The thing is, is Houston, like LA are so massive, one hears about these problems ever so often. I think it happens because of their large populations.
I am sure you are correct about your comparison. Also Houston only has one newspaper - The Chronicle - which leans very, very liberal. The four major news stations are also liberal. So the news is very, very filtered so that not much gets out.
The new DA is Democrat and she decided not to prosecute people who are apprehended with “small” amounts of marijuana. The Democrat Chief of Police mentioned in today’s news, when he was talking about the police shootings, that since the policemen no longer had to worry about apprehending people who had “small” amounts of drugs they could focus on the ever increasing problem of home robberies.
Houston has a shortage of police officers, some really bad streets, rising crime rate and significant money problems. Another big Texas city controlled by Democrats like Dallas, San Antonio, El Paso, Austin, etc. Hate to see it happen to our state but at least we’re not yet quite like California.