Why do so many people not like Houston? (Dallas, Pasadena: wages, live in)

[DanielWayne]

But apparently Forbes, Business Insider, smithsonianmag, The huffington post, and many others didn't get this memo.

[sxrckr]

Who?
The only people I hear saying that are some of those who:
- have little to no experience there, or
- live in some far-flung suburb

I'd love to hear the exceptions...

[theone33]

Originally Posted by sxrckr

Who?
The only people I hear saying that are some of those who:
- have little to no experience there, or
- live in some far-flung suburb

I'd love to hear the exceptions...

Word of mouth goes a long way. People come for work, live an hour outside of downtown, have no idea where to begin exploring the city, move and tell others how boring and crappy it is.

[Atlwarrior]

I always fine there is one person you can't escape which is yourself. If a person is a whiner, boring, and like to complain. No city on earth will be a good fit. You can enjoy any place on earth if your soul or self is trained.

[detachable arm]

Originally Posted by sxrckr

Who?
The only people I hear saying that are some of those who:
- have little to no experience there, or
- live in some far-flung suburb

I'd love to hear the exceptions...

I guess this isn't an exception but many inner loopers tire quickly of the bar-restaurant-museum-shopping-homelessness-crime thing after a certain point. And move to a suburb to put down some roots. Many long time natives complain about about their once eclectic neighborhood turning corporate yuppie too.

Which leads me to why some people complain... There is very little room for creativity here. Almost everything is corporatized which makes it feel like there is no heart and soul. Big players here are oil/gas and medicine. I don't think you can get anymore soulless than that.

Other reasons newcomers complain? most of it has already been listed here. But let's be for real here. Demographics in a largely blue collar port city. You can read other message boards that aren't as censored and that is a huge complaint. If you don't leave your inner loop or suburban bubble you won't understand.

[DSL_PWR]

Originally Posted by detachable arm

I guess this isn't an exception but many inner loopers tire quickly of the bar-restaurant-museum-shopping-homelessness-crime thing after a certain point. And move to a suburb to put down some roots. Many long time natives complain about about their once eclectic neighborhood turning corporate yuppie too.

Which leads me to why some people complain... There is very little room for creativity here. Almost everything is corporatized which makes it feel like there is no heart and soul. Big players here are oil/gas and medicine. I don't think you can get anymore soulless than that.

Other reasons newcomers complain? most of it has already been listed here. But let's be for real here. Demographics in a largely blue collar port city. You can read other message boards that aren't as censored and that is a huge complaint. If you don't leave your inner loop or suburban bubble you won't understand.

This is exactly what lives around me. Quite a few people in my neighborhood are ex-inner loopers that just had to get away from it all. Several only lived there for a year or so before it was too much.

I've heard horror stories.

[Dopo]

Houston is not as hot as people say
I lived in Kansas City and St. Louis and both of them are just as hot and humid as Houston in the summer.
Except that up there an average January day is 40F high 20F low.

[bu2]

Originally Posted by detachable arm

I guess this isn't an exception but many inner loopers tire quickly of the bar-restaurant-museum-shopping-homelessness-crime thing after a certain point. And move to a suburb to put down some roots. Many long time natives complain about about their once eclectic neighborhood turning corporate yuppie too.

Which leads me to why some people complain... There is very little room for creativity here. Almost everything is corporatized which makes it feel like there is no heart and soul. Big players here are oil/gas and medicine. I don't think you can get anymore soulless than that.

Other reasons newcomers complain? most of it has already been listed here. But let's be for real here. Demographics in a largely blue collar port city. You can read other message boards that aren't as censored and that is a huge complaint. If you don't leave your inner loop or suburban bubble you won't understand.

Houstonians are honest. If you have the same problem in Dallas or Atlanta, they will deny it exists to outsiders. That's a strength. Problems get raised and usually dealt with.

And Houston isn't a big tourist city. So you get a lot of people talking about it who know nothing about it. Its funny how often people talk about Houston being dry (image of Texas and tumbleweeds).

One reason many newcomers in the 80s complained is they came from smaller towns in the Midwest where they were making union wages and came for less money and big city prices and traffic because there were no jobs back home. It was a culture shock. The ones from Michigan were notorious for complaining.

[testmo]

I love the weather here. How can people live in dry heat? Yuck.

[I LOVE NORTH CAROLINA]

Way too hot (and not just in the summer) and too flat, no mountains.