18 Facts That Make Houston The Best City In America

BI ^ | 7-1-2014 | Emmie Martin and Max Nisen

[uncommonsense]

Wow, the haters here! Houston has a lot going for it. Yes, it's hot and humid - so is all of Florida. The highways have been massively upgraded. Traffic is nothing like it was in 1981 when I was driving a flatbed truck with no AC or power anything - crawling in attics putting in cable TV.

Your right about the boom/bust (mostly boom since the 80's). It's like aging a tree - count the concentric rings of growth.

[Texas resident]

You are right about the city.
There are parts of the city that are nice though, but none of us can afford to live there. High property taxes.
Where the growth and prosperity is in the surrounding counties.

[Milton Miteybad]

A few years ago I flew back to Houston from a business trip to Denver. The plane landed at IAH and was taxiing to the jetway. You could tell which of the passengers were visitors from Denver, because they were gasping at the steam coming out of the vents and flooding into the passenger cabin. (I gotta admit, it was pretty impressive.)

Then, while exiting the plane, a few the Denver natives collapsed onto the jetway, complaining that they were unable to breathe because "the air was so heavy." And yeah, when you step out into the Houston air after being in a dry climate for a few days, it does feel like somebody whacked you in the face with a wet towel. Solution: go find some air conditioning. We have plenty of it. ;-)

[Texas resident]

Sheejack does represent a congressional district in Houston.
Her contituants are like her. Only without as much money and power.

[gr8eman]

Kinda like what I always imagined Hades would be!

[VerySadAmerican]

19. You get to watch Dominique Sasche read the news every night. mmmmm!

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[deport]

Isn’t Sheila Jackson Lee from Houston?

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Yep by way of Queens, NYC, Yale University and University of Virginia Law School.
Jackson Lee moved to Houston after her husband, Dr. Elwyn C. Lee, took a job at the
University of Houston. Her husband now holds a dual position of Vice Chancellor
and Vice President for Student Affairs of the University of Houston System and the
University of Houston, respectively.

[Zippo44]

All lies! Stay away! You’ll hate it here!

[Buckeye McFrog]

Crappy sports teams?

The Astros are actually showing some nice potential.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

If Mary Lou Retton decided to live there that’s good enough for me.

[catnipman]

Houston has an unbearable climate in the summer: 100+ degrees and 100% relative humidity.

[eclecticEel]

And, of course, insects three times the size of anywhere else in the country.

[thackney]

Houston does have a Hockey team. We started going after living in Alaska.

[Grams A]

Summer and Yuck.”

Tell everyone you know that is considering moving here about our two seasons. Maybe they’ll stay away.

OTOH, I wore sweats and intermittently turned my heat on from last October to March this year. Longest, coldest time I can ever remember. Gulf water finally warmed up enough to go in in May and we didn’t have a day over 89 until the end of June.

Suburbs are great. We don’t go into the city unless absolutely forced to.

[fwdude]

Please!

It is an illegal invader’s paradise. That, and the climate (hot and sticky; too far from the Gulf to get a sea breeze) and the militant homosexual population make it an armpit, if not an anus.

[Snickering Hound]

And huge roaches that actually fly...and illegal aliens that drive the wrong way down the expressway every night.

[edpc]

I’ve been to better places and I’ve been to worse ones, as well. I will give them props for having MD Anderson...an excellent oncology care center.

[huldah1776]

It amazes me how Latino kids are out of control and it makes perfect sense because their parents don’t care...so much so they travel thousands of miles alone.

[bgill]

I’m guessing #1 is Sheila Jackson-Lee.

[ken in texas]

the fly in the ointment... gay mayor and obnoxious gay pride celebrations.

Isn't Houston the city that will let me use any restroom I choose?