Exactly, one of the few places in the US with a worse heat/humidity combo than Houston are New Orleans and Orlando. Nor is it unfriendly, and the road system is much more sensible than in many large cities. Apparently the writer simply plug-n-played a portion of the Chronicle's template response on why Houston needs:
1) Oodles of spending for light-rail
2) Oodles of spending for arts/sports/entertainment venues
3) Oodles of spending for the midnight basketball equivalent de jour
4) Oodles of spending on inner city patronage programs
5) Oodles of spending for inflated city pensions
6) Freeway towing
7) Oodles of spending to make us a 'WORLD CLASS CITY'(tm)
Er, "two of the few places"...