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Houston is one of the most color-blind places I have ever lived. It's an equal opportunity place all the way around. I would like to see it remain that way.
Yes Houston is very diverse. I dont really see color...I dont care if you are purple. Im technically pink, tribute to my German/English ancestry .
Yes Houston is very diverse. I dont really see color...I dont care if you are purple. Im technically pink, tribute to my German/English ancestry .
BTW, did you know that the part of our skin that shows the different degrees of color is less than the depth of a piece of paper? Kinda puts the whole thing into perspective.
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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No offense but you're going off of what Houston is like based off a web forum? People on this site hate cities like Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, Phoenix, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta, because of their layout. And you're going to let these people control your decision?
You thought Houston has potholes? Houston is one of the best cities overall for roads, anyone from any state that has seen the real Houston will always remark saying "Houston has an impressive highway network". Because it does. Seems like you don't know Houston at all very well.
Well thats where I come in, allow me to give you the virtual tour of Houston.
Politically the city is liberal, and becomes conservative in suburbs like many cities such as Chicago and others.
Economically overall Houston is flourishing compared to the rest of the country, but that doesn't mean you'll just get a job cause it has a better economy. Its very competitive and you have to have the credentials to do so. The overall standard of living is great though. Unless you like mass transit, because then if you want to take a train to work, you would hate Houston. Its auto-centric.
Houston is also more diverse than any city in Florida as represented by cosmopolitan global ethnicities. If you only saw Hispanics, I seriously must ask you, what kind of area were you hanging out in?
Cities at a loss:
1. Detroit (-498,300)
2. Chicago (-365,400)
3. Los Angeles (-323,500)
4. San Francisco-Oakland (-250,500)
5. New York (-188,900)
6. San Jose (-188,500)
7. Cleveland (-139,700)
8. Boston (-119,600)
9. New Orleans (-83,400)
10. Atlanta (-77,500)
Children of Two or More Races:
Total Number: 95,462
White & Black or African American: 18,389
White & American Indian: 19,295
White & Asian: 12,808
Black or African American & American Indian: 3,318
City materials boast that 90 languages are spoken in Houston, and that aside from housing the expected third-largest Hispanic population in America, generations of Asians have also come here, spurring the development of not one but two Chinatowns.
Ranally City Ranking System/Studies:
1-AAAA (Unique rating): New York
1-AAA (Unique rating): Los Angeles & Chicago
1-AA (Major national business centers): Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Miami, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington DC
Mastercard's Ranking of Most Powerful Business Cities 2008:
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Boston
Atlanta
San Francisco
Houston
Dallas
Washington DC
(in that same order)
US Cities Ranked on World City Networks Top 25:
01. New York
02. Chicago
03. Los Angeles
04. San Francisco
05. Miami (tie)
05. Atlanta (tie)
07. Washington
08. Boston (tie)
08. Houston (tie)
08. Dallas (tie)
11. Seattle
12. Denver
13. Philadelphia (tie)
13. Minneapolis (tie)
15. St. Louis
16. Detroit
17. San Diego
18. Portland
19. Charlotte (tie)
19. Cleveland (tie)
21. Indianapolis (tie)
21. Kansas City (tie)
22. Pittsburgh
23. Baltimore
24. Phoenix
Houston's port right now currently is the 2nd busiest port in the country after New Orleans and it's 2nd busiest for total tonnage, and 1st for total foreign tonnage.
Houston's airport is currently America's fastest growing airport. And in November it will be one of the only 4 cities in the world with direct flights to every inhabited continent in the world. Also Houston's 2nd airport is the most user friendly airport in America in 2007 and in 2009 it's 2nd most user friendly.
Best Cities to Live, Work, Play:
1. Houston
2. Raleigh
3. Omaha
4. Boise
5. Colorado Springs
6. Austin
7. Fayettville
8. Sacramento
9. Des Moines
10. Provo
Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Houston, the fourth-largest U.S. city, has been buoyed by construction in the Texas Medical Center, an area with 3,000 job openings that is likely to become larger than Dallas’s downtown, said Jeff Moseley, chief executive officer of the Greater Houston Partnership.
As a result of the medical center’s expansion, Houston may emerge from the economic decline quicker than the rest of the nation, Moseley said today in an interview. His group serves as a chamber of commerce and economic-development agency for the area.
“The construction cranes that are in this region are all down at Texas Medical Center,” Moseley said. “We’re kind of one of the last ones coming into this national cooling off, and because we’re very bullish on the fundamentals of our economic foundation, we argue we’re going to be some of the first ones coming out of it.”
