What are the pros and cons of living in Houston, Texas?
I live in my native Kentucky and don’t enjoy it. People are closed-minded and cliquish. I don’t like Keeneland, the Ky. Derby, U. of Ky. athletics, the horse industry, hot browns, Ky. accents, and country music crap (it’s okay to not know what they are.) So, I have literally been told and made to feel like I’m not accepted for most of my life.
TEXAS, on the other hand, is great! I have a "Misplaced Texan" bumper sticker on my car, which has incurred hook ‘em horns signs from passers-by. I love Lyle Lovett, the Astros, Texas’ geographical diversity, corn nuggets, U. of Tx. Longhorns, even Marvin Zindler…oh, and all those pretty women. I get along so well w/ most Texans I meet, especially Houstonians.
Houston is booming, period. Kentucky is still just meeting status quo; it is in the bottom 20% in job growth, employment, income, and education. I want to be an urban planner. I know how to party in a sophisticated manner, yet just be friendly and laid-back.
Is Houston my match?
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July 24th, 2010 at 9:24 am
South Houston can be pretty rough. A friend of mine tried to get on there as a firefighter and most of the firemen he talked to from that area said, "Sometimes when we are doing our job, saving people and their houses, someone will just start shooting at us."
I guess it is like that anywhere now days. Just be careful man.