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Old 08-20-2015, 07:08 AM
 
Location: Non Extradition Country
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It's more like a concrete/hot asphalt smell... if the wind is blowing in the right direction you can add refinery stench to that.
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Old 08-20-2015, 07:33 AM
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I never said there's a "general smell of rot." In your haste to defend Houston at all cost, you confused me with another poster...either that or you are getting old.
We just find your sense of smell odd. I've lived in lots of places.

Houston is really clean for a big city.
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Old 08-20-2015, 07:37 AM
 
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haha 3ship you posted your own zinger how funny is that? You posted in support of what Nickels was posting by bringing your wife's sense of smell into the thread. You didn't really define what "specific Houston smell" meant, but did say your wife didn't mean it as a compliment. If you don't clearly define what you mean then others may define it for you, which I did.....
All I'm saying is Houston has a certain distinct smell, probably from the refineries. It's not pleasant but it's not revolting. Now try not to get your panties in a bunchy. It's ok for Houston to not smell like roses. It's still a great city. Heck, NYC smells of grease mixed with sewage to me and I still think it's awesome, despite of the smell, of course.
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Old 08-20-2015, 08:07 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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All I'm saying is Houston has a certain distinct smell, probably from the refineries. It's not pleasant but it's not revolting. Now try not to get your panties in a bunchy. It's ok for Houston to not smell like roses. It's still a great city. Heck, NYC smells of grease mixed with sewage to me and I still think it's awesome, despite of the smell, of course.
What part of town do you live in ? I have lived on the west side of town for more than a couple of decades now and not once have I ever smelled any refinery funk in all that time, and being raised in Pasadena until the age of 14 I know what refinery funk is like. So how can you say that Houston has a distinct smell probably from the refineries. Are you saying any unpleasant smell from any part of town is somehow transferable to the entire Greater Houston Metropolis ?

BTW my panties are just fine thank you...
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Old 08-20-2015, 08:11 AM
 
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Well, according to GQ, the smelliest US cities (4 in the world's top 10), in their smelliest cities of the world article ( The Smelliest Cities on the Planet | GQ ) would be:

10. Dallas TX.
4. San Francisco, CA
3. New Orleans, LA
2. Pleasantville, NY
1. Los Angeles, CA
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Old 08-20-2015, 08:38 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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Well, according to GQ, the smelliest US cities (4 in the world's top 10), in their smelliest cities of the world article ( The Smelliest Cities on the Planet | GQ ) would be:

10. Dallas TX.
4. San Francisco, CA
3. New Orleans, LA
2. Pleasantville, NY
1. Los Angeles, CA
HAHA Dallas Texas the 10th stinkiest city in the WORLD ! I love it .....life is good.hehehehe
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Old 08-20-2015, 08:50 AM
 
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Well, according to GQ, the smelliest US cities (4 in the world's top 10), in their smelliest cities of the world article ( The Smelliest Cities on the Planet | GQ ) would be:

10. Dallas TX.
4. San Francisco, CA
3. New Orleans, LA
2. Pleasantville, NY
1. Los Angeles, CA

haha I always thought now Orleans smelled like dried urine.
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Old 08-20-2015, 09:30 AM
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haha I always thought now Orleans smelled like dried urine.
Just try the Quarter at 8 am in the morning before they have cleaned up. Its baaaaadddd!

Venice, Italy is the worst. The canals serve partly for sewage disposal.

I love both cities, but they do smell.
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Old 08-20-2015, 10:02 AM
 
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Just try the Quarter at 8 am in the morning before they have cleaned up. Its baaaaadddd!

Venice, Italy is the worst. The canals serve partly for sewage disposal.

I love both cities, but they do smell.
I agree!

About Houston's alleged stench -- medical research shows that some humans are born with a heightened sense of smell and will always detect odors that the majority of people can't!
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Old 08-20-2015, 01:48 PM
 
Location: Texas
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haha I always thought now Orleans smelled like dried urine.
I lived in New Orleans for 2 years, and to me, the city did have a very unique smell to it. I would usually notice it right after a rain when it was very humid (I mean more than usual). It was an organic and rather unpleasant smell that came off the river. It would usually dissipate after a few hours or a day unless the weather pattern persisted.

If you were to blindfold me and have me smell 100 different odors (including it), I would be able to identify it in a heartbeat.
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