Culturally embracing cities? Please take this seriously--I'm depressed :( (Houston, Dallas: living in, shop)

[wpmeads]

Originally Posted by good_eating

You are a racist.

Did you ever stop and consider the reason whites want to live with other whites is to avoid the gangs and crime?

I don't know about that. When I lived in Abilene, there where a lot of "white" neighborhoods that I would not want to live in. Anyone who's driven through ghetto white neighborhoods in Texas will tell you they're very creepy. Besides, that's a pretty racist comment in itself to assume that only "non white" neighborhoods have crime.

[jd433]

I am white and have never experienced a problem with people not accepting my heritage. I can't see the problem. I mean I am in the Houston area which is not a majority white area and people accept me from all different kinds of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Dallas is no different. Especially on the North side i have never had a problem.

[Exult.Q36]

Originally Posted by SouthmoreAve

I've always thought as Houston as more "southern", while Dallas as more "country". But we all have our differing observations.

I would just try Houston out. Imo, its got 5-10 walkable neighborhoods,depending on your definition of "walkable" and they'll only improve and increase with the new LRT. Although I'm not saying that all of Houston is walkable.

Its got plenty of festivals: Brazilian Arts Festival, Festa Italiana, Greek, Pakistani, Turkish, Puerto Rican & Cuban, Russian Spring, Highland Games & Celtic, Colmbian & Venezualan Fest, Tango Houston(Argentine), Feste de La Musique(French Music celebration), French Cultures Festival, Chinese Lunar New Year, Japan Fest, Korean, Mexican Street Food Festival, Pan-African Cultural Festival, Harambee African African Herritage, CaribFest, Arab-American Festival, I-Fest| International Festival(showcases one county every year). And I'm sure I missed numerous others.

There are a ton of ethnic celebration, festivals, and parades in Houston for a lot of people to enjoy. Not all of these are full-fledged major celebrations, but the options are there. And there are even some in the suburbs like the Tomball German Heritage Festival.

And Houston is more diverse, and more intergrated.

There is no different between country and southern. The majority of country southerners listen to country.

[LifesMetaphor]

Hey guys,
Do you know what areas in Lakewood have newer homes?
Thanks

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by LifesMetaphor

Hey guys,
Do you know what areas in Lakewood have newer homes?
Thanks

Our good friend, Lakewooder would be best to answer that.

[theSUBlime]

Originally Posted by kdogg817

There is no different between country and southern. The majority of country southerners listen to country.

Actually there is a difference between country an southern. People from the south may or may not be country and people from the country may or may not be southern. It's kinda of like how a square is a rectangle, but a rectangle is not a square.

[debzkidz]

Wow SouthmoreAve. We do definitely have different observations. I was born and raised in Dallas, then moved to West Texas in my mid 20's. Moved to Houston in my mid 30's. I had never been to a farm, rodeo, or worn a pair of cowboy boots until I moved to Houston! I did always consider Dallas a Southern City, but always, before and after living in Houston, found it to be much more country. Not that there's anything wrong with either. As you said, different observations. I personally love both cities.

For the OP, I do think that a lot of what you find in Texas is, especially for us natives, of all nationalities, its more about being a "Texan" than being a certain ethnic group. In both my family and my husbands, we were not raised to be concerned about where our ancestors came from, but rather where we were now. In Texas. In my family there are members from various European countries, Mexico, as well as Native Americans, but for all of us it was just about being a Texan. That's what we celebrated.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by debzkidz

Wow SouthmoreAve. We do definitely have different observations. I was born and raised in Dallas, then moved to West Texas in my mid 20's. Moved to Houston in my mid 30's. I had never been to a farm, rodeo, or worn a pair of cowboy boots until I moved to Houston! I did always consider Dallas a Southern City, but always, before and after living in Houston, found it to be much more country. Not that there's anything wrong with either. As you said, different observations. I personally love both cities.

Those were exactly my observations too. Houston is the only city Ive ever been to where Ive seen a large number of people wear boots and go to work in the skyscrapers downtown. That is certainly not a bad thing, I kinda like it. But that seems to be the way it is down there.

[love roses]

Originally Posted by debzkidz

Wow SouthmoreAve. We do definitely have different observations. I was born and raised in Dallas, then moved to West Texas in my mid 20's. Moved to Houston in my mid 30's. I had never been to a farm, rodeo, or worn a pair of cowboy boots until I moved to Houston! I did always consider Dallas a Southern City, but always, before and after living in Houston, found it to be much more country. Not that there's anything wrong with either. As you said, different observations. I personally love both cities.

For the OP, I do think that a lot of what you find in Texas is, especially for us natives, of all nationalities, its more about being a "Texan" than being a certain ethnic group. In both my family and my husbands, we were not raised to be concerned about where our ancestors came from, but rather where we were now. In Texas. In my family there are members from various European countries, Mexico, as well as Native Americans, but for all of us it was just about being a Texan. That's what we celebrated.

I agree with this

[Lakewooder]

Lakewood Heights has the most new homes - it's the area between Skillman and Abrams from Richmond up to Monticello. However there are newer homes scattered about. Some parts of Wilshire Heights (north of Lakewood Heights and the mansions on Mercedes) and North Lakewood - Kenwood, Anita, Ellsworth, etc are starting to resemble University Park in the 1980s with new homes replacing many of the 1950s ranch homes - many of them clad in Austin stone.

Also the streets leading to Lakewood Elementary are nearly all new homes - Sondra, Vanderbilt, Lake Circle.