Possibly becoming a refugee from Seattle & moving to Houston (Dallas: crimes, felony)

[testmo]

Communists are different than socialists. Like north korea versus sweden different. Just fyi...

For people that really dont know (shaking my head) they are completely different philosophies and have completely different social and political constructs . One could not be a socialist communist. Thatd be like being a staunch catholic muslim. They are different ideologies. - had some messages and thought id drop a minimal learning opportunity

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by victorianpunk

And those idiots are trying to get it done in Seattle too...and they just might win. If that happens, I will be out of a job, as the restaurant I work in, like every other restaurant in town, will have to close if we have to pay everybody from the bus boy to the dishwasher, fifteen dollars and hour. But, because my restaurant is nation wide, I will be able to transfer to another location in the worst case scenario...and Houston is most likely where I will end up.

If your restaurant is nationwide
what difference does it make if you live in Seattle or Houston?

[victorianpunk]

Originally Posted by Dopo

If your restaurant is nationwide
what difference does it make if you live in Seattle or Houston?

Ah, like I said, the politics here may force my restaurant to close and they have a store in Houston that is expected to expand. Hence, that is most likely where I'll go.

Try reading the OP sometime.

[victorianpunk]

Originally Posted by chris_ut

So you think all restraunts in Seattle are going to go out of business and no one will eat out anymore? This is seriously how you think things will play out? Were you around last time they raised the minimum wage a few years back?

A 60% increase in labor would result in my restaurant no longer being profitable. I wasn't around the last time minimum wage jumped 60% because that has never happened anywhere in America before. People will still go out to eat, but my job will be gone and I can go to Houston to transfer if that happens or look for one here...and with a bunch of other restaurant (not all, but a bunch) closing and so many people also looking for work, it will be very hard for me to find a job here. Simple economics.

[victorianpunk]

Originally Posted by Mr. Krinkle

I wouldn't say it's hot 10 months out of the year, maybe compared to Seattle, but certainly not 90+. The temps will reach in the 90's May - Sept, but it's great weather the other months. Austin is actually hotter than Houston, but Houston is more humid.

I can deal with heat, as New Jersey summers are no walk in the park. It's the smog I'm concerned with. Is it as bad as Austin?

There are walkable neighborhoods, but you will most likely need a car. Montrose and Midtown are the more trendy walkable neighborhoods.

I'll definitely have a car, but sometimes you just want to walk up the street for some Tacos and a Coke.

If you are in the restaurant industry, you will like the food scene in Houston.

So I've heard.

[victorianpunk]

Originally Posted by testmo

Communists are different than socialists. Like north korea versus sweden different. Just fyi...

For people that really dont know (shaking my head) they are completely different philosophies and have completely different social and political constructs . One could not be a socialist communist. Thatd be like being a staunch catholic muslim. They are different ideologies. - had some messages and thought id drop a minimal learning opportunity

Up until recently I identified as a social democrat...many things, including interacting with leftists (who are horrible people compared to most libertarians) and the idiocy of the Trayvon Martin protests and this Sawant character have made me review my values.

And she is a communist: she's a Troskyte. She only says "Socialist" and not "communist" to have more appeal. Sound Politics: Congratulations To Kshama Sawant

She said that workers at a local Boeing plant should stage an armed coup to take over a factory if the company threatens to move...I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP!

‘The Workers Should Take Over the Factory!’: Newly-Elected Socialist Has Some Radical Ideas for Seattle | TheBlaze.com

This is what we're dealing with in Seattle. I doubt Houston can top that.

[victorianpunk]

Originally Posted by theSUBlime

I don't think you would like it as much. While politics is important, I don't think you should let one extreme city-level official deter you from being where you like to live. We have plenty of crazies here. Ever heard of Sheila Jackson Lee or Helena Brown? Google 'em.

I'm wondering if you work at a seafood restaurant because if that's the case, seafood from the Pacific is far superior to what you could get here, IMO. We also like to fry things here. So, food will be quite a be different from what you're probably used to.

When I visited Seattle, I really liked the fact that they required trash, compost, and recycle bins. I'm not a fanatic environmentalist by any means, but I certainly like doing my part, just like you.

All in all, Seattle is a fantastic city, great for everything you like it for. Your choice.

Problem is, the mayor agrees with this psycho and already he raised the minimum wage to fifteen dollars and hour for city workers, and is on board to go further with it.

Seattle is nice but home is ultimately where the job is.

And seafood in Seattle is good, and so is the Asian food...but that's about it. People here seem to think that flavor is a part of a vast right-wing plot and hence fight against it. Your average meal at a Seattle restaurant (other than mine) consists of "locally sourced organically, hydrologically, metaphysically, gynecologically grown Harmony lentils that are over seared in an recycled organic wood burning stove with no beans harmed in the cooking process! It's Vegan, Freegan, and non-dancer friendly and seasoned only with 1/1,000th of a pinch of imitation vegan salt like crystals."

