From Italy to Texas! (Houston, Austin: homes, to live, cost of)
Please register to participate in our discussions with 1.5 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Really? Do you currently live in Houston? Or have you very recently?
Since you're so insistent on these points, please do point out to me where in Houston all of this occurs, because in my last decade of living here I suppose I must have missed it.
Dont confuse Sugarland with Houston, and of course I am not talking about the good or great parts of Houston, but denying all the truths I stated, its your choice, but doesnt change reality.
We drink wine and beer... about beer, my fridge is full of Corona and Budweiser!
My county is famous for wine... do you know Franciacorta? One of the best wine in Europe! Italians are not good in doin' beer... and I don't like european beers... I prefer american beers!!
Actually, unlike 99% of Italians, I HATE soccer (calcio, here)... I'm a strange Italian!
I'm really attracted by bigness of Texas... you know, in my US vacations I loved American desert... in Europe there is no place where you can watch around you 360° and don't see NOTHING!! Is so... magic!!
So you almost want to be an American.
Budweiser and Corona? Man you have it made over there dont you. Is it more expensive since it is imported, or do they have a factory there, ahhaa. No, I dont know jack about wine. I'm a hillbilly Mexican, I drink beer, and lots of it.
Does your country have, what should I call it? Lets just say, its kind of like Marlboro, but doesnt have nicotine, and it is a natural product, which some detest. There is plenty of it here, I mean tons.
Oh, what about Lite beer from Miller, thats what I got right now, I'll drink one for you buddy.
So you're around 8 hours ahead of me, well sleep good.
Last edited by Mr. Solis; 07-16-2009 at 04:56 PM..
Sorry, but you really have no clue. You obviously understand nothing about European cities. I do; half my family is from Italy, and I've visited all over that country. Even the smallest cities are more dense, with smaller roads and smaller dwellings than anything you would find in Texas.
Consider that your free lesson in European culture!
Look, I love Austin as much as anyone, but you have zero credibility if you are going to lie about Houston. Just leave it at how much you like XYZ city, and don't dog on something you know nothing about.
Your right, I dont know anything about Italy. I do know they have been a country for way longer than we have in the US, probably been inhabited since way before it was called Italy, and since it is very small surrounded by water on some parts, probably it is very crowded, and in 50 years more crowded. But what does this have to do with the price of tea in China?
But thanks for being generous with the lessons, I appreciate it, I'm glad you care about my education, it is important to me to. And it is not that I love Austin so much, to me it was too expensive, and too University oriented. Austin is very nice though, kind of.
Funny thing is, I loved Houston. However, there were many homeless people in the downtown area, many. And I did hate the smell of the oil refineries when I was working there downtown. Maybe Houston people are just used to it, idk, but it is a strong smell, I have a sensitive nose I guess.
I never lie, not to you guys, or especially not to any people I really know. I may joke around a little, but not purposefully lie, nope
To any who care so much about Houston, it does have cool highways, if you like driving on 6 lane superspeedways, which I do. It does have some cool parks, with big giant trees. There are plenty of places to go jogging, and play recreational sports. I also loved the seafood restaurants, and the close proximity to Galveston. I liked being able to sea the big ships, over there on the east side where it smells (ok its not so bad, it didnt make me pass out or anything, kind of like if you were always at the gas station). Enough already for me.
San Antonio is way better, but of course I have a biased opinion on that town because I am hispanic, half anyways.
Oh, and I love Dallas also, but its too far from the valley, and too close to Oklihoma, and I just put the i in Oklahoma cuz I wanted to diss it.
Mi sembra che to non mi hai capito. Austin e una citta con molti studenti, quando loro si sono laureati molti di loro vogliono remaniere li ma, perche ci sono tantisimi studenti rispetto ai posti di laboro, i salari vano in giù. Houston e una citta con piu posti di laboro perché la sua industria è più diversa è ci sono meno gente cercando certi posti di laboro. Spero che questo ti sia di aiuto.
I'm really attracted by bigness of Texas... you know, in my US vacations I loved American desert... in Europe there is no place where you can watch around you 360° and don't see NOTHING!! Is so... magic!!
Maybe I'm reading into this wrong, but I get the impression that you think Texas is mostly desert. Texas does have deserts, but they are only in the far western regions of the state. Most of the state is prairie and forest. (Mind you, this is just a generalization because it would take too long to describe the complete geography of Texas.)
My grandparents have temporarily housed several traveling foreigners over the years. They live in a small town in the Panhandle, and the travelers are always amazed by the flatness and emptiness of the plains of the region. Most took pictures of it because they thought nobody back home would believe them when they described the landscape. Good luck with your decision!
I know Brescia very well, I lived on the north side of Garda lake all my life,
before to move to Vancouver Canada.
Two years ago I went to Texas because almost everybody in Canada makes jokes about Texas. What I found was a nice peoples, and a lifestyle that I like.
In Canada and more in Vancouver, we have to many leftist and taxes are to high.
I just back from a trip of 2 week and now I consider to expanding my business and/or to move to Dallas.
All city that I visited, I found Dallas the most appealing to my taste: Houston is to flat e to close to the coast, Austin to small. Dallas and the cities north of Dallas (Plano, Richardson, Frisco, etc) offer good restaurant, good shop and an incredible low ( for Italian ridicolous) prices in Real Estate.
Dallas is also close to the DFW airport, from where you can go everywhere with less time and money.
My choice will be economical (less taxes, more opportunity), political ( I hate the commy in Italy and the NDP in Canada) and pratical, because I'll have the opportunity to live in more space, in a bigger house and in a place with less noise.
Arrivederci.
G.
Maybe I'm reading into this wrong, but I get the impression that you think Texas is mostly desert. Texas does have deserts, but they are only in the far western regions of the state. Most of the state is prairie and forest. (Mind you, this is just a generalization because it would take too long to describe the complete geography of Texas.)
I know TX geography don't worry... I don't think TX is almost desert, I "studied" TX geography and I've been impressed by the great variey of landscapes... from grat metro areas, to hills, to forests, to deserts...
Quote:
Originally Posted by northmen
Frank,
I know Brescia very well, I lived on the north side of Garda lake all my life,
before to move to Vancouver Canada.
....
Dallas and the cities north of Dallas (Plano, Richardson, Frisco, etc) offer good restaurant, good shop and an incredible low ( for Italian ridicolous) prices in Real Estate.
...
Arrivederci.
G.
Really? Grazie per i consigli, sono molto apprezzati! Arrivederci!
Location: The land of sugar... previously Houston and Austin
4,886 posts, read 6,689,907 times
Reputation: 2604
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Solis
Dont confuse Sugarland with Houston, and of course I am not talking about the good or great parts of Houston, but denying all the truths I stated, its your choice, but doesnt change reality.
I'm not "confusing" them. I lived in the Houston city limits for many years before moving to the Sugar Land area. And even after moving I still worked near downtown Houston.
Also, what you stated are not "truths" or "reality." You don't think it strange no one else here is agreeing with you?
I know TX geography don't worry... I don't think TX is almost desert, I "studied" TX geography and I've been impressed by the great variey of landscapes... from grat metro areas, to hills, to forests, to deserts...
Mr. Solis: Actually, the United States has been a country longer than Italy has. Italy wasn't united until 1870 or so.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $53,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 1.5 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
