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18 Facts That Make Houston The Best City In America
BI ^ | 7-1-2014 | Emmie Martin and Max Nisen

Posted on 07/01/2014 11:00:20 AM PDT by blam

Emmie Martin and Max Nisen
July 1, 2014

When you think about Houston, Texas, you probably picture massive oil refineries, oppressive humidity, and a sub-par baseball team — a far cry from one of the nation's most up-and-coming cities.

But you shouldn't dismiss Houston so easily; the Bayou City is an economic juggernaut.

It's by far the country's No. 1 job creator and home to 26 Fortune 500 companies. A paycheck goes farther here than anywhere else in the country, and it has a medical center larger than downtown Dallas.

Add a thriving restaurant and cultural scene, and you've got a winning case for Houston as the best city in America. Here are 18 reasons you may want to pack your bags and head south.

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(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: dallas; economy; houston; texas
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To: henkster
Wow, the haters here! Houston has a lot going for it. Yes, it's hot and humid - so is all of Florida. The highways have been massively upgraded. Traffic is nothing like it was in 1981 when I was driving a flatbed truck with no AC or power anything - crawling in attics putting in cable TV.

Your right about the boom/bust (mostly boom since the 80's). It's like aging a tree - count the concentric rings of growth.

41 posted on 07/01/2014 11:40:54 AM PDT by uncommonsense (Liberals see what they believe; Conservatives believe what they see.)
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To: drunknsage

You are right about the city.
There are parts of the city that are nice though, but none of us can afford to live there. High property taxes.
Where the growth and prosperity is in the surrounding counties.


42 posted on 07/01/2014 11:42:07 AM PDT by Texas resident (The democrat party is the CPUSA)
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To: The KG9 Kid
A few years ago I flew back to Houston from a business trip to Denver. The plane landed at IAH and was taxiing to the jetway. You could tell which of the passengers were visitors from Denver, because they were gasping at the steam coming out of the vents and flooding into the passenger cabin. (I gotta admit, it was pretty impressive.)

Then, while exiting the plane, a few the Denver natives collapsed onto the jetway, complaining that they were unable to breathe because "the air was so heavy." And yeah, when you step out into the Houston air after being in a dry climate for a few days, it does feel like somebody whacked you in the face with a wet towel. Solution: go find some air conditioning. We have plenty of it. ;-)
43 posted on 07/01/2014 11:44:53 AM PDT by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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To: Fast Moving Angel

Sheejack does represent a congressional district in Houston.
Her contituants are like her. Only without as much money and power.


44 posted on 07/01/2014 11:45:59 AM PDT by Texas resident (The democrat party is the CPUSA)
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To: The KG9 Kid

Kinda like what I always imagined Hades would be!


45 posted on 07/01/2014 11:46:02 AM PDT by gr8eman (A good rant should have the word "crap" in it at least 4 times!)
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To: blam

19. You get to watch Dominique Sasche read the news every night. mmmmm!

https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=Anq2MUc2iD77sqBfqavPtNCbvZx4?fr=yfp-t-901-s&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&p=dominique%20sachse%20bikini


46 posted on 07/01/2014 11:46:10 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps.)
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To: Fast Moving Angel

Isn’t Sheila Jackson Lee from Houston?

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Yep by way of Queens, NYC, Yale University and University of Virginia Law School.
Jackson Lee moved to Houston after her husband, Dr. Elwyn C. Lee, took a job at the
University of Houston. Her husband now holds a dual position of Vice Chancellor
and Vice President for Student Affairs of the University of Houston System and the
University of Houston, respectively.


47 posted on 07/01/2014 11:49:16 AM PDT by deport
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To: blam

All lies! Stay away! You’ll hate it here!


48 posted on 07/01/2014 11:49:36 AM PDT by Zippo44 (Liberal: another word for poltroon.)
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To: henkster
Crappy sports teams?

The Astros are actually showing some nice potential.


49 posted on 07/01/2014 11:57:42 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: blam

If Mary Lou Retton decided to live there that’s good enough for me.


50 posted on 07/01/2014 11:58:30 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: blam

Houston has an unbearable climate in the summer: 100+ degrees and 100% relative humidity.


51 posted on 07/01/2014 12:03:21 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: blam

And, of course, insects three times the size of anywhere else in the country.


52 posted on 07/01/2014 12:03:44 PM PDT by eclecticEel ("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
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To: henkster

Houston does have a Hockey team. We started going after living in Alaska.


53 posted on 07/01/2014 12:03:58 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: justlittleoleme

Summer and Yuck.”

Tell everyone you know that is considering moving here about our two seasons. Maybe they’ll stay away.

OTOH, I wore sweats and intermittently turned my heat on from last October to March this year. Longest, coldest time I can ever remember. Gulf water finally warmed up enough to go in in May and we didn’t have a day over 89 until the end of June.

Suburbs are great. We don’t go into the city unless absolutely forced to.


54 posted on 07/01/2014 12:04:10 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: blam

Please!

It is an illegal invader’s paradise. That, and the climate (hot and sticky; too far from the Gulf to get a sea breeze) and the militant homosexual population make it an armpit, if not an anus.


55 posted on 07/01/2014 12:04:36 PM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: blam
roach photo: roach roach.jpg

And huge roaches that actually fly...and illegal aliens that drive the wrong way down the expressway every night.

56 posted on 07/01/2014 12:06:32 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: blam

I’ve been to better places and I’ve been to worse ones, as well. I will give them props for having MD Anderson...an excellent oncology care center.


57 posted on 07/01/2014 12:09:39 PM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: drunknsage

It amazes me how Latino kids are out of control and it makes perfect sense because their parents don’t care...so much so they travel thousands of miles alone.


58 posted on 07/01/2014 12:13:46 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: blam

I’m guessing #1 is Sheila Jackson-Lee.


59 posted on 07/01/2014 12:20:46 PM PDT by bgill
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To: HiTech RedNeck
the fly in the ointment... gay mayor and obnoxious gay pride celebrations.

Isn't Houston the city that will let me use any restroom I choose?

60 posted on 07/01/2014 12:21:28 PM PDT by ken in texas
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