And huge roaches that actually fly...and illegal aliens that drive the wrong way down the expressway every night.
Posted on 07/01/2014 11:00:20 AM PDT by blam
Emmie Martin and Max Nisen
July 1, 2014
When you think about Houston, Texas, you probably picture massive oil refineries, oppressive humidity, and a sub-par baseball team — a far cry from one of the nation's most up-and-coming cities.
But you shouldn't dismiss Houston so easily; the Bayou City is an economic juggernaut.
It's by far the country's No. 1 job creator and home to 26 Fortune 500 companies. A paycheck goes farther here than anywhere else in the country, and it has a medical center larger than downtown Dallas.
Add a thriving restaurant and cultural scene, and you've got a winning case for Houston as the best city in America. Here are 18 reasons you may want to pack your bags and head south.
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Your right about the boom/bust (mostly boom since the 80's). It's like aging a tree - count the concentric rings of growth.
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.
Sheejack does represent a congressional district in Houston.
Her contituants are like her. Only without as much money and power.
Kinda like what I always imagined Hades would be!
19. You get to watch Dominique Sasche read the news every night. mmmmm!
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.
All lies! Stay away! You’ll hate it here!
If Mary Lou Retton decided to live there that’s good enough for me.
Houston has an unbearable climate in the summer: 100+ degrees and 100% relative humidity.
And, of course, insects three times the size of anywhere else in the country.
Houston does have a Hockey team. We started going after living in Alaska.
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.
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.
And huge roaches that actually fly...and illegal aliens that drive the wrong way down the expressway every night.
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.
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.
I’m guessing #1 is Sheila Jackson-Lee.
Isn't Houston the city that will let me use any restroom I choose?
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