If Houston isn't trying to be like NYC, then why is there a "theatre district" and a so-called "fashion week"?

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and a so-called chinatown. It sounds to me like a wannabe NYC. Houston is not big time. Nothing here is sophisticated. And to me, Houston is full of people trying to keep up with New Yorkers and people from Cali. kind of like the saying "keeping up with the Jones's".

Houston will never be like NYC.

The only theatre district here is the movie theater.

smooth you're the wannabe nyc. but you are NOTHING like it.

Answer 1

Maybe you don't understand that Houston does have a "Theater District" that is not just movie theaters. I've included the link below so you can check it out.

Answer 2

That other mum must be insecure or she wouldn't have been so reactive to your choices. Isn't it funny how critical some mothers can be about other people's parenting practices. As if everyone has to do it their way. I wouldn't be offended to be called old fashioned, but I'd have to guess what was meant. So much of parenting is fashion. When I was a baby my mum was told to put us down, open the window, turn off the light and shut the door. This from birth, so we'd get used to it. Now, we co-sleep. My mum was fed last night's dinner at breakfast if she hadn't eaten it, now children are individually catered to because of all their digestive peculiarities. I'm making it up as I go along, trying to understand why people made the parenting choices they made, old and new. If the reasoning's good, I'll see if it works for us. There's good and bad in old fashioned practices (I don't beat my child, or send him to bed without supper etc.) and the same in modern practices (how can teenagers teach each other to be adults?) It's always an experiment, and you can't tell how well you went until they're grown up.

Answer 3

People don't care about trying to be a "Hollywooder" or a "New Yorker".

You obviously are very judgmental, ignorant, and a wannabe yourself. You keep saying that you are a New Yorker, but you keep comparing everything to New York and Cali. So that makes you a Cali wannabe. Choose who you're gonna be. A New Yorker or a Cali wannabe?

What defines Houston people who are "trying to keep up with New Yorkers and people from Cali"? Their cowboy hats, boots and wranglers? Yea, Ok, Texans copied that from Yankees and Californians. People from all over the United States are into fashion, not only NY and CA. If you were as intellect as you try to portray yourself, do some research. Every city has similar traits.

Like others have stated before, if you hate it in Houston, why not just pack up your things and leave? Why waste your time and energy on making up threads like this?

Answer 4

There is a Chinatown because people of a certain culture probably prefer to live near one another, especially if they are relatively newly immigrated to the US.

The theatre district is present in just about every city I've ever gone to. It isn't a Houston wannabe thing.

Finally, for Houston to have a Fashion Week is not in the least surprising. Texas has some of the most beautiful women in the country. Not surprising, because there is so much money there. Texas is known for Bar-B-Que, oil, money, good ol' boys, and flashy women with big hair.

Answer 5

Are you for real?

Houston is just Houston! It doesn't have to be NYC. NYC isn't the only multicultural city in the world with attractions. Houston got all that too! It happens to be located in another part of the country, the South in Texas .

Houston is better than NYC because of the cost of living. You can get a lot of house for 200k. I do mean a HOUSE! What can you get in NYC for that price? Nothing but a small box in a large crowed, rat crawling building.

Houston has just about everything NYC has as far as see and dos but Houston wins with cost of living and quality of life!

Houstonians can easily "keep up the jones" because its cheap cost of living. That ain't hard to do. Its easy to be a baller here. With that said and a great economy, Houston make sense to me. If Houston isn't your cup of tea than opt with NYC. Its your opinion.

Peace

Answer 6

As a native Houston, we students were exposed to the arts at a young age.

Houston has ALWAYS had a Theater District. The Alley Theater has been around for many, many, years.

I grew up in Houston and we students were always exposed to the movies, theatre, museums, symphony and the Opera, Opera, as well as other cultural events. It's nothing new to Houstonians. It's part of the culture of the city.

I remember participating in acting competitions when I was in High School in Houston. My acting partner and I always won 1st. place in acting.

Houston, at one time, had more stage theaters than it does now.

Houston has always had "fashion." The top Modeling Agency was started by a gentleman by the name of Ben Shaw. I was a Ben Shaw model when I lived in Houston. Mr. shaw had a prestigious agency with top models. He is deceased and the agency is owned by Neill Hamill.

Many celebrities are native Houstonians.

Don't mess with Houston, I wear cowboy boots and know how to use 'em!

Answer 7

As a native Houstonian that is currently studying in NYC I can tell you Houston is nothing like NY.

Both states have their good and bad sides.

NY has the best public transportation

Houston has the best private transportation

NY has world class theater and arts

Houston has world class dining

NY has a great location

Houston has great housing prices


they are both very different

Answer 8

Every city of "size" has a chinatown. The largest "chinatown" is not in (GASP!) NY but in San Francisco. The theatre district is called such due to the theatres that are located there. Fashion week is... well, I don't know much about fashion.
I don't know who you hang out with (probably yourself) but no one in Houston is aspiring to emulate (be like) New York.
A lot of ill educated and classless people pretend to be trendy solely because they are familiar with New York.
Merely being in the presence of greatness does not make one great.
So, Aj, what do you attribute your greatness to?
And you are correct, nothing here is sophisticated, least of all you.

Answer 9

AJ I sugest you to shake that negativity and live your life. All your questions and comments are just negative attacks to Houston. You said you have been living there for a year, you have to either move out or try to adapt.

If you miss NY or Cal so much write positive things about those places. Share with us the wonderful places and experiences you had had there. Enlight us of what we might be missing.

Any comparison is bad. Why would you assume Houston is trying to copy NYC because of their efforts to promote their theater (which by the way the Alley thater is celebrating its 60th anyversary.) Could be that NYC is copying London for its theaters, or that London copied Athens, etc. who started with the fashion shows, Paris, NYC, etc. where do we stop.

I have live in many cities and several countries. The first city I moved from my natal place was to Houston. I can sympathize with you. The first six months were horrible, but overall I had a very tough year. But I realized that I was missing my friends, my family, and all the familiar things I was used to. I wanted to continue do things the old ways and I was miserable.

Once I decided to live and do as the locals do I had a completely different experience. I have lived and worked in many places after that: London, Hong Kong, Alaska, Buenos Aires, Holland, etc. But I tell you something, I consider Houston now my home town. I have very fond memories of the city and excelent friends I developed there. I miss Tex-Mex food. I was recently living in Cancun. I had a paid house 3 miles from beach. No hassles, nice commute to fly anywhere I needed work and I decided to sell it and come back to Houston.

Anyway I am not trying to sell Houston to you. All I suggest is for you to try to enjoy the moment. You are not currently in New York or anywhere in California. You are here now. Do not torture yourslef concentrating in the negative. Try to find something positive here and enjoy it to the max. Or move and find your paradise. I am sure it is there waiting for you.

Good luck. I would suggest you to read some books from Osho. They might help.

Answer 10

Every city in the country does some or all of the things you list, and/or makes other attempts to emulate the success of economic powerhouses and tourist destinations like NYC. Houston, because of its size, is more effective than many.