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Old 07-15-2009, 11:34 AM
 
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Ok, maybe a crackhouse next to a $400,000 house. You will see plenty of that off of Shepherd in the Heights/Garden Oaks area. Not the norm but still not uncommon. Also, I don't want to imply there are mounds of garbage and all of Houston is ugly. I love the Montrose/River Oaks area. In spite of road work, I think it is a very attractive area. Washington Ave. is even starting to get some charm to it.
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Old 07-15-2009, 01:57 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Ok, maybe a crackhouse next to a $400,000 house. You will see plenty of that off of Shepherd in the Heights/Garden Oaks area. Not the norm but still not uncommon. Also, I don't want to imply there are mounds of garbage and all of Houston is ugly. I love the Montrose/River Oaks area. In spite of road work, I think it is a very attractive area. Washington Ave. is even starting to get some charm to it.
Er... so... let me see if I can get this straight... in areas that are gentrifying, you're likely to actually see the various stages of transition?.. Big Dirty, this isn't unique to Houston in the slightest. This is occuring in every big city in this country.
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Old 07-15-2009, 04:48 PM
 
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Er... so... let me see if I can get this straight... in areas that are gentrifying, you're likely to actually see the various stages of transition?.. Big Dirty, this isn't unique to Houston in the slightest. This is occuring in every big city in this country.
Maybe it's just not something I am used to seeing then. I move here from Charlotte which is actually quite nice.
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Old 07-27-2009, 07:29 PM
 
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Any thoughts on the living in Austin vs Houston?
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Old 07-27-2009, 08:49 PM
 
Location: West Houston
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Any thoughts on the living in Austin vs Houston?
They're just radically different. I mean, they're more alike than, say, Houston and Vermont. But they are radically different cities.

Austin is younger; it has basically three "industries"---the State Government, the University of Texas, and the "Silicon Prarie". Houston has a lot of everything else, especially Energy, Medicine, and Space but also banking, manufacturing, distribution (second largest port in the nation).

Metro Austin = 1.8 million
Metro Houston = 6.5 million

Houston has worse air quality; Austin has more water problems.

Austin housing is more expensive than Houston housing.

Austin's hotter; Houston's more humid.

Austin has 6th Street. Houston has thousands of bars and restaurants.

Austin features (effectively) white, black, hispanic, asian. Houston is a crossroads of the world.

Austin has the infamous "laid back" quality. Houston is a huge metropolis, always blowing and going.

Austin has lots of live music. Houston has the huge national concerts at a variety of venues.

Austin has a triple A baseball team, plus sports featuring the University of Texas. Houston has all the major professional sports.

Austin has cultural offerings from the University of Texas. Houston has all the major performing arts plus major museums.

Houston/Galveston has a beach; Austin has Lake Travis (currently drying out).

Austin has a few nonstops and many connecting flights from Bergstrom International; Houston has nonstops to the world via Intercontinental and nonstops to most of the US via Hobby.

Austin has a small town feel, though getting bigger; Houston feels like the big city it is.

It's just comparing apples and kumquats.

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All that said, I'm one of the few Texans I know of who really doesn't care much for Austin. I detest UT (sorry, kiddies, not a fan). The famous Austin "attitude" doesn't do it for me. 6th St. was great when I was a college student and 20-something, but if you're anything else it's just too much. Besides, as a 20-something, I always found much more "trouble" in Houston and Dallas than in Austin.

I guess, why have a "pretend" city when you can have the real thing? I'd rather go to Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio all three before Austin.
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Old 07-28-2009, 02:24 PM
 
Location: Reliant Area. Houston, TX
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If you're getting a job in the medical field, there is a lot of opportunities here in Houston because we officially have the Biggest Medical Center in the world. Next to it we have a decent museum district plus Hermann Park.
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Old 07-28-2009, 08:32 PM
 
Location: The land of sugar... previously Houston and Austin
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Austin is younger; it has basically three "industries"---the State Government, the University of Texas, and the "Silicon Prarie". Houston has a lot of everything else, especially Energy, Medicine, and Space but also banking, manufacturing, distribution (second largest port in the nation).

Metro Austin = 1.8 million
Metro Houston = 6.5 million

Houston has worse air quality; Austin has more water problems.

Austin housing is more expensive than Houston housing.

Austin's hotter; Houston's more humid.

Austin has 6th Street. Houston has thousands of bars and restaurants.

Austin features (effectively) white, black, hispanic, asian. Houston is a crossroads of the world.

Austin has the infamous "laid back" quality. Houston is a huge metropolis, always blowing and going.

Austin has lots of live music. Houston has the huge national concerts at a variety of venues.

Austin has a triple A baseball team, plus sports featuring the University of Texas. Houston has all the major professional sports.

Austin has cultural offerings from the University of Texas. Houston has all the major performing arts plus major museums.

Houston/Galveston has a beach; Austin has Lake Travis (currently drying out).

Austin has a few nonstops and many connecting flights from Bergstrom International; Houston has nonstops to the world via Intercontinental and nonstops to most of the US via Hobby.

Austin has a small town feel, though getting bigger; Houston feels like the big city it is.

It's just comparing apples and kumquats.
I'd say this is a very good assessment, having been a resident of both cities myself. I never noticed the housing being more expensive... I don't think it's a huge difference, and varies so much depending on what part of town in each.

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All that said, I'm one of the few Texans I know of who really doesn't care much for Austin. I detest UT (sorry, kiddies, not a fan). The famous Austin "attitude" doesn't do it for me. 6th St. was great when I was a college student and 20-something, but if you're anything else it's just too much.
No problem with UT (being an alumni myself) but I agree with you on other points. The Austitude does get really tiresome. Mostly I just feel the place is overrated... unless of course you're a college student, in which case it's great. After that, Austin got really boring for me and I felt the move to Houston was a step up!
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