In Seattle people eat their fries with tartar sauce and complain that ketchup is too spicy. Man, do I miss greasy New York made of lots of tasty dead animals.

[victorianpunk]

Originally Posted by crono_clone

I guess it depends on what you think ghetto means.

Basically, what I'm asking is this:

Is Houston like Baltimore or Newark or is it more like New York and Chicago, i.e., a few bad neighborhoods but most of the crime is localized there and if you stay out of them, you'll be fine for the most part.

There is a difference between a city with a ghetto and a city that is ghetto.

[Nugget_Brain]

Originally Posted by victorianpunk

I'm originally from NJ and I moved to Seattle a few years ago and, aside from the way the people can be at times (unfriendly, too PC, passive aggressive) I do like it. However, I may be forced to leave Seattle forever...

Thing is, Seattle (I live in town just north of Seattle and work there) just elected a communist city council woman...no, I am not a crazy Tea Party person who calls everyone to the left of Alan West a communist, I mean a LITERAL, TROSKYITE SOCIALIST has been elected to the city council:

Socialist sworn in as Seattle City Council member

So this crazy woman is on the council and her big issue is raising the minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour for everyone. As psychotic as it sounds, this already passed in the airport town of Seatac, just south of here: Highest Minimum Wage In US Takes Effect In SeaTac | KUOW News and Information

OH THE HORROR!!! A LIVING WAGE???!!!

And those idiots are trying to get it done in Seattle too...and they just might win. If that happens, I will be out of a job, as the restaurant I work in, like every other restaurant in town, will have to close if we have to pay everybody from the bus boy to the dishwasher, fifteen dollars and hour. But, because my restaurant is nation wide, I will be able to transfer to another location in the worst case scenario...and Houston is most likely where I will end up.

My restaurant, btw, is a high class place and I'm a manager/sommelier (wine geek)

I've been to Austin and through the pandhandle on my way to Oklahoma, but I have never been to the gulf coast of Texas. Some questions I have are:

Is it very ghetto? One of the things I like about Seattle is that its "ghetto" is a place where people don't recycle tin and our local "thugs" make Martha Steward look like Pablo Escobar.

How bad is the heat? And is the air really as smoggy as I've heard it is?

Are there any woods within a reasonable drive? I mean, I love hiking, hunting, fishing etc and one of the things I like about Seattle is all of that is close by. I would hate to go back to a New Jersey situation where the only wildlife to be found is on the guido beach.

And what are the good, walkable neighborhoods? I am not a fan of having to drive everywhere and would like at least some things, like stores and shops and restaurants, within a nice walk of where I live.

And no, I am not the typical Seattle person: I care about the environment, but I am not going to recycle toilet paper or trade my car in for a incline bike to commute to work. I am not nor will I ever be a vegetarian (if God did not intend for us to eat animals he would not have made them out of meat) and my political views are all over the place (pro-gun, pro-gay marriage, anti-abortion in most cases, pro-single payer healthcare, anti-welfare etc) so I am not a typical Seattle hippie.

My general philosophy when moving is that one should accept the that a place is not going to be 100% the way it is where one lived before hand. Ultimately if I have to move, I will adapt...eventually.


But I will say this: women in Texas are leaps and bounds preferable to Seattle women...or what passes for a women around here. Seattle was once ranked below only San Fransisco for city where women don't shave their legs.

Sorry, but I am all for women's rights, but what does being so harry you look like Chewbacca's illegitimate daughter have to do with women's rights? And the attitudes of some of these far-left, ultra-hippified politically correct women is getting on my last nerve. I made a joke about how much I love bacon at a bar once and several of the local females responded to my admission that I eat meat as if I had said I'm a member of NAMBLA. That is something I'm sure won't happen too often in Houston.

Oh boy! Don't you sound like a ray of sunshine? Do you even realize how much negativity oozes out of your post? Move to Houston, Austin, stay in Seattle...I don't think you're going to be happy anywhere. I think you sound like a completely miserable person and you're just not going to find anything with the attitude you currently have.

[crono_clone]

Originally Posted by victorianpunk

Basically, what I'm asking is this:

Is Houston like Baltimore or Newark or is it more like New York and Chicago, i.e., a few bad neighborhoods but most of the crime is localized there and if you stay out of them, you'll be fine for the most part.

There is a difference between a city with a ghetto and a city that is ghetto.

I don't know what crime is like in Baltimore or Newark, but crime in Houston isn't really localized. Lack of zoning means we can't put all our poor/brown people in one spot like Dallas (south side) or Detroit (8 mile) can.