Most overrated or overhyped city: Dallas, Austin, or Houston?

[texdav]

I really don't see austin being anyhtiong like dallas or houston.Same goes for san antonio. I mean just look at the ariprst for one thing;minor league really. dallas and houston are by far the urban areas of Texas. I really don't think Austin wants to be and San Antonio wil always be a miltary city mostly rather than a business city.

[jluke65780]

Originally Posted by Angel713

Can you prove this though? I feel Dallas gets more from the West Coast than anything else, while Houston gets more from the Midwest.

I would assume Dallas gets much more people from the midwest, especially if were considering Arkansas and Oklahoma as the midwest. I know Houston gets lots of people from Chicago and Milwaukee, at least lots of my friends at TSU are from there.

[jluke65780]

Originally Posted by Angel713

Link?

Houston isn't a big convention city ,especially with the low amount of rooms within the downtown area. That has been a weakness for Houston for a while now.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Angel713

Can you prove this though? I feel Dallas gets more from the West Coast than anything else, while Houston gets more from the Midwest.

Houston gets more people internationally than anything. A lot of Asians from the West Coast too.

[bostoner]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

I would assume Dallas gets much more people from the midwest, especially if were considering Arkansas and Oklahoma as the midwest. I know Houston gets lots of people from Chicago and Milwaukee, at least lots of my friends at TSU are from there.

Houston and Chicago seem to have some kind of unofficial sister city (well, more like brother city ) relationship. I don't know where or when it started. My guess is Chicago started taking an interest in Houston as it grew to fourth-city status, but that's a tangent for another thread. As far as domestic in-migration from the Midwest, Houston also gets lots of people from Ohio and Michigan, but really we get folks from everywhere. I've met a lot of people from New Jersey and New York over the years. And there are a lot of Californians in the trendy MPC's like Katy, Sugar Land, and The Woodlands. At my atheist church is a little contingent of folks from Madison, Wisconsin, my kid's teacher is also from Wisconsin, and two people I work closely with are from Washington State and Upstate NY. The other day at work I met a woman who'd just moved here from Portland, Oregon, the second in the past three weeks. Until I see some stats suggesting otherwise, I think both cities get plenty of people from all over the U.S. I don't doubt that Dallas gets more people from nearby states Oklahoma and Arkansas, while Houston gets more people from Southern Louisiana, but beyond that, I suspect it's a free-for-all. When people are chasing jobs, they're going to go wherever they get the best job offer. Both cities have major airports, so after a certain point, it doesn't really matter how close to your home state you are; you're still going to have to travel by air rather than car to visit it.

[Spade]

Well I have said in the past. Chicagoans are now treating Houston like New York has treated Atlanta. When I lived in Chicago for a year, many were trying to go to Houston themselves and some did.

[portyhead24]

Originally Posted by Spade

I don't and that goes for many other current Southern cities. I think Dallas is the most successful NHL franchise because of the amount of Midwesteners and Canadians moving down there. But the Florida teams, Carolina, Nashville, Phoenix, and Atlanta are not really known to have great attendance and Houston would probably be no exception.

I would think itd be because the Stars are more successful and win more than other southern NHL teams. That whole bandwagon mentatlity.

[D-Towner]

Originally Posted by portyhead24

I would think itd be because the Stars are more successful and win more than other southern NHL teams. That whole bandwagon mentatlity.

Los Angeles was where the whole hockey in the Sunbelt mentality started. The Kings aren't that good of a team but they do have a devoted following. I think the Stars have a devoted following. There are many Lifelong Texans (not northern transplants) who are hockey fans.