Random stuff I have learned about Houston over the years (Dallas: violent crime, credit)

[Mr. Krinkle]

- You can't beat the Vietnamese food in this city, and I've been to many a city.
True

-The richest neighborhoods have the crappiest roads.
False - Take a look at River Oaks, West U, Memorial

-Houston is the least "Texan" city in the state.
I would ad Austin to that list

-There aren't really any good school districts in the area, but there are some outstanding schools.
Somewhat true

-If you are from California, you are correct when you say your schools are far superior to ours (this is because we are still stuck in the industrial mindset while California is preparing the kids for tech).
What? This makes no sense.

-NEVER argue with a Joel Osteen follower.
Very true

-We have a more diversified economy than most Texas cities, but if oil were to slump everyone would head back to where they came from.
Perhaps

-You can't get really good authentic Mexican food/pastries west of 45.
I-45 is a very long freeway. Plenty of options especially inside the city.

-People here are friendly, but they will stand up for themselves if you mess with them.
True

-We have wonderful parks that are quite underrated.
True

-If you like spending 400 dollars a square foot for what was once some immigrant's shack, look at The Heights.
True, but a bit exaggerated

-Uptown has the most potential out of all the neighborhoods due to location, location, location.
Not Uptown. Uptown has seen it's prime, but many neighborhood inside the loop are on the way up. Uptown is overrated.

[Timnwendy]

-If you drive on a street far enough, it's name will change.

-If a new highway is built rather quickly, it is probably a toll road.

[tstone]

Originally Posted by crbcrbrgv

Feel free to add:
-You can't get really good authentic Mexican food/pastries west of 45.

I completely agree with this, as a native who has lived all over. You can get "good" Mexican food all over the city but the cream of the crop is east of I-45, where you don't find (m)any C-Ders. Competition is fierce, and on par with the best of what you'd find in San Antonio and McAllen.

[desertsun41]

Where did you come up with all these things? Must have taken some thinking.

Yes indeed the wealthiest neighborhoods have the worst roads. No doubts there. Some are almost impassable like a 3rd world country. Maybe the rich people like it that way so us peasants don't go too fast on their precious anointed grounds.

I like that post a few above this..........how true and almost hilarious.
-If you drive on a street far enough, it's name will change.

-If a new highway is built rather quickly, it is probably a toll road.

That brings to mind something else. All these Alda stores going up now. I have one about a minute walk from my house and it's just barreling towards a lightning fast grand opening. Then I look at government projects that take years just to think about planning a project.

And finally, this may be the only city in the world who does not have road repair crews who fill in pot holes with cold patch. Well it's better then nothing. For Alignment shops and tire shops, they tell me this is the most lucrative city in the world.

[14Bricks]

Originally Posted by crbcrbrgv

Feel free to add:

-You can't beat the Vietnamese food in this city, and I've been to many a city.

-The richest neighborhoods have the crappiest roads.

-Houston is the least "Texan" city in the state.

-There aren't really any good school districts in the area, but there are some outstanding schools.

-If you are from California, you are correct when you say your schools are far superior to ours (this is because we are still stuck in the industrial mindset while California is preparing the kids for tech).

-NEVER argue with a Joel Osteen follower.

-We have a more diversified economy than most Texas cities, but if oil were to slump everyone would head back to where they came from.

-You can't get really good authentic Mexican food/pastries west of 45.

-People here are friendly, but they will stand up for themselves if you mess with them.

-We have wonderful parks that are quite underrated.

-If you like spending 400 dollars a square foot for what was once some immigrant's shack, look at The Heights.

-Uptown has the most potential out of all the neighborhoods due to location, location, location.

Agree, rip, add or a combination is fine

Lol, come on dude you lose all credibility when you say stuff like California has better schools. I do agree that rich neighborhoods have terrible roads, has anybody tried riding down buffalo speedway in West U?

Education Week: Quality Counts 2013 - State Report Cards

[crbcrbrgv]

Originally Posted by DejaBlue

1. So so true

2. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Made me literally spit out a pretzel.

