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I mean, both cities are fantastic and influential and whatever.
Does it really bother you THAT much that some 15 people on the internet consider Boston more "relevant" than Houston?
Houston obviously rocks, regardless of what people here say or feel about it or Boston.
So please calm down, my friend.
Alright, I am taking it a bit serious. But this is the internet, where everything is serious, and on a serious note there are plenty of people from Boston who live in Houston. It sort of bothers me when people talk about how irrelevant Houston is, despite it being the fastest riser amongst American cities. Why can't it get any credit? It must be doing something right.
As a Texan, Houston truly concerns me. Houston seems a future trainwreck of destiny. It has no planning or life view, no true core of itself like other cities to fall back on. It is a false place and sadly will never see greatness if it continues on the current path.
There are two sides to the extremes. Zedd is one for boosting and you are the other for bashing. We know your history about your feelings of Houston and is never positive so we can accept your takes with a grain of salt as well. Trainwreck of destiny? What a joke.
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Nice rebuttal to a completely legitimate point.
And it was a completely legitimate rebuttal to the way you convey yourself on this thread. That whole what Houston can do to hurt Boston line and how it represents its power seemed so desperate and pittiful and it was a disservice to Houston in the way you represent it. So if you're trying to garner support and credit for Houston, that certainly isn't a good way of going about it.
For what it's worth I really like Annise Parker the mayor of Houston and I often check in and follow up on what she's doing. She's a great representative of the city.
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As a Texan, Houston truly concerns me. Houston seems a future trainwreck of destiny. It has no planning or life view, no true core of itself like other cities to fall back on. It is a false place and sadly will never see greatness if it continues on the current path.
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We know your history about your feelings of Houston and is never positive so we can accept your takes with a grain of salt as well. Trainwreck of destiny? What a joke.
Looks like OP Zedd is gone. Like someone else theorized, perhaps it was a reverse psychology thing to bash Houston and California?
But we're still stuck with this other guy and his passive-aggressive posts, which coincidentally are always about...Houston.
Maybe that's when you know your city has really made it -- when all of the weirdos from cyberspace come out of the woodwork and waste hours of their time thinking up bizarre posts to bash the place, directly or indirectly.
I'd vote for Boston without a doubt. The economy in Boston is very diverse and is home to some of the best educational institutions in the world. Houston's focus in on oil, and with a lessening dependence on oil, I see Boston as weather future economic storms better. Stagnant growth is not necessarily a bad thing. Ideal economic growth usually falls between 2 and 4 percent.
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The economy in Boston is very diverse and is home to some of the best educational institutions in the world. Houston's focus in on oil, and with a lessening dependence on oil, I see Boston as weather future economic storms better.
I'd vote for Boston without a doubt. The economy in Boston is very diverse and is home to some of the best educational institutions in the world. Houston's focus in on oil, and with a lessening dependence on oil, I see Boston as weather future economic storms better. Stagnant growth is not necessarily a bad thing. Ideal economic growth usually falls between 2 and 4 percent.
there will never be a reduction on the dependence of oil...too much of what we use/consume is tied to oil....
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