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Old 05-27-2008, 12:47 PM
 
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I have heard that Houston people are friendlier and the pace of life in Houston is slower than in CA. Could this be an extension of the fact that so many in Houston are able to afford a decent home for their children and that the middle class lifestyle is attainable here versus in CA?

To me, CA is full of self-absorbed people. I think this might be due to the fact that they feel the need to compete in order to stay afloat. Are things different in Houston, or is this just a fact of life in every big city?
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Old 05-27-2008, 12:52 PM
 
Location: where nothin ever grows. no rain or rivers flow, TX
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you dont belong in CA. Houston has its arms open like a refugee camp. well, it is one in many aspects. yes one's classification is bumped up a notch here in houston.
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Old 05-27-2008, 12:52 PM
 
Location: Charleston Sc and Western NC
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I have heard that Houston people are friendlier and the pace of life in Houston is slower than in CA. Could this be an extension of the fact that so many in Houston are able to afford a decent home for their children and that the middle class lifestyle is attainable here versus in CA?
The affordable lifestyle for the middle class really is found outside of Houston, or sprinkled around the perimeter, rather then IN Houston. It's very cost prohibitive to live near the city's core, just like CA.

We're friendlier because it's still Texas, and most of us are still very southern. Twenty years from now, with all the transplants, we might be as mean and as grumpie as everywhere else.
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Old 05-27-2008, 02:01 PM
 
Location: Houston, Tx
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Smile Be careful talking like this!!

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I have heard that Houston people are friendlier and the pace of life in Houston is slower than in CA. Could this be an extension of the fact that so many in Houston are able to afford a decent home for their children and that the middle class lifestyle is attainable here versus in CA?

To me, CA is full of self-absorbed people. I think this might be due to the fact that they feel the need to compete in order to stay afloat. Are things different in Houston, or is this just a fact of life in every big city?
Yes Houston is very affordable on its perimeters but just be careful where at on the perimeter you go. i recommend Katy, Tx on the South Side of the I-10 (this area is booming) or Cypress or Spring or Pearland, Friendswood etc.
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Old 05-27-2008, 02:06 PM
 
Location: Austin & Houston, TX
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It is affordable and friendly.
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Old 05-27-2008, 02:11 PM
 
Location: Beautiful New England
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I have heard that Houston people are friendlier and the pace of life in Houston is slower than in CA. Could this be an extension of the fact that so many in Houston are able to afford a decent home for their children and that the middle class lifestyle is attainable here versus in CA?

No, not at all. Texans overall tend to be friendly, outgoing. This is part of the state culture and is imparted from generation to generation. It has nothing to do with housing etc. I lived there for many years and know the state well.

Houston is very welcoming of newcomers because they almost invariably have something in common: they want to make a buck and improving their standard of living. Houston is all about entrepreneurialism. It's not about being fashionable, cool, or trendy (i.e. California). Nor is H-town about history and tradition, nor even social class, etc. People are drawn to the mosquito-and-roach-infested sauna on Buffalo Bayou to pursue opportunity, to build a better life for themselves and their family. Yes, it makes Houston somewhat shallow, often tacky, and downright vicious. But it also makes it vibrant. This shared interest transcends all racial, ethnic, religious, and social bounds and thus unites people together.
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Old 05-27-2008, 04:28 PM
 
Location: from houstoner to bostoner to new yorker to new jerseyite ;)
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No, not at all. Texans overall tend to be friendly, outgoing. This is part of the state culture and is imparted from generation to generation. It has nothing to do with housing etc. I lived there for many years and know the state well.

Houston is very welcoming of newcomers because they almost invariably have something in common: they want to make a buck and improving their standard of living. Houston is all about entrepreneurialism. It's not about being fashionable, cool, or trendy (i.e. California). Nor is H-town about history and tradition, nor even social class, etc. People are drawn to the mosquito-and-roach-infested sauna on Buffalo Bayou to pursue opportunity, to build a better life for themselves and their family. Yes, it makes Houston somewhat shallow, often tacky, and downright vicious. But it also makes it vibrant. This shared interest transcends all racial, ethnic, religious, and social bounds and thus unites people together.
Tacky I'll grant, but shallow? Vicious? I'm hurt. I think you're getting Houston confused with a city a couple hundred miles to the north.
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Old 05-27-2008, 06:59 PM
 
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Actually, very few of the newer parts of Houston look tacky. They pretty much resemble suburbia anywhere in America. This country seems to have mostly said goodbye to all forms of regionalism in architecture.

The major difference in Houston from many other parts of the US is to be found in the climate, the booming economy, and the affordability of good new housing.
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Old 05-27-2008, 07:07 PM
 
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Actually, very few of the newer parts of Houston look tacky.
Which is, in itself, tacky. But that's a rather POV topic...it's tomato to me, tomahto to you...
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Old 05-27-2008, 07:11 PM
 
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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Tacky I'll grant, but shallow? Vicious? I'm hurt. I think you're getting Houston confused with a city a couple hundred miles to the north.

DITTO!!!!!!!
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