Houston kinda grossed me out (Dallas, Katy: new house, school, cost of living)

[BrooklynTx]

If there is anything worse than living in New York, it's driving in Jersey. Barriers in the middle of roads usually make for having to drive an additional 5 miles just to turn around. Never mind the labyrinth approach to road/"turnpike" construction. Why use a straight line when one can design a circle? Well, a freak'n circle allows for all those tax dollars to be used!

The best part of Jersey is that if you keep driving you'll eventually be in Pennsylvania.

[Mr. Krinkle]

I know exacly with th OP is talking about. It's the feeder roads, billboards, and miles of tacky looking strip malls that makes the freeways (and Houston) look ugly. Most other states don't have this system.

Like others have said you could live inside the city to avoid the freeways all together. Other than that, you may want to try Conroe or Montgomery with the rural roads. However, I have a feeling you would get bored out there if you are a single guy.

[hopeelaine]

Try out Pheonix, AZ... it might suit you

[meet4]

Originally Posted by C2H (ComingtoHouston)

Nice try at your attempt to play victim but i don't buy it. Everything "bad" that you needed to say about Houston was said in your title. There's other ways to say that a city doesn't suit you. Using the word "gross" is a very negative and demeaning description. Houston takes alot of unfair bashing from outsiders and from peope in it's own family (state). Overall, I think Houstonians have a right to be sensitive.


I'm with P & S, just do another thread with the same title except replace the word Houston with any other city. See how "sensitive" people really are.

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I always thought that C&D is informational site with forums. Bit more civilized Craiglist. So people from other cities/countries can come and write their opinions so other people can benefit from it. You guys are acting like there should be just patriotic, balanced, unbiased, always keep positive style posts....

I can tell you such super positive posts are quite useless and I would say they go against the spirit of information site for non-locals. If I would be considering moving to Houston I would be looking for controversies/negatives... I can find positives myself or read about them in any city sponsored page or tourist book.

Why don't you create houstoncirclejerk.com forums for people that are overly sensitive and offended by threads here?

[Spade]

Originally Posted by Mr. Krinkle

I know exacly with th OP is talking about. It's the feeder roads, billboards, and miles of tacky looking strip malls that makes the freeways (and Houston) look ugly. Most other states don't have this system.

Like others have said you could live inside the city to avoid the freeways all together. Other than that, you may want to try Conroe or Montgomery with the rural roads. However, I have a feeling you would get bored out there if you are a single guy.

These are the number 1 things that make Houston has this perception. I HATE feeder roads for this exact reason. Every city to a point has them and they look just as ugly though. I can think of a stretch on the Palmetto in Miami that has a feeder road. But it does not last long. Texas is the only state where they really take advantage of these things. But the lined up businesses, giant car dealerships, giant billboards, miles and miles of tacky strip malls are all along these feeder roads.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by feufoma

That's why Texas highways are efficient and provide more bang for the buck. You're seriously making an issue of this and you're from New Jersey??

Yes. Cheap. That is the Texas way. I get it that it's efficient. But asthetics are certainly not in the conversation when it comes to things like this.

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by EEstudent

There you have it ladies and gentlemen driving 70-80 mph while looking at the scenery around you is perfectly OK as long as the road is straight.

And you guys are saying Houston's highways arent scary? lol

My philosophy is to spend the least amount of time in my car, I speed to everywhere I go, there is just too much ground to cover.

You must be a scary driver. It doesn't take much to look straight ahead of you, especially on Westpark (it's elevated, btw). You act like you have to turn you head to the side and not pay attention.

[feufoma]

Originally Posted by Spade

Yes. Cheap. That is the Texas way. I get it that it's efficient. But asthetics are certainly not in the conversation when it comes to things like this.

I didn't say "cheap"; I said "efficient." Highways aren't built for aesthetics, although incidental considerations to the issue should be taken into account. It's just the way inner city highway development occurs in Texas.

I think the more recent construction of the Katy Freeway expansion in west Houston is a better example of newer highway development in inner cities within Texas. And $2.2B for construction of the expansion project certainly shouldn't be considered "cheap" by any use of the word. That project certainly trumps anything in Jersey...

Katy Freeway

[stoneclaw]

Originally Posted by meet4

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Why don't you create houstoncirclejerk.com forums for people that are overly sensitive and offended by threads here?

Okay and you can be my #1 subscriber.

I'm not going to blame you for your misinformation, just pure ignorance on your part. Nobody is overly sensitive, its just that after beating after beating, time and time, yes Houston gets tired of being picked on.

There are areas that i see in some cities that just make you want to vomit, but it gets frustrating that Houston is the only city that continues to get these type of threads started on. I agree that 45 is an ugly stretch but there's so many other parts of Houston that are very attractive. Again like i said earlier, a city as big as Houston should not be classified as one thing.

[Nexis4Jersey]

Originally Posted by feufoma

That's why Texas highways are efficient and provide more bang for the buck. You're seriously making an issue of this and you're from New Jersey??

No , its not. Adding more lanes doesn't solve the problem, but since Texas is an Oil in love with state unlike mine you won't get it. LOL intill its to late. And it is my bussiness Interstates are Federal and i pay for a piece of it. LOL and also highways are not efficient Texas , my friend shows me daliy snarls form Dallas & Houston. Your bigger and better image has lost some of its steam.