Why does Houston think its not a southern city?

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by DabOnEm

Yeah but this is where you have it completely wrong. Southern culture does not equal confederate culture.

Forum is a little boring, so let's bring this back up

What in the hell is Southern culture?
Is Cajun culture supposed to be the same as DC (Virginia) culture?

[H'ton]

Originally Posted by GrandviewGloria

I think of Houston as (and in this order):

Center of a cosmopolitan megalopolis

The Capital of Latin America

A Caribbean city (and certainly the most viable one, although our national situation is ending that)

Mississippi West (a huge percentage of my home state's 160-year-long brain drain, settled in Houston)

Too hot for my huge, hairy husband (which is why we're in PNW/Wyoming/NY, instead)

Houston is NONE of these, except hot....lol

Everyone knows Miami is the Capital of Latin America, in the US.

A Caribbean city??-What?

Mississippi West..uh, no!

I'd say Inner loop Houston is cosmopolitan but outside the loop and definitely outside the beltway, it is a mess of undeveloped sprawl...not a meagalopolis, in that sense.

[Dopo]

Anybody that calls Houston a Caribbean city, needs to go back to elementary school

[Felt38]

Texas is Western (largest rodeo in the US), Deep South (Bible Belt), Gulf Coast South (more tawdry), Mex-America (Latino is largest population), diverse (most diverse city in the US) and international (has more international consulates than any city not named Washington or New York).

Houston suburbs are conservative but the city votes blue. Houston can't be baked down to one thing, even if you are talking energy industry (although it does come close).

[Dopo]

Agree, Houston is America’s melting pot