1. The only [major league] sport* we're missing that matters is in the league that just cancelled their season.
2. Houston is the most diverse city in America. This is something I didn't fully appreciate until this trip. While hanging out at the Central Market today, watching a man with a turbin walking into the store to shop followed by a large Hispanic family and white yuppies.
3. Houston may not have as many universities as Boston, but six four-year (or more) institutions (University of Houston, Rice University, Texas Southern University, Houston Baptist University, University of St. Thomas, and UH-Downtown), three law schools (UH, TSU, and South Texas College of Law), and countless medical schools ain't bad.
4. It's not as vain as Dallas, not as dirty as San Antonio, and not as self-absorbed as Austin.
5. It has a quirky personality. For instance today the city completely forgot that it's February.
6. This town is full of hidden treasures. Within ten minutes of getting lost you're guaranteed to find something worth seeing or visiting.
7. Houston is the only major metropolis without zoning, so you have houses tucked away in the middle of shopping centers.
8. If you don't like where you live, you can move somewhere entirely different within city limits. In the general area, you can find just about any way of life (that doesn't include mountains).
9. Unless you have a desire to, there are few reasons you would ever
need to leave this town. Whether you're wanting to go to a great university, find a good job, or get malignant cancer taken care of, you're just fine here.
10. And all of this with a relatively low cost of living considering its size.
Bonus: Boston hates it, the national media generally ignores it, and Lee P. Brown no longer runs it.
Note: Adam and Laurence Simon have pointed out that we do have an
AHL team. I know of the
Aeros, of course, but I was referring to major league (or "highest league") teams, MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL.
2. The South in general did a lot more for desegregation than the North ever has. I've heard the comment from many many older folks that moved from up North to down South. Being minorities, they didn't believe it, but when they got down here, it was quite evident that it was true. Maybe it's because up North they didn't perceive themselves as having a problem. Natural segragation happens, and some areas it's quite noticeable. My visit to NYC showed me that.
5. What does that mean?
9. I've been feeling the itch to leave the GHMA. I think if I leave my current job, I may start looking elsewhere.
Actually, we do have hockey, just not *NHL* hockey. Because of the lockout, Houston has a hockey team in the highest-level hockey league currently playing games.
Adam, Yeah, Larry Simon pointed that out as well. I should have said "major league" or somesuch.
Kavey, I thought you were just looking for work in Rosenberg or Fort Bend. Where you think you might be headed? Just anywhere but Houston?
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