From the article: The Worst Things About Living in Houston
There are also plenty of aspects of living in Houston that drive people just about batty. There’s the traffic, the humidity, the zoning free areas (which makes for some unsightliness), the general massiveness of the city and more. It can add up quickly if you’re having one of those days. What would you say is the absolute worst? Share Your Reason
EVERYTHING you need to know about HTOWN
- It would be ignorant to completely blast or praise any one city in our country. I'd like to think that I am taking an unbiased approach, but I am not, however I will attempt to portray my opinion as such. A list of pros and cons in no particular order of importance: Pros: 1. Skyline is better than that of most cities 2. An extremely diverse city- Those Houstonians who choose not to ignore, can appreciate an array of different cultures 3. Food-The food here is freaking amazing! The only thing you cannot get here that I don't care what your arguing point is would be pizza. It doesn't exist, Franks, Pinks, that place on Washington are all horrid and should have an asterisk next the written word of "pizza" 4. Cheap to live here 5. Awesome Economy 6. The best hospitals and healthcare professionals in the nation Cons: 1. This place is HELL 2. It is hotter (heat index included) than every other major US city statistically since 2000. That even includes hotter than New Orleans!
- —Guest HoustonIsHell
The ass-end of America
- This city just sucks. The only thing I can say that is good is that the crime is going down. But too bad the city is run by gangs and immigrants and very few cops...The climate sucks. And The city is just ugly. Nothing good EVER happens down here.
- —Guest Daniel Webb
Houston-too big for no damn reason
- Houston sucks, I live west of there about an hour out but have to work, since this mega city is the only place jobs are. I 10 is a parking lot, they get all the rain... the little Texas gets in the south these days and everyone has to own a car, there are no other ways of getting around unless you work around the medical area. And the crime geez...you get your car broken into everyweek at some places. Homeless people are everywhere since Houston is a homeless haven. With tons of shelters and soup kitchens. Dallas is probably the best city in Texas, however the cops are really all over the place so watch out if you speed but in a good way it keeps the place nice. In Houston there are no laws when driving. Unless your in the HOV lane, way to go officer protecting the citizens from these criminals! There are no bad spots in Houston instead there are only some good spots. At least they are decent, maybe only one robbery per year?
- —Guest jeff
No Snow in Houston
- The weather is hot during the summer no doubt about it. I have been here 65 years and stay because we have no winter. You can fish, ride a motorcycle, and do most things all year long. I have a green lawn for 10 months out of the year. The gangs came from New Orleans, the aliens come from all over the world. We have crime, we have poor, we have trash, but we are one of the largest cities in America. We also have jobs, we have low housing cost, we have the Houston Medical Center, We have M.D. Anderson Cancer research Hospital, and two charity hospitals, Ben Taub, and LBJ Hospital. We are 50 miles from the Gulf and have 7 nice lakes within 50 miles of the City. We have bugs, but we have exterminators as well. The mayors we have are elected by the people. We have several of the largest Churches in America. Great food and great entertainment. We have the good, bad, and the ugly. But we also have Jesus. We have great opportunities to help others. God Bless you all
- —DrJPrice
new yorker
- Show us a picture of YOU, so we can critique you, we already know about NY, NY!
- —Guest texas girl
new yorker
- Show us a picture of YOU, so we can critique you, we already know about NY, NY!
- —Guest texas girl
since I hate Houston so much, I want to
- move. But since I can't pay the rent on $8/hour, I'm stuck living with mom and dad. This is the worst town ever.
- —Guest gggg
Ruined by N.O. refugees and ILLEGALS
- yep. just as the title says. forget having anything nice or feeling safe. We're stuck with a lunatic lesbian as our mayor, and completely and unrelentlessly overrun with illegal mexican immigrants. those of which, increase taxes, live off of taxpayers, have five kids by the time they're 17, just so the rest of the family can stay... Its horrible.. Horrible.
- —Guest Coyote Killer
Well move or dont come back
- Every place in world has something to not like. If you lifeless fools hate Houston so much stay out the city or move.
- —Guest Cyeb
worst city in Texas, anywhere really.
- I've lived in DFW, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Austin, and Houston. By far, the most disgusting city of all is Houston. It's only saving grace is it's proximity to Galveston. The rest of city is dirty, crime and bug infested and humid as hell. It is the only place where 65 degrees and sunny is effin oppressive. I am here solely due to the fact that my husband's son lives here. I can't wait until he is old enough in a couple of years so we can get the hell out and go anywhere but here.
- —Guest whyamihere
If you hate Houston so much then MOVE!
- There are so many negative remarks about Houston in this blog! The weather is just as hot in Houston as it is in any part of the south... is a pretty clean place given it is the 4th largest in the USA... traffic isn't bad for the few freeways Houston has compared to other large cities! There are tons of things to do in Houston... I have lived here 23 years collectively and I still haven't done everything there is to do here!!! If you are so miserable living in Houston, please do me a personal favor... MOVE OUT OF HOUSTON IMMEDIATELY!!!! Your negative attitude certainly isn't welcome here!
- —Guest HoustonIsAwesome
Fuck The Mosquitos
- Your skin may never be dry, but it'll never heal either save for the two days of winter that keep the mosquito population down. Houston mosquitos are the product of killer bees raping polite mosqitos whose spawn then bite a squirrel with rabies and then are possessed by Satan. They. Are. Monsters. On the bright side, you can always entertain your friends from the rest of the world when you visit with rants, like the one above. Poetry almost - that you'll come up with whilst scratching away at that latest bite.
- —Guest Itchy, Scratchy, and Swollen
anna brown
- i came to houston from virginia and somehow got stuck here people are fat, illegal mexicans and other third world people bad streets rats poor people homeless you name it its here and mayor porker an old lesbian for a mayur who promotes same sex marriages houston is hot,humid and hell donot move here stay where you are you will be better off
- —Guest guest am
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- Wonderful Post with some great questions. This is going to help to pmport me to enact some changes on my About page. Thanks for the great post!Cheers,
- —Guest dNwSzakfSJuSvfjvtD
Its alright
- Houston aint even that bad sure its hot but oh well we all know the traffic sucks so why even mention it i believe if you dont like our city then leave it aint hurtin us without you and the entertainment is good we have movies theathers in down town lakes and parks and clubs plus were right next to the coast if u ever wanna go to the beach we have good mexican food every where and we got the best medical center in the nation and plenty of oportunitys for a job so dont hate on houston just shut up and leave
- —Guest Chris
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