Ah Houston...I was there last week.1. Highways everywhere2. No one walks anywhere...you'll learn later this is because it's dangerous3. Humidity...it sucks...if you don't think so you're a fool and you're thinking of your Carribean vacation, not standing around in a suit in 30C with 80% humidity.4. Some people love it there, but the vast majority of educated people think it's a ghetto5. There is no city planning...you could be in million dollar homes one minute then ghetto the next6. Memorial Park is sweet...then you realize the reason that EVERYONE jogs there is because jogging in other parts of the city is flat out dangerous.7. You may think, awesome, we have a NFL team now...it's neat to go to the game/stadium, but there is no (safe) public transportation, so you'll be stuck there for 1hr prior and 3hrs after; although, the tailgating is insane.8. Washington st (their 17th ave) looks like McLeod Trail.9. Maple Leaf pub is fun...watching the cops whiz buy trying to catch a shooting suspect freaked the out of my dad.10. Even as the most conservative canadian in the world you will have lots of people in your face that are so far right wing its unexplainable.11. Fat people everywhere, so if you're not slim now, you will be there.12. Cheap everything is nice.13. As you move out to the subburbs it gets better.14. If you're used to using the line, "It's not that bad" then Houston could be for you.
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