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Not all of it, there's activity located in the Theater District, Historical District, Discovery Green/Convention Center district, Main St. Square, and during games around Toyota Center & Minute Maid Park, and the City Hall area.
I found the same thing I always experience when I visit a big city with an open mind...excitement, unique attractions, friendly people, fun nightlife, etc. Houston was no different.
In case you're wondering, I'm not going to sit here and list everything I did in Houston. If you can't understand the unique differences between ANY big U.S. cities then telling you about my trip to Houston certainly won't help you.
So you're unable to distinguish Houston from any other big city with your description of your trips there, but you want me to just blindly accept that you "experienced a completely different city than the one [i] experienced" even though you can't describe how it's different. Well, sounds like you experienced the same thing that I experienced but you somehow found it more exciting. Friendly people, fun nightlife - sure, I found that there. Nothing unique about that.
Excitement? I can find excitement in my own backyard. When I travel, the mark of a good destination is some kind of excitement that is different from what's exciting elsewhere. Of course, you're unable to distinguish what makes Houston's "excitement" any different or more unique than any other city's.
Unique attractions? Every city, town, region, and state has "unique" attractions. Here in my town we have an old Dutch barn and a tiny museum with a few items from the times the Dutch and Indians live here. I wouldn't recommend anyone come here for those unique attractions, however, because they're not that impressive and they would take all of an hour or two to see, even if you took your time. I wouldn't compare my towns unique attractions to the bigger, more impressive and unique attractions of other cities.
Look, it's fine with me that you enjoyed Houston, I'm glad you did. But if you're going to try to suggest that I missed something that you did not miss by your own experiences there, then back it up, otherwise it rings very hollow.
I can tell you very, very easily what makes some of my favorite cities stand out above the others, and I can easily and quickly describe the main attractions that are unique and give each city character. For example, Pike's Market and Mt. Rainier in Seattle, or the wharf and cable cars and Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, or South Beach in Miami, or the bats at the Congress St. bridge and the Barton Spring pool in Austin... What does Houston have like that? So far I have learned from others about a monument which is well outside the city and a bayou (and I am not sure why the bayou would even be interesting).
You, and others, are taking it as if I am lambasting Houston and copping an attitude. When I try to have a dialog, and ask people to explain, many come back with attitude like "If you already hate it I won't talk to you" or "you're closed-minded" or "If you don't understand it then I just won't explain it because no explanation would help you."
Well how do you know any explanation would or wouldn't help me??? I've gotten very few (two, really) and I have not discounted them, although I don't think they're very strong points, they are more than what I knew before so I know that at least there's SOMETHING. But if there's supposedly so much more, so much Houston-style excitement that you experienced, how hard is it to talk about it??? It's not that hard; I get the feeling you are just copping out.
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Ok, well here is what stands out in Houston to me.
1)The bayous.. No other city incorporates into its urban fabric versus filling them in and building on top of them.
2)The landscape change from the Southside to the Northside and out to Southwest.. Houston sits on the corner of 3 different geographical region.
3)The variation in architecture and the contrast of old and new. I'm sure it's out there, but I have never seen it on the level as in Houston in cities I've visited.
4)The tunnels
None of this may be necessarily exciting, but it sets Houston apart from other places. The problem is that if you don't know what to look for then you won't look for it.
Ok, well here is what stands out in Houston to me.
1)The bayous.. No other city incorporates into its urban fabric versus filling them in and building on top of them.
2)The landscape change from the Southside to the Northside and out to Southwest.. Houston sits on the corner of 3 different geographical region.
3)The variation in architecture and the contrast of old and new. I'm sure it's out there, but I have never seen it on the level as in Houston in cities I've visited.
4)The tunnels
None of this may be necessarily exciting, but it sets Houston apart from other places. The problem is that if you don't know what to look for then you won't look for it.
bingo.
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