Whats Huston, Texas Like?

Question

I might be moving there and I was wondering what it's like.

Answer 1

First, you should know how to spell "Houston". Who knows what one more idiot would do to the environment. Stay in Michigan

Answer 2

Houston is the largest city in Texas. That should tell you everything you need to know. Weather - hot and humid. The general landscape - flat coastal plains. Traffic - horrendous. What is there to do? With the exception of winter activities, anything you want. There are great restaurants, shopping, lots of arts and entertainment activities. If you like professional sports, they are there - The Texans, The Astros, The Rockets, etc... There are a lot of seedier areas in the older parts of the city with the expected high crime rate of one of the largest cities in the US. However, there are also some beautiful areas. If you can live outside of the city try the Woodlands for the east Texas woods feeling, or try out the Kemah area which is a coastal city with lots of marinas, great nightlife and places to eat. Where you live is always what you make of it.

I love Texas and have lived all over the US and western hemisphere so I have been to many places to compare it to. If I had my choice, however, I would move to San ANtonio, Austin or Fort Worth. They are all great cities and a little more laid back. But all thse citis are 3-5 hours away by car and can be reached by rail or plane. Commercial air can have you in any other major Texas metroplex in about an hour or less.

Enjoy Texas

Answer 3

What do you want to know? We have about 2 million people in the city, and a total of five and a half million in the metropolitan area. The city itself is 600+ square miles, and greater Housotn is larger than Rhode Island or Delaware.

The climate is warm and extremely humid. Our "winter" is usually three weeks long: a week in December, one in January, and one in February. Daytime highs stay above 90 degrees from May 1st until October 1st... except this year, when it has been relatively cool (except for this week). We get an average of 48 inches of rain a year. Don't worry, everything is air conditioned. Hope your car is, too.

We're one of the most diverse (and I mean it in a good way, not in that mamby-pamby politically correct way) populations on Earth. Pretty much every country is represented here, and they all open restaurants.

We're a friendly folk who go out of our way to help others, except on the highway. Stay out of the left lane except to pass or expect to be run over. The Houston area is a lot more conservative than other large cities: part of that is because this is Texas, and the other part is due to the transplants who took jobs in business and energy.

Oh, this is the south and there is nothing wrong with it. We're proud of Houston and we're proud of Texas. One thing that does annoy us is when recent arrivals b!tçh that where they came from was better. If you truly think so, I'm sure Continental Airlines can fly you right back there. Despite the humidity, and the traffic, and some of the Katrina "refugees" who won't get jobs or go home, we like it here.

I mentioned traffic. We have a lot of it. Traffic happens. Get used to it. Plan around it. We're in the process of expanding one of the two major interstates (10) going through town, we're expanding our tollway system, and our other interstate (45) has been under construction somewhere since it opened back in the early 60s. If you have figured out a car is necessary here, good job. We do have a bus system, but considering Houston's lack of zoning and how we're spread out, riding a bus is not practical unless you live on a bus route and work downtown.

I could go on and on about what to do here, and the various activities, festivals, and scenes, but others have already discussed these.

Answer 4

Never heard of Huston. There is a Huston-Tillotson college in Austin.

Answer 5

Houston's a nice place to visit for a few days, preferably the weekend when there is no lunch hour and 5 o clock traffic, there is alot of things to do like shopping, museums, restaurants if you don't mind it being so big and crowded. If you had a choice you should try San Antonio, it is big but not as big as Houston or as crowded and there are just as many things to do there.... Oh and as for it being hot and humid, that is pretty much anywhere you go in Texas and year round. I live in South Texas and just to give you an idea, this chirstmas it was about 80 degrees!

Answer 6

Big & busy! I love the college energy in nearby College Station, home of Texas A&M University.

Answer 7

Um...There's no winter minus the two weeks where it drops thirty degrees on some random day at some random time. It's hot. It's humid....um....You'll have to drive everywhere (but don't expect to get anywhere too fast)

On the plus side, the clubs are kinda cool, and the music scene isn't too bad.

Answer 8

Don't know any Huston.
If you mean Houston....Hot, mucho traffic, mucho construction.

Lots to do, lots of places to go, great international restaurants, lots of ethnic neighborhoods, even some, just hoods.
Not too different from other large cities, ablut 5 million now.
Good place to make a living.
The Gulf of Mexico, Galveston is 1-1 1/2 hour drive.

Answer 9

First of all Learn to spell Houston! People who live will not like you if you don't.. Great city, lots of fun things to do. The people are very nice "when i was there" great food,lots of attractions, Very Very pretty girls. Visit it first before you make up your mind. And by the way the traffic ca be a nightmare at sometimes. I really liked it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 10

Humid, hot, lots of traffic - construction all the time, mosquitos, lots of good restaurants, near a beach (not great water, but it's a beach), many clubs, within 3-4 hours of San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, lots of hot girls everywhere, many strip clubs if that's your thing, one of the best cancer centers, Galleria mall shopping,

Answer 11

I flew over Texas on a Delta flight from Atlanta, GA to LA, CA and Texas looks very flat, it is dotted with low trees and shrubs, and from time to time you will see a medium sized lake or two. The major cities pop up in random locations from this landscape. I'm sure Houston is like being in Orlando, Florida.