And two hours, depending on traffic."Across town" can be 50 miles, since 'town' extends to the whole metro area.
IMO, Fort Worth is the best large city in Texas. Downtown is great, The Stockyards are fun, the Museum district is nice.
San Antonio is a fun city to visit. I like to stay on the Riverwalk.
Houston is probably the worst city in Texas.
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Guys, remember this is a Californian - you need to do some translations for him.
"Million dollar home" to a CA res is equiv. to ~150k home in Houston after all.
Beauty really is in the eye of the beer holder. I can't stand Dallas myself.
Figuring out 9mm vs 45 ACP for self defense may be easier.
I love the Stockyards man. Easily my favorite place in the Fort Worth area.
Dallas is horrible. I think the weather (except for tornadoes) and traffic are worse in Houston though.
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so many ugly buildings, radical leftists, Mexican flags, and more graffiti
Houston is probably the worst city in Texas.
It's funny how people react to places. I love Houston but I'll admit that it can be off-putting to novices.Beauty really is in the eye of the beer holder.
...is really important. For most of its life, Houston has been run, politically for sure and economically in great measure, by real estate developers. They have dictated how the city grew. They have no interest in historic preservation, for the most part, and just want to go a little ways further out, buy an old farm, and convert the acreage to a new subdivision. They make their money on selling housing to residents, not concentrating all the good stuff in a downtown tourist park.About all I've ever seen about Houston is no zoning rules.
Now I admit its a looong drive in to Minute Maid Field for a world Series game
The traffic, for example, is always cited as being terrible. However, once you understand it you can overcome most obstacles. There are usually three ways to get everywhere you want to go. Locals will pull up the Houston Transtar map, study it for 30 seconds, and pick a route alternative that won't drive them crazy.
I used to spend a little time at a work site in the Galleria with a Mexican-Vietnamese fusion food truck nearby. Man, I miss those tacos! For a variety of good food, I'll put Houston up against any place I've been.Houston has it in spades for good food though, in every style and ethic background or fusion you can't even consider.
A big thumbs-up to that. I've run across more than I found tolerable but I think that was because I spent so much time around low-class folks who thought I looked like someone who would join them in their prejudices. That sounds bad until I compare it to my experiences in much of the rest of the continental U.S. where I've encountered racism and intolerance right out in the open and much more pervasively.Racism and intolerance may exist, but you pretty much have to want to find it.
I have a feeling you're not going to like Houston lol.
Not at all, I should have been clearer.I'm going to pick on your comment a bit because I hear this a lot.
"Oh man X is so far from X"
Houston is in a whole 'nother universe compared to those places. Not better or worse, necessarily, but completely different.the best cities I've ever been to have been Nashville, TN and Montgomery, AL
Personally, I like the downtown hotels. However, I've worked there enough to be comfortable haunting the extensive tunnel system. There's a whole city under the city and during daylight hours it's plenty interesting. I've also spent so much time in those hotels at conferences and meetings that they seem kinda second-homey to me.What I meant (unsaid) was I would prefer to stay in Clear Lake 20ish miles away as opposed to staying at the Hilton or Hyatt in downtown right across the street from the World Series...
Btw, anyone know the best BBQ in Houston?