Texas's Most densest Zip Code:
Houston-Zip 77081, 49,691 persons in 3.2 sq. miles. 15,528 ppm
Comparatively here is Dallas's densest zip code- Dallas-Zip 75231, 52,329 persons in 5.2 sq. miles. 10,063 ppm
Most Attractive Cities by people (men/women) 2009:
01. Miami
02. San Diego
03. Charleston
04. Los Angeles
05. Austin
06. Denver
07. Honolulu
08. Houston
09. Nashville
10. Minneapolis
11. San Francisco
12. Phoenix
13. Providence
14. Santa Fe
15. Kansas City
16. New York City
17. Portland
18. Dallas
19. Las Vegas
20. Chicago
21. Atlanta
22. Orlando
23. New Orleans
24. Seattle
25. Boston
26. San Antonio
27. Washington DC
28. Cleveland
29. St. Louis
30. Philadelphia
Most visited cities by overall overseas travelers 2009
1. New York City - 7,792,000
2. Miami - 2,661,000
3. Los Angeles - 2,518,000
4. Orlando - 2,399,000
5, San Francisco - 2,233,000
6. Las Vegas - 1,853,000
7. Washington - 1,544,000
8. Honolulu - 1,497,000
9. Boston - 1,140,000
10. Chicago - 1,118,000
11. San Diego - 618,000
12. Philadelphia - 594,000
13. Atlanta - 570,000
14. Houston - 428,000
Top Cities for Leisure Travel
1. New York City - 20.5%
2. Miami 14.8%
3. Los Angeles 9.8%
4. Honolulu 8.9%
5. Newark 7.7%
6. Guam 6.7%
7. Chicago 5.3%
8. Orlando 5%
9. San Francisco 4.9%
10. Atlanta 2.7%
11. Washington 2.5%
12. Boston 1.8%
13. Philadelphia 1.6%
14. Houston 1.2%
Top Cities for Business Travel:
1. New York City - 17.5%
2. Miami 12.7%
3. Los Angeles 11.9%
4. Chicago 8.8%
5. San Francisco 8.6%
6. Newark 8.3%
7. Atlanta 5.8%
8. Washington 5.6%
9. Houston 3.6%
10. Boston 3.1%
11. Philadelphia 2.5%
12. Honolulu 1.1%
13. Orlando 0.9%
14. Guam 0.3%
Top 10 Lists of Piers/Boardwalks in USA:
1. Atlantic City
2. Coney Island 3. Kemah (Houston Metro Boardwalk)
4. Mission Beach
5. Ocean City, MD
6. Rehoboth Beach
7. Santa Cruz
8. Venice Beach
9. Virginia Beach
10. Wildwoods
Most Visited Cities in USA:
1. Orlando FL 48,000,000 visitors
2. New York NY 47,000,000 visitors
3. Chicago IL 45,580,000 visitors
4. Orange County CA/Los Angeles 42,700,000 visitors
5. Miami FL 38,100,000 visitors
6. Las Vegas NV 36,351,469 visitors
7. Atlanta GA 35,400,000 visitors
8. Houston TX 31,060,000 visitors
9. Philadelphia PA 30,320,000 visitors
10. San Diego CA 29,600,000 visitors
Cities/Townships with the highest per capita income in Texas:
Actually in the top 10 cities/areas by per capita income in Texas, Houston Metropolitan area has 5 (Piney Point Village-3, Hunters Creek Village- 5, Bunker Hill Village- 6, West University Village- 9, Hillshire Village-10) cities where as DFW Metroplex has 2 (Westover Hills-1, Highland Park-4).
Houston-Sugar Land- Baytown MSA 2009:
Gain in foreign population in 2009: 32,022
1. Mexico : 8643
2. India : 1751
3. Vietnam : 1702
4. El Salvador : 1635
5. Pakistan : 1436
6. Nigeria : 1383
7. China : 1228
8. Philippines : 1148
9. Venezuela : 811
10. United Kingdom : 639
Asian Indian Population in USA:
New York CSA: 566,039
Bay Area CSA: 208,854
Chicago CSA: 163,414
Los Angeles CSA: 141,395
Washington CSA: 139,845
Dallas-Fort Worth CSA: 83,055
Houston CSA: 76,574
Boston CSA: 71,937
Atlanta CSA: 66,618
Detroit CSA: 63,340
Sacramento CSA: 42,168
Seattle CSA: 39,481
Orlando CSA: 26,455
Twin Cities CSA: 25,757
Raleigh Durham CSA: 20,714
All South Asian Nationalities (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan, Nepal, & Bangladesh):
New York CSA: 662,927 (3.0% of the population)
Bay Area CSA: 218,860 (3.0% of the population)
Chicago CSA: 183,356 (1.9% of the population)
Los Angeles CSA: 163,061 (0.9% of the population)
Washington DC CSA: 159,818 (1.9% of the population)
Houston CSA: 96,717 (1.5% of the population)
Dallas-Fort Worth CSA: 95,569 (1.7% of the population)
Philadelphia CSA: 85,182 (1.3% of the population)
Boston CSA: 77,995 (1.0% of the population)
Detroit CSA: 73,962 (1.3% of the population)
Atlanta CSA: 72,858 (1.3% of the population)
Miami MSA: 46,403 (0.08% of the population)
Sacramento CSA: 46,365 (1.9% of the population)
Seattle CSA: 41,607 (1.0% of the population)
Phoenix MSA: 29,046 (0.05% of the population)
San Diego MSA: 21,024 (0.06% of the population)
CSAs by Non-Hispanic Whites as a Percentage of the Total Population, 2008 (lower percentage = more racially diverse)
Minneapolis-St Paul-St Cloud, MN-WI 82.4%...
