Houston Options

[pysex]

keep in mind though that there's a thing going around where illegal aliens are now stealing people's identities to take money, etc.

it's in her best interest to cancel/freeze anything and watch her credit report like a hawk for a while

and houston is a hellhole

[impala454]

and houston is a hellhole

yeah bc houston is the only place cars get broken into

[Hartmann]

At it's core, I do prefer the "eclectic" downtown lifestyle, though I hate that word. All of Boston proper (even some of the suburbs) is "downtown" and everything is accessible through a 15-20 minute train ride, from Fenway, to the art museum, to the airport (all for $50 a month).

My cousin lives on the same row as a good restaurant, 1 block from a "gastropub" where the bartender knows his name, 1 block from groceries, 5 blocks from a farmer's market, and has fresh produce delivered to his house on a bi-weekly schedule. I like that. I don't mind picking up groceries every few days when I walk home from work. Oh, and he lives next door to one of the first prisons in the U.S. which is now a museum, the Philadelphia MoMA is about a 10 minute walk away, the Constitution center is a 5 minute bus ride, etc. His 3 bedroom row house was $350,000 and has a comparable amount of space to what you would in find in Houston (plus year round decent weather).

I just find the block after block of strip malls and the same 'ole, same 'ole gets really old after a while, that's all. I know that a lot of people prefer to shop at Wal-Mart and the "comfort" stores where we know where everything is, I just prefer not to shop there. I have nothing against Wal-Mart, it just is not for me.

I personally do not like sitting in traffic. If people do not believe that traffic is bad down in my area (or my girlfriend's, Eldridge and Memorial), come hang out with me for a weekend.

For me to live in an area in Houston that comes close to other big cities, it's really, really expensive, Impala even pointed this out.

Oh, and I like real seasons.

well there's more art than "paint spatter on a canvas". houston's museum of fine arts is like the 3rd largest art museum in the country or something.

I know that, I was being general, like most of the posts in this thread.