Top 3 Things you wish you could change about Houston for the better? (Pasadena: apartments, homes)

[Dopo]

1. Light rail connecting the airports to downtown and Galveston
2. Light rail loops similar to our highway loops
3. Light rail lines connecting suburbs to downtown

That's all I want

[ParaguaneroSwag]

Originally Posted by radiolibre99

But I explained in the post above. It's mostly so Houston won't end up like Austin.

Trust me lol that's not gonna happen. Wether you're talking about the city becoming hipster or liberal, it won't end up like Austin. Austin is a hipster medium sized city with the likes of Portland. Houston is too big for that. Of course there are hipster areas (Lower Westheimer obviously the most extreme example) but that doesn't mean the whole city will end up that way. New York City and Cali cities are the same way and hipsters are confined to their neighborhoods.

As for turning liberal, this process not only already started, But it's getting deep in the process. Already a liberal city it's just going more into that direction faster or slower by the day.

[radiolibre99]

Originally Posted by ParaguaneroSwag

Trust me lol that's not gonna happen. Wether you're talking about the city becoming hipster or liberal, it won't end up like Austin. Austin is a hipster medium sized city with the likes of Portland. Houston is too big for that. Of course there are hipster areas (Lower Westheimer obviously the most extreme example) but that doesn't mean the whole city will end up that way. New York City and Cali cities are the same way and hipsters are confined to their neighborhoods.

As for turning liberal, this process not only already started, But it's getting deep in the process. Already a liberal city it's just going more into that direction faster or slower by the day.

No I wasn't really talking about them becoming liberal or hipster, sorry. I meant Houston becoming too crowded for the infrastructure and expensive. I hear the job market is really tight and there are PhDs working at shoe stores. The city ordinances are also a bit to bear so yeah I guess I am afraid of some of the liberalism

[PinkLadyK]

Originally Posted by Texas Built

Cheaper housing? It's some of the cheapest in the US.

But that wasn't the question. I didn't ask for it to be some of the cheapest in the nation. I asked for it to be cheaper that it is. We're naming things we wish we could have, right? I wish I could have paid less for my same house in my same neighborhood.

[huma281]

Lower property taxes in lieu of higher sales tax or income tax
More diversity in our restaurants
Real downtown where people can hang out at that's easily accessible like in most major cities
Better public education
Some kind of state health care system/tax

[ZanZeBar]

Originally Posted by huma281

Lower property taxes in lieu of higher sales tax or income tax
More diversity in our restaurants
Real downtown where people can hang out at that's easily accessible like in most major cities
Better public education
Some kind of state health care system/tax

Houston's restaurant scene is already pretty diverse (although it is always good to go for the gold). And please don't bring up the tired "it's all chain restaurants" trope, as that is false.

[PedroMartinez]

1. Interconnected bike paths.
2. More public transportation.
3. Change property tax system (yes, a state issue, but still)

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Originally Posted by jerbear30

3. I think the energy industry here is pretty nasty. I don't mean the people who work for the energy industry, but the industry itself does a lot of environmentally horrible things. At this point, you're contradicting science to think otherwise. I don't wish for people to lose their jobs or anything like that, but I'd like to see that industry diversify and look more toward the future and alternative energies.

Yes, all the modern conveniences and technology, like computers, are just annoying. Let's return to things like all metal cars, transistors, etc. Nothing beats 1940's technology.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2602925/

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Better public transit. Id love a rail system at least like what Dallas has with DART. I fly a lot and it would be a dream to have rail access to Bush and Hobby.


But it probably wont happen soon.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by huma281

More diversity in our restaurants

How? Houston has one of the most diverse restaurant scenes in the US.

[Augiec]

1) Mass transit system
2) Better weather so we can walk/bike to work from the multitude of train stations where our freeways used to be
3) More healthy but affordable eating out options

I did really like the mention of mosquitoes, but the list is only 3...