Boston-Manchester-Nashua, MA-RI-NH 79.5%...
Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH 76.2%...
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA 73.2%...
Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI 70.0%...
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD 67.7%...
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 58.6%...
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI 56.4%...
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV 55.6%...
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL 54.0%...
New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA 53.6%...
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 50.6%...
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 50.5%... San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 45.5%... Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 42.6%... Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 37.7%...
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA 34.9%...
20 Most Diverse Counties in the US:
1 Queens, NY
2 Alameda, CA(Oakland)
3 Kings, NY(Brooklyn)
4 Robeson, NC
5 Fort Bend, TX(Suburban Houston)
6 Hudson, NJ
7 New York, NY(Manhattan)
8 Harris, TX (Houston area)
9 Los Angeles, CA
10 Dallas, TX
11 San Francisco, CA
12 Solano, CA
13 Santa Clara, CA
14 Cook, IL
15 Essex, NJ(Newark)
16 San Joaquin, CA
17 Bronx, NY
18 San Mateo, CA
19 San Bernardino, CA
20 Fresno, CA
TOP 11 LIST OF MOST DIVERSE METROPOLITAN AREAS IN TERMS OF RACIAL GROUPS (out of the top 11 populated metro areas):
1) San Francisco (.687)
2) Houston (.676)
3) Los Angeles (.664)
4) Miami (.663)
5) Dallas (.618)
6) Chicago (.605)
7) Washington (.604)
8) Atlanta (.599)
9) New York (.595)
10) Philadelphia (.494)
11) Boston (.346)
Honestly, I have shown you Houston in comparison to other cities, I have shown you the demographics for Houston, I have thrown all the stats out there.
If you still think the city that invests more money than an average city in roads has potholes everywhere, or the city that has some of the most nationalities represented and is ethnically diverse is still all Hispanic, I am sorry, Houston is not for you then. Just plain and simple lol.
I don't mean to be harsh, but you have to understand how people feel when they hear all these crazy claims and to someone living there, its like "what the heck?!".
I'm a transplant from Chicago, and I love Houston possibly more. Its a nice city with a lot to offer, and yeah it has its downsides but its got enough upsides to make it an attractive place to live, work, & play.
In the next post if you want to see pictures I will provide those, but for now this will have to do:
Easy - You either like it or you don't. Yes Hispanics make up nearly 50% of the population and if not, will soon meet or exceed that percentage. Probably best you stay put in Florida.
We don't want to have to convince anyone to come here -- especially someone without a job. What makes you so special that you think we should be fighting over you, just for a glimmer of a hope that you would grace our city with your unemployed presence?
We don't want to have to convince anyone to come here -- especially someone without a job. What makes you so special that you think we should be fighting over you, just for a glimmer of a hope that you would grace our city with your unemployed presence?
If she is looking for a job in marketing there are plenty of agencies and non-profits looking for interns and volunteers. They are always looking for people. Houston is such a diverse city and they need people from all walks of life to represent them. They probably wont pay you at first...or maybe even never but they are always looking for fresh talent/skills to use. I am not her gatekeeper. The girl may be very gifted or independently wealthy with a lot of time on her hands. Cant judge someone from a few sentences. My cousin also graduated with a degree in marketing/finance and volunteered for the peace corps. She struggled at first but she eventually found a job with a gov agency.
If she is willing to work for free I see why not?
Last edited by Ashlynn_Joy; 09-04-2010 at 11:25 AM..
Honestly, if you don't like hispanics, you probably won't like Houston. For that matter, "white" is not a flavor Houston is overly endowed with. I'm white; in my work group right now I'm one of two; the rest are african-american or hispanic, though at times we've had asian and arab.
Me, I was always the kid with the 64-Crayon box, I like the diversity, but if you want a very white city, white culture, may I suggest Indianapolis?
Seriously, if you've got this many misgivings and you've already been here, don't come. Stay home or go somewhere else. And if you don't have a job already, the above statistics notwithstanding, you may find it tough sledding here (just not as tough as, say, Los Angeles).
O.k so I don't know if Houston is for me yet. I have visited downtown Houston and some areas around Houston and can't seem to imagine myself living there.
When I went there was holes on the streets, its a busy city, way too many hispanics (Im hispanic myself, but I like living with white people a lot better) and a lot of crime?. I just dont hear anything good about Houston in these boards.
So here is my thing, make me understand Houston from your point of view and make me see it in a different way. So far I'm not convinced, but make me see it in a different way. Maybe I'm wrong.
So here is my situation, I currently live in Fl but would like to move to a city that has way less unemployment than us. Currently Fl is at 11.5% while Houston is at 8%. My inlaws also live over there which would help since we would know someone over there. Please please help me.
You would fit in a suburb like Katy, Sugar Land, or The Woodlands.
The Hispanics in those places are very "White Washed".
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