Why do Texans dislike Houston? (Dallas, Austin: move, suburbs, deal)

[kdogg817]

Every city in Texas gets bashed. Everyone need to chill and don't get bent all out of shape when someone saids something negative about your town.

[Overcooked_Oatmeal]

Originally Posted by kdogg817

Every city in Texas gets bashed. Everyone need to chill and don't get bent all out of shape when someone saids something negative about your town.

Truth.com. As other posters said C-D is not reality. Maybe to the nerds and partisan hacks who are on here arguing 24/7 and have a bucket right next to them by the computer they have to empty out every so often, but the Internet has made e-gangsters out of a lot of people who wouldn't spew half of this crap in real life.

[jjjoooggg]

Houston was ranked one of top rudest city. I lived all over texas. I like houston but there are racial and traffic tensions in houston and corpus christi. Id rather be in san antonio or austin. But houston is okay to live in.

[Newbe10]

Originally Posted by sxrckr

Because that's the "status quo" right now.

In the 70's, Houston was all the rage.

In the 80's, it was Dallas.

More recently, it's Austin.

Everyone must poop on all major Texas cities that are not the main "it trend" right now, especially if those other cities are enormously successful and underrated. We can apparently have only one "it city" at a time for some reason. Some of this also has to do with the ignorance of the rest of the country regarding Texas.

Let's see what "the in" place will be in the next decade....

The whole "in place" thing is just stupid (not talking about your post! Your post is good... Just futher illustrating your point).

People who move to a place because it is currently the "it" city are the same ignorant people who follow fads/trends out of hollywood (such as with fashion, and eating foods like sushi or Tai food) and from other pop cultural influences.

Austin may be the "it city" currently in Texas, but to be honest with you, despite the fact that I like Austin, I think that it is VERY overrated. I would live in Houston or Dallas anyday over Austin. I lived in San Diego for six years and although scenery plays a large part in desirability for many like it does in Austin, San Diego is also vastly overrated (even more so than Austin since SD has a coast). San Diego and Austin IMHO are places that are better to visit, rather than to live in.

Also, based off of the attitudes of the haters of Houston that I have seen here on CD, I think that many people in other Texas cities are just jealous of what Houston has and how prosperous it is. Like many others have stated on here, it has a solid, diverse economy and a very international, diverse population, and for some reason, these haters just can't except that.

[llmrkc07]

Originally Posted by Newbe10

The whole "in place" thing is just stupid (not talking about your post! Your post is good... Just futher illustrating your point).

People who move to a place because it is currently the "it" city are the same ignorant people who follow fads/trends out of hollywood (such as with fashion, and eating foods like sushi or Tai food) and from other pop cultural influences.

Austin may be the "it city" currently in Texas, but to be honest with you, despite the fact that I like Austin, I think that it is VERY overrated. I would live in Houston or Dallas anyday over Austin. I lived in San Diego for six years and although scenery plays a large part in desirability for many like it does in Austin, San Diego is also vastly overrated (even more so than Austin since SD has a coast). San Diego and Austin IMHO are places that are better to visit, rather than to live in.

Also, based off of the attitudes of the haters of Houston that I have seen here on CD, I think that many people in other Texas cities are just jealous of what Houston has and how prosperous it is. Like many others have stated on here, it has a solid, diverse economy and a very international, diverse population, and for some reason, these haters just can't except that.

feeling the post man

[TXRyan23]

Originally Posted by blkgiraffe

3. Only trailing behind Dallas as far as Texas cities; Houston had one of the largest AA population growth in the country; over 100k from 2000 to 2010.

To be fair... Most of that number came in 2005...

[TXRyan23]

Originally Posted by Big time bro

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I go to Houston every year to watch the Braves play the Astros and I think the fans are very casual and receptive to others, and I wear a Braves jersey when I go.

Most fans that attend Astros, Rockets, and Texans games probably don't care much about the soccer team..

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by TXRyan23

To be fair... Most of that number came in 2005...

How? You think because of Katrina?

[TXRyan23]

Originally Posted by Trae713

How? You think because of Katrina?

Yes.

[annie_himself]

Not many are still here.
People moved to Atlanta and Dallas as well as Houston. Houston was NOT the first stop for Katrina victims.