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Houston is cleaner, greener and has a better infastructure then New York. It's like living in beverly hills sometimes.
New York has alot of bad drivers but Houston has even worse drivers. Also the summertime is brutal in Houston. Also New York absolutely destroys Houston's nightlife but Houston you don't have to spend a bunch of money to get inside of clubs.
Speaking of money it cost like 7$ to get a slice of pizza in New York. Houston is much cheaper then New York in every aspect especially housing which is probably the biggest reason why people are fleeing those cities.
Overall, although New york city has Houston beat in a few catogories and Houston is faaar from perfect I would say its way better then New York. Houston is cleaner, the people are much friendlier overall, food is cheaper, housing is cheaper, and there's still a bunch of things to do.
I actually find Houston and Dallas to be fairly attractive and well maintained cities, definitely cleaner than most Northern cities. Now San Antonio is an ugly town, I also find Atlanta to be rather depressing.
I know St. Louis is only seeing international migration now. For the last 10-20 years St. Louis is virtually stagnate in its black and white populations, but the Hispanic and Asian growth has been exploding. Anybody that is familiar with the region can attest how the region is becoming less and black/white by the year. If St. Louis could retain some of its domestic population it would probably be experiencing some pretty brisk growth instead of the slow growth we are accustomed to.
Not true. NYC (city proper) had positive net domestic migration.
It's the suburbs that have the negative net domestic migration, not the city. This makes sense if you think who is moving to NYC (young, educated people within the U.S., and immigrants).
Source? That's a bit odd, the city has had an enormous negative net domestic migration for many decades. Even back in the late 19th century, domestic migration was negative. Immigrants have no effect on domestic migration.
Not true. NYC (city proper) had positive net domestic migration.
It's the suburbs that have the negative net domestic migration, not the city. This makes sense if you think who is moving to NYC (young, educated people within the U.S., and immigrants).
Actually, if you look closely; the suburbs are actually not even in the same category as NYC.
One category is "Nassau County-Suffolk County" and the other category is "Newark, NJ-PA".
I actually find Houston and Dallas to be fairly attractive and well maintained cities, definitely cleaner than most Northern cities. Now San Antonio is an ugly town, I also find Atlanta to be rather depressing.
Coming from cities like New York, Pittsburgh, Philedelphia and New Jersey I though Houston was heaven in terms of cleaniness.
Thats was the the first thing I noticed when I came to Houston. I was amazed just how well kept it was. Here in Houston they STRICTLY enforce loitering laws which I actually agree with.
In most nothern cities they don't really care and I was amazed on how friendly people are down here. There not angels but there waaay more friendlier then up north especially in New York.
New York people are just downright nasty. There's a fine line between being tough and just being negative and miserable and thats the vibe I get from New Yorkers. They all just seem negative and miserable.
Some people do not like the truth but honestly New York city is a dump. I think its embarrassing that a city of that importance is kept that way. Trash on the street, trash on the sidewalks, trash everywhere but a trash can.
It's just devoid of any kind of character, personality or uniqueness. Those pics are very beautiful but in all honesty, they could easily be in just about anywhere else in the USA.
I do admire the fact that Houston retains a great cost of living at the same time as having a good economy (relative to the rest of the country).
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