I have a theory as to the source of many (most?) of Houston's problems: lack of education (Dallas: crime, how much)

[XodoX]

Originally Posted by Amazing90

I think when he said extreme left, he might be referring to people who are like you.

I'm not "extreme left".

[Zhang Fei]

Originally Posted by radiodude84

3. Extremely conservative suburbs. I have friends from Philly who moved to pearland and were disheartened by some of the close-minded and hateful rhetoric their kids were exposed to at school

Would you care to share with us some examples of this close-minded and hateful rhetoric?

[crbcrbrgv]

Expand the light rail and everything else will come together.

[livinginkingwood]

Originally Posted by wstaffor

No offense to UofH, because it's a fine option for a lot of people, but tier 1 isn't happening. Even UT is barely tier 1.

^^ Example of close-minded and hateful rhetoric.

[tstone]

Originally Posted by Zhang Fei

Would you care to share with us some examples of this close-minded and hateful rhetoric?

The closed minded rhetoric will undoubtedly be found in some suburbs. Many were small towns that were just recently swallowed up by the metro. So of course you are going to find insular, closed-minded, Old Gulf South attitudes. A lot of it has to do with people who look different than them, moving into nicer places because they have more money. This is more of a class thing above all else. And thankfully not all suburbs are like this, believe it or not.

On that note, I encourage any of you to ride down OST east of 288, down Griggs towads Gulfgate, bask in the radiance of the inner loop, and shop at some of those local venues there around sunset. You will come across the most racist, ignorant, threatening, and downright stupid things you'll ever hear in your life. But it's not the suburbs so it's ok.

It's funny and ironic the burb bashers who complain about widespread ignorance are the same people who support the enabling welfare programs + keeping our city the sanctuary type.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by bfizzy

I had no idea Minneapolis was vibrant and exciting. I've been there, I guess I just missed the vibrancy. I'm also surprised to learn that everyone is so well educated in LA and Miami.

You too? I was wondering the same myself!

Originally Posted by bfizzy

Also, it seems like this is exactly a "bash houston" thread.

Yep.
Yawn.
Moving on...

[wstaffor]

Originally Posted by livinginkingwood

^^ Example of close-minded and hateful rhetoric.

What about what I said was even remotely close-minded or hateful? Do you even know what those words mean?

[Amazing90]

Originally Posted by XodoX

I'm not "extreme left".

Sure you're not. Neither is Ross the Intern from the Jay Leno show. I really mean it.

[glorplaxy]

People act as if Houston bashing happens here just because there are people who like to say bad things about this city for no reason...
...but, if you look at the forums for other major cities, you really don't see nearly as much hating

[irishlover]

Do you really think you'll get a good representative opinion of Houstons "problems" from this thread? You do realize there are nearly 6 million people in the metro so IF 20 unique people that actually live here respond that represents .0000003% of the populace opinion? I say give up while you are ahead.