You want to know who told me that about The Heights? My father in law, who is an immigrant (migrant worker supervisor for ages) when we were looking at houses.

He saw some of the houses there and that's what he told us in Spanish.

[crbcrbrgv]

Originally Posted by 14Bricks

Lol, come on dude you lose all credibility when you say stuff like California has better schools. I do agree that rich neighborhoods have terrible roads, has anybody tried riding down buffalo speedway in West U?

Education Week: Quality Counts 2013 - State Report Cards

14Bricks, I've been in education a very long time. California just kills us overall.

I've known a lot of Californians over the years and I have yet to meet one who has been happy with education in Texas. Their biggest complaint generally is that there kids come her seemingly one to two years ahead.

And I've had everyone from drill seargents to hippie trippie types tell me this is the case.

I think you need to consider that perhaps the reason the lower socieo-economic students (many who know limited English) do so much better in Texas is because our curriculum is quite inferior.

[crbcrbrgv]

This principal is really dragging his feet with his paperwork, so I obviously just have waaaay too much time on my hands.

Originally Posted by Mr. Krinkle

- You can't beat the Vietnamese food in this city, and I've been to many a city.
True

-The richest neighborhoods have the crappiest roads.
False - Take a look at River Oaks, West U, Memorial Huh? River Oaks roads are horrendous! And West U and most of the Memorial area isn't in Houston.

-Houston is the least "Texan" city in the state.
I would ad Austin to that list I wouldn't. It's just the "liberal" version of Texas which is kind of like saying Rumor Willis is the beautiful Moore

-There aren't really any good school districts in the area, but there are some outstanding schools.
Somewhat true

-If you are from California, you are correct when you say your schools are far superior to ours (this is because we are still stuck in the industrial mindset while California is preparing the kids for tech).
What? This makes no sense. It does if you are in education. It makes perfect sense.

-NEVER argue with a Joel Osteen follower.
Very true

-We have a more diversified economy than most Texas cities, but if oil were to slump everyone would head back to where they came from.
Perhaps

-You can't get really good authentic Mexican food/pastries west of 45.
I-45 is a very long freeway. Plenty of options especially inside the city.

-People here are friendly, but they will stand up for themselves if you mess with them.
True

-We have wonderful parks that are quite underrated.
True

-If you like spending 400 dollars a square foot for what was once some immigrant's shack, look at The Heights.
True, but a bit exaggerated

-Uptown has the most potential out of all the neighborhoods due to location, location, location.
Not Uptown. Uptown has seen it's prime, but many neighborhood inside the loop are on the way up. Uptown is overrated.

My reasoning is location. Uptown most definitely has not hit its prime. They are building like crazy over there now. Also, the vast majority of families are now priced out of ITL, leaving them to buy in the new middle class hotspot between 610/8/WestPark and San Felipe (general) This is turning Uptown into their downtown.

Thanks for your responses, by the way. Fridays are the worst for my job. And sorry about the bolds. I'm on a tablet.

[EasilyAmused]

The Richest neighborhoods in the metro are near the bayou. The bayou increases the instabiltiy of the concrete. However, this doesn't explain the more western portions of San Felipe, that have always been a nightmare.

Ps: add Second Baptist church members to Joel Olsteen. Those people are freakingly, hypocritically, social climbingly off their rockers. Know few, and we run from them at gatherings.

[14Bricks]

Originally Posted by crbcrbrgv

14Bricks, I've been in education a very long time. California just kills us overall.

I've known a lot of Californians over the years and I have yet to meet one who has been happy with education in Texas. Their biggest complaint generally is that there kids come her seemingly one to two years ahead.

And I've had everyone from drill seargents to hippie trippie types tell me this is the case.

I think you need to consider that perhaps the reason the lower socieo-economic students (many who know limited English) do so much better in Texas is because our curriculum is quite inferior.

That's just your opinion. I could see if you said Cali has better universities than Texas, then I wouold agree 100%. But public schools? Hell not they are not better, did you even look at the link I posted?