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Not very familiar with Houston, but sometimes the defensiveness could stem from being tired of reading or hearing the same misinformation about their city over and over. More like annoyance rather than defensiveness.
I think this is EXACTLY what it is in most cases. When you're always unfairly put on a status level with Baton Rouge or a crummy town level with Detroit you're going to get in peoples' faces about it. This is total misinformation.
If Houston was as lame as many outsiders make it out to be, the residents would probably just accept it and be trying to move away - remember most residents aren't natives these days. Instead, more and more people are moving in and always talking about how they're pleasantly surprised, then you have people defending it to the death like some people on here. Think about it. Obviously they're passionate about it, and there must be good reason. If some people don't like that and think it's because of an inferiority complex, whatever... they're being narrow-minded I think. Years of trash-talking the city, stupid stereotypes and even famous people bashing it for political gain (several Hollywood types along with Al Gore years ago) have created a monster.
Regarding New York, let's get one thing straight - the Big Apple is at its own level among U.S. cities. The quite different from one another Los Angeles and Chicago are on the 2nd level, and all other cities are on the 3rd level or lower.
I think of more of an inferiority complex as what many suburban St. Louisans have. Just go read the St. Louis Post Dispatch comments some time when something positive happens.
"George Clooney To Film Movie In St. Louis"
Many comments were like "Why would he want to come here?" "Yeah maybe they will film in north city and get shot!" Many suburbanites in St. Louis think St. Louis is a big waste land, and it isn't. They are the same people who have never lived in the city, live 25 miles out in the burbs, go to the city twice a year for a Cardinals or Blues game, and then talk about how they would like to move to Chicago where "things are actually going on."
Oh god, I remember after Hurricane Ike hit Houston and parts of Tennessee and Georgia experienced major gas shortages because some of the Houston refineries were shut down. You could pretty much watch the entire nation's transportation (mass transit doesn't run on air you know) come to a screeching halt without Houston.
As many have stated, people only defend Houston because of the incorrect negativity stated; we could care less if you like Houston. We would prefer even more that people would stop moving here. Aside from CD, the city is easily the most respected in Texas nationally, and internationally has a great image. It's no wonder so many nations have consulates here; must be that image problem.
You say that know one knows or cares about Houston but you have been talking about it for sooo long. Ok, we get it....you think all those other cities are better than Houston. Now can we move on? You don't have to post like 30 posts about how inferior we are here in Houston.
I didn't say I think those other cities are better than Houston. I said they are more recognized as classic American cities. My initial posts began because a Houstoner was saying Dallas needs to get used to being Texas' "other" city. I don't think many people outside of Houston would necessarily agree with that. I definitely don't think that people see Houston as the fourth city or even a definite player in the second tier cities -- a maybe player perhaps.
I don't know. To be honest, I've never been to either. I'm just saying as an outsider, when I think Texas and city, I think Dallas, not Houston. When I think American cities, Houston didn't even make my list until I started reading this forum.
I don't know, when I think of Georgia, I think of Savannah and not Atlanta
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