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Old 11-28-2010, 09:49 AM
 
Location: Austin/Houston
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I'm just gone stay out the Houston forum all together.
why? i know its not because of what one measly forumer posted.

 
Old 11-28-2010, 09:53 AM
 
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I can never say anything without somebody trying to get at me! I just might cancel this account. I can't have an opinion or anything on here.
 
Old 11-28-2010, 02:11 PM
 
Location: People's republic of California
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Wow, it's not that serious. I am glad you have very positive thoughts on this city, but I do agree, there is no way you can tell how a place is until it has been visited. I did my research before going to Houston and it exceeded my expectations on the other hand maybe a few were dissapointed as well. From the reviews I thought Galveston's beaches would be covered in oil and to my surprise I actually enjoyed myself more than on a California beach, was beautiful plus the water was nice and warm. Being in the place beats any reviews.
 
Old 11-28-2010, 02:49 PM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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I can never say anything without somebody trying to get at me! I just might cancel this account. I can't have an opinion or anything on here.
Don't mind me; I just like starting arguments and annoying people.
 
Old 11-28-2010, 03:11 PM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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Houston is a great choice, but you are romanticizing Houston. I have seen this so many times before. Im from California, and you have no idea how many people build up LA in their mind of what they think it is or what they want it to be. Then they get there and its not what they had in mind. As a result, they become very uphappy and very dissappointed. For example if you think Houston is more like Chicago than Atlanta, when you arrive in Houston, you will be sorely disappointed.

I also cant see how Houston is an underdog. Houston has everyones respect and a good economy.

My point is this: Ask all the questions you like, but hold off on building it up, romanticizing it, and forming opinions (which you have been doing) until you can finally visit. The reason is that until you visit a place for some time, you cant possible know what it is.
Good post.

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I can never say anything without somebody trying to get at me! I just might cancel this account. I can't have an opinion or anything on here.
You're taking this WAY too seriously. As many times as I have read your threads and people have answered almost all of the questions you asked. Even when you would bump the threads if no one answered.
 
Old 11-28-2010, 05:38 PM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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I can never say anything without somebody trying to get at me! I just might cancel this account. I can't have an opinion or anything on here.
Dude, chill out. Its not a big deal. You just need to spend some time in Houston before you will know the place. We can answer your questions and you can do your reaseach, but you will still really not know anything about Houston. Its like the French dude who keeps posting articles about Texas. He thinks Rick Perry is Texas' savior. If he lived here or even had spent time here, he would realize thats not the case. He thinks he knows Texas because he reads a bunch of articles. It just doesnt work that way. Ask all the questions you want and we will answer them, but you dont know Houston and you wont know Houston untill you really spend time there. So when you offer opinions on Houston's shopping, eating, music, or urban feel, you are offering opinions on something you may think you know, but they are uninformed.

To Stoneclaw, my points were extremely valid so I make know apologies.
 
Old 11-28-2010, 07:31 PM
 
Location: Austin/Houston
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To Stoneclaw, my points were extremely valid so I make know apologies
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I wasn't saying your points weren't valid, matter fact, they were right on target. I was one of those people who overglorified Houston and came to be somewhat disappointed with Houston, however I stayed for the positives reasons overall.

There was no punn intended in my previous post. I was just saying that one person's post shouldn't cause someone to leave a forum. Measly was just my way of saying it was once person's opinion, maybe not the best choice of words.
 
Old 11-28-2010, 08:04 PM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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I was one of those people who overglorified Houston and came to be somewhat disappointed with Houston, however I stayed for the positives reasons overall.
And its not specific to Houston whatsoever. People do this with lots of places. In LA, we saw this more times than we didnt. I remember someone transfering to our office in LA from Austin and talked a big game when he arrived. He thought LA would be more glitzy and glamourous and was shocked to find it ethnic and gritty. He tied to live the life and LA didnt agree with it. He was back in Austin in 6 months.
 
Old 11-28-2010, 09:03 PM
 
Location: America
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so i've been doing quite a bit of traveling throughout the state, and today i got back from houston, and everytime i go i forget how humongous it is....

i was paying close attention to the "scenery", and i thought to myself "what is it that houston can change to make itself look better?"....then, as i was driving around, i pretty much confirmed that it was the areas that appeared to have zoning that looked soooo much better than those that didn't. houstonians may not like hearing that, but people wouldn't keep saying it if it wasn't true. i mean, some streets looked nice or ordinary, while some just looked downright chaotic. sorry, but no one can do "ugly" quite like houston .....what i realized is that they need to quit with the billboards and tacky palms and plant more cedars, birch, sweetgums, decidous oaks, etc. anything that can make the area look more tidy and even

i was in the main part of sugar land, and i was thinking "man, what if all of houston could look like this?". that area feels like a completely different area of the country than houston. but i still love the city, and it is what it is

Last edited by AlGreen; 11-28-2010 at 10:33 PM..
 
Old 11-28-2010, 10:05 PM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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It's because Sugar Land is a suburb. A lot easier to maintain a small suburban than a large city (both in population and land area). I think that's why DFW seems more manicured than Houston. A bunch of little cities that only have to maintain a small area and there are hardly any unincorporated areas here.
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