Why is Houston so damn poor?! (to live in, vs., money)

[patrix542]

Originally Posted by thenewtexan

There are poor neighborhoods in every major city in America. Prior posters have posted images from other cities that look much worse than what you posted from Houston. You're losing the debate. Move on.

im not losing anything, but most people get so offended and are trying to deny everything.
I never said there isnt any poverty in other cities, so wtf are you on about? As i said before about 5 times by now I asked WHY there is so much bad poverty in a city that is apparently "booming" and is so cheap, but i guess this is to hard to understand for most people on here

[Wild Colonial Girl]

It's the gutters and the siding, isn't it?

Property values in Houston are crazy low. There is just not the tax income for local government to pour gutters and footpaths and underground stormwater drainage. Then the weather is really hard on siding and exterior woodwork. If it costs $5,000 to have your $50,000 house painted every five years, would you do it? To re-side might be $10-20,000. And remember the roof needs replacing every 15 years.

[patrix542]

Originally Posted by Wild Colonial Girl

It's the gutters and the siding, isn't it?

Property values in Houston are crazy low. There is just not the tax income for local government to pour gutters and footpaths and underground stormwater drainage. Then the weather is really hard on siding and exterior woodwork. If it costs $5,000 to have your $50,000 house painted every five years, would you do it? To re-side might be $10-20,000. And remember the roof needs replacing every 15 years.

this is more of an answer i was looking for, thanks

[Mikeezy]

I plan on moving to Houston from Detroit and I hope it looks better. Also I hope Houston has there **** together as a city.

[patrix542]

Originally Posted by Mikeezy

I plan on moving to Houston from Detroit and I hope it looks better. Also I hope Houston has there **** together as a city.

oh yeah it does look much better than Detroit most areas anyway

[swopoe]

Originally Posted by Mikeezy

I plan on moving to Houston from Detroit and I hope it looks better. Also I hope Houston has there **** together as a city.

We do. Welcome.

[cheryjohns]

Originally Posted by Wild Colonial Girl

It's the gutters and the siding, isn't it?

Property values in Houston are crazy low. There is just not the tax income for local government to pour gutters and footpaths and underground stormwater drainage. Then the weather is really hard on siding and exterior woodwork. If it costs $5,000 to have your $50,000 house painted every five years, would you do it? To re-side might be $10-20,000. And remember the roof needs replacing every 15 years.

Hijacking and way off thread - but those prices and time frames are way off.

[TVC15]

Originally Posted by patrix542

Anyway guys please lets not make this thread a race discussion, this is not what this post is about. All I wanted to know is why there is so much poverty, why does it cover such huge area in a city with very low cost of living where you really can live in much better houses/ neighborhoods without spending a fortune.

Here are some poverty stats for ya California Poverty Rate Highest In Nation Based On New Census Department Figures

Also play with this link but do it correctly. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html Meaning if you are going to compare poverty between cities...you must pick cities with similar population sizes.

So let's pick the 4 largest cities and look at Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 Do you notice that poverty is not unique to Houston?

NY 19.4%

Chicago 21.4%

LA 20.2%

Houston 21.5%

[patrix542]

Originally Posted by TVC15

Here are some poverty stats for ya California Poverty Rate Highest In Nation Based On New Census Department Figures

so?

[Thomas82]

it's true patrix. i don't see why so many get offended.