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I love Houston. I lived there for several years growing up, having moved their from the SF Bay Area. Yes, it has sprawl like none other. From the westernmost
by saryant 12y ago
I love Houston. I lived there for several years growing up, having moved their from the SF Bay Area. Yes, it has sprawl like none other. From the westernmost point on I-10 to the easternmost is about 50 miles and growing every year. Yes, you need a car. But it's a fascinating place on a scale few cities can rival.
Houston is home to the world's largest medical center. 20,000 doctors and it was started as a tax dodge! It's the most ethnically diverse city in America, moreso than LA or NYC. It's affordable, the schools are good (in the burbs anyways) and the food is unbeatable, from endless pho shops on Westheimer, Iranian and Turkish in West Houston and creative restaurants like Pass and Provision or Underbelly in Montrose. One of the largest private art collections in the world is smack in the middle of the city.
The people are friendly and welcoming and as tolerant as you'll ever find (Houston has the nation's first openly lesbian mayor). Unless you're on the road in which case everyone is a raging maniac trying to kill you. Houston's drivers are the most balls-to-the-wall crazy I've ever seen and I'm typing this from Penang in Malaysia...
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- ronnier 12y agoI grew up near Houston and would totally take Houston drivers over Seattle drivers (Though I'm not living in the US as of this year). Houston drivers drive. There's a sense of urgency to them. Not so in Seattle where it's normal for the left lane traffic to go 15 mph below the speed limit.
- saryant 12y agoI would say "urgency" is an understatement!
- angersock 12y agoWell, that's the thing, right? If you're on the 59/610 west interchange, it's dangerous--so you should drive faster to be exposed to danger less. It's obvious. Especially in the rain.. And the ice.
- saryant 12y agoI spent a summer commuting from Katy to University of Houston's main campus. Westpark toll to 59 passing through the 610 interchange. Westpark's off ramp lands you in an exit only lane to 610, so you immediately have to merge over three lanes within less than half a mile. IIRC it's the most dangerous stretch of highway in America.
- stephenhuey 12y agoThat stretch has a rival in Houston: if you're heading towards downtown on Allen Parkway and get onto I-45 northbound, the entrance ramp is a tight upward spiral and you'll need to accelerate from 30 to 70 lickety-split because it dumps you right into a full-fledged interstate lane, not a merge lane!