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Old 01-16-2012, 09:15 AM
 
Location: Southeast TX
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I've lived in Huntsville while I was in college and the area is real beautiful during this time of year. Its in the Piney Wood located about 1.30 hours North of Houston. I was driving on HWY 75 in mid-December going north from Willis to Huntsville and it looked amazing with all the different tree colors and driving up and down hills.

Yea its here you have to go to the far north to see it. After living in Huntsville it makes the Woodlands look...."okay".
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Old 01-16-2012, 09:21 AM
 
Location: Houston
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To each his own, I have been and have friends who lived and works in just about every major section of the U.S . some have falling in love with their new adodted cities, other do nothing but complain about how it not on houston level..that includes the NE

But I cant help but wonder how much was just you not really wanting to move, you sound happy with where you are. I have freinds who are stationed in some of the most beautiful places in the wordls and all they due is complain about how they miss houston.
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Old 01-16-2012, 09:40 AM
 
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This is from Texasfreeway.com. The image is basically the same all over the state and its depressing. It really sucks that build our cities around the interaction of cars and not the interaction of humans.
I see a freeway with a lot of stores (and their signs). Lots of shopping in a big city.
What else would there be along the freeways?
Why would you judge the city by the freeways?
Is NYC that much different? Not that I remember. I was just back there for a visit again. Driving along the Cross Bronx Expressway is ugly. Go out to long island and drive along Sunrise Highway... not much better.

Get away from the freeways if you don't want to see all that stuff.
If you want to compare little towns in the NE to Houston you're going to be in for a shock. Instead, drive out to Fulshear, Richmond, Bellville, etc.
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Old 01-16-2012, 10:07 AM
 
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Read my threads, at no point did I expect it to be anything like New England, as a matter of fact I knew it would not be.

I thought it would be like the suburbs of Charlotte and Atlanta, it was not.

You have more flat undeveloped land than I have ever seen and still the builders insist on postage stamp lots, I can not for the life of me understand that.
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Old 01-16-2012, 10:09 AM
 
Location: Westbury
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the OP: you visited houston and the best area you saw is Katy?

sounds like all you did was tour the suburbs. yes to many the suburbs suck
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Old 01-16-2012, 10:09 AM
 
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I think you have taken pictures to share your experience.
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Old 01-16-2012, 10:18 AM
 
Location: Southeast TX
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Read my threads, at no point did I expect it to be anything like New England, as a matter of fact I knew it would not be.

I thought it would be like the suburbs of Charlotte and Atlanta, it was not.

You have more flat undeveloped land than I have ever seen and still the builders insist on postage stamp lots, I can not for the life of me understand that.
Its not flat in the Northern tip of the Merto. That area favors those areas of Atlanta and Charlotte and looks if not the same but better because of all the trees and hills. You have to go far north to see areas that favor Atlanta etc. because of the sprawl.
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Old 01-16-2012, 10:21 AM
 
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Really to each his own dude, sorry.
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Old 01-16-2012, 10:22 AM
 
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Originally Posted by HoustonRonnie View Post
Don't slap the pitbull if you don't tolerate being bitten.

Just sayin'...

Ronnie
Ha! Folks do get a tad testy when you tell them their baby is ugly.

We could do better, but it still smells & looks like money.

The op was coming here for work. Part of the reason Houston is like it is, everybody is coming to work. Kinda like the boom town it was after the war.
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Old 01-16-2012, 10:23 AM
 
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Its not flat in the Northern tip of the Merto. That area favors those areas of Atlanta and Charlotte and looks if not the same but better because of all the trees and hills. You have to go far north to see areas that favor Atlanta etc. because of the sprawl.
Really?!
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