounds like a bunch of snobbery... that's why Austin is starting to get that rep as a "little Dallas."
I don't bash on anyone's city. But, I honestly don't see what Austin has to be proud of above anyone else city. Lots of cities in Texas have things to be proud of. The attitude of some people in Austin just makes me laugh. I guess if you say something enough, you start to believe it.
This is a stupid thread with alot of stupid comments....yes Houston has a large hispanic population. Any border state has many Hispanics. Texas is a border state! You certainly do not have to speak Spanish to live here unless you really want to converse with your yard man and cleaning lady.
Fine, but is it really necessary for the snide comments?
I don't know about others, but I get really tired of this Austitude. Maybe because I used to live in Austin and don't see how it's so dramatically different from Houston to justify this "I won't touch Houston with a 100-ft pole" attitude. To someone from another state especially, the weather is not that different (they're 2.5 hours apart, not on opposite ends of the state), the traffic is almost as bad, and it has major growing pains and has something of an identity crisis these days. And working-class vibe in Houston? That's news to me. But then again, I have no reason to frequent the more working-class areas like Channelview, Baytown, etc. Sounds like a bunch of snobbery... that's why Austin is starting to get that rep as a "little Dallas."
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I don't bash on anyone's city. But, I honestly don't see what Austin has to be proud of above anyone else city. Lots of cities in Texas have things to be proud of. The attitude of some people in Austin just makes me laugh. I guess if you say something enough, you start to believe it.
Wait, sense Houston's getting bashed, we should turn around and attack Austin? This was really unnecessary and unprovoked. I have also lived in both towns, and they are quite different in many respects. I love and different things about both towns and there many appealing factors that you can find in Austin that you can't find Houston. Just because they don't appeal to YOU doesn't make it true for everyone.
Houston like Mexico City? HAHAHAHAHAHA. Having spent a very good amount of time in Mexico City myself, I can tell you that the two are nothing alike.
I happen to like Mexico City more than Houston. I really don't see much bad about it. It's an amazing place with a ton of stuff to do. One of my favorite places ever!!! What exactly shocked you about the conditions? Mexico City really is not that poor. It's not like it's part of the third world of anything,
Ok, yes, a lot of people speak Spanish and no English in Houston, but they are certainly NOT the majority. You do not need to be bilingual here in order to get a job but, like everywhere, it certainly helps....it just helps a lot MORE if you are bilingual in Houston.
It sounds like you heard about Houston from someone who knows absolutely nothing about this city. VERY inaccurate information.
I think you are just afraid of being around non-white people because you come from a place that is probably totally white and your ideas of other races comes from rap videos and images of cholos rollin in the hood in low rider cadillacs with hydraulics, doing drive-by shootings. Houston has more Hispanics than whites or blacks or any other race, but the majority of those Hispanics have been born here and have been raised American, albeit probably in a Hispanic household. That doesn't mean they drink tequila every night and dance around a sombrero. They are Americans.
Last edited by glorplaxy; 01-28-2010 at 05:15 PM..
Let me say one thing! I have nothing against diversity and i'm not looking for "white america" so to speak! What i am concerned about is if the majority of the population where i live drain services, overpopulate schools and hospitals and have no interest in learning english or adapting to our way of life and then having to be bilingual to even have a chance of getting a job! I have seen what it has done to a place and its just so wrong!
Actually you have a great point there. I completely agree with you.
It dosen't apply to entire Houston, but it certainly does apply to some areas.
But that's why you don't want to move to Houston proper. You want to move to the suburbs with nice schools etc. That's probably something almost anybody on here would recommend.
Wait, sense Houston's getting bashed, we should turn around and attack Austin? This was really unnecessary and unprovoked. I have also lived in both towns, and they are quite different in many respects. I love and different things about both towns and there many appealing factors that you can find in Austin that you can't find Houston. Just because they don't appeal to YOU doesn't make it true for everyone.
I don't care that Houston is the fourth largest city in America. I do not like it and there is NO WHERE in or around Houston I want to live. I simply don't like that part of Texas. I don't like the weather there and I don't like the swamp-like geography.
Wow, where did YOU learn geography? Most of Houston is flat coastal prairie & piney woods. Only a small portion on the East/Southeast side near the ship channel where the smallest portion of Houston's population lives you may find some "swamp like" areas.
Although I included you in the comment, I guess it was more directed at AK than you. But I got your point. Your saying that you don't get the "Austin attitude" of superiority and it doesn't really offer anything special that you can't find in any other Texas city (which isn't true). But not all Austinites have a superiority complex toward other Texas cities. I think the "Austin attitude" is a bit exaggerated on C-D.
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