reasons to live in houston

[RACER X]

http://www.houston.org/economic-development/ratings-rankings/index.aspx

Houston #1

Top Metro in the Nation
Site Selection Magazine - March 2009

Best City to Live, Work and Play
Kiplinger's Personal Finance - July 2008

Best U.S. City to Earn a Living
Forbes.com - August 18, 2008

Best City for Your Job
BusinessWeek - June 12, 2008

Best City to Buy a Home
Forbes.com - July 14, 2008

Best City for Recent College Grads
Forbes.com - June 26, 2008

Nation's Healthiest Housing Market
Builder and Hanley Wood Market Intelligence - February 2009

Hottest Labor Market
Bizjournals.com – September 8, 2008

Nominal Job Growth (01/08 to 01/09)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment – March 2009

Lowest Cost of Living Among Major Metro Areas
ACCRA Cost of Living Index - Third Quarter 2008

Largest IT Service Economy
Onforce, Inc. (VoIP Monitor) – December 5, 2008

Top U.S. Manufacturing Cities
Manufacturers' News Inc. (as reported in the Houston Business Journal) - May 30, 2008

Most Accessible City for the Disabled
The National Organization on Disability - February 14, 2008

Top Local Government Green Power Purchaser
Environmental Protection Agency - July 2008

America's Best Hospitals - Cancer, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
U.S News & World Report - July 2008

Highest Population Growth in the Nation
U.S. Census Bureau (as reported in the Houston Business Journal) - July 10, 2008
Houston #2

Fastest Job Growth (01/08 to 01/09)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment - March 4, 2009

Nation's Top Export Markets
U.S. Department of Commerce - July 14, 2008
Houston #3

Green Jobs
Global Insight – October 2008

Best Cities for Young Professionals
Forbes.com - July 09, 2008

Number of Fortune 500 Headquarters
Fortune - April 21, 2008

Nation's Most Charitable Cities
Charity Navigator's 2008 Metro Market Charitable Analysis Study
Houston #4

Cities Where Your Nest Egg Goes Farthest
Forbes.com - October 2008

Best Big City for Business
Inc.com - July 2008

Top Ten Up-and-Coming Tech Cities
Forbes.com - March 10, 2008

Top Cities for African Americans
BlackEnterprise.com - September 17, 2007

Best Value in Private Institutions - Rice University
Kiplinger's - February 2009
Houston #6

Top U.S. Real Estate Investment Markets
Urban Land Institute (as reported in the Houston Business Journal) - January 10, 2008

Houston #7

Best Cities for Jobs in 2008
Forbes.com - January 10, 2008
Houston #10

Top Ten Cities for Green Technology Innovation
SustainLane - March 2007

Top Ten Cities for Hispanics
Hispanic Magazine - August 2008

Texas #1

Nation's Number One Exporting State
U.S. Department of Commerce - February 2009

Fortune 500 Headquarters
Fortune Magazine (As reported in the Dallas Morning News) - April 2008

America's Top State for Business
CNBC.com - July 2008

Most Favorable Business Climate in the Nation
Development Counsellors International (DCI) - "Winning Strategies in Economic Development Marketing" - July 2008

Best State To Do Business
Chief Executive Magazine - January 2008

U.S.'s Top Exporting State
WISERTrade - February 2008

2008 Gold Shovel Recipient
Area Development Magazine - June/July 2008

[Particle Man]

top reason for not: Ed likes Houston.

:nee:

[rogue]

top reason for not: Ed likes Houston.

:nee:

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[Hydrant]

Racer X

"Best City for Katrina Refugees to take new home - Houston"



The fellow CF'ers in the room will remember that one.

[tommymac]

Forgot to mention the local FD will come and let you in your house if you lock yourself out :lol:

Tom

[Rider]

None /theread

[Trip]

#1 reason never to live anywhere near houston: Katrina Refugees now reside there.

My dad has lived all around the world. The middle east, China, south america, the north slope alaska to name a few and worked with all sorts of nationalities that are too many to name. The places he has lived in have been some of the worst conditions you can see in this world. With that stated, he absolutely refuses to move to Houston where his company's HQ is based. He hates the place and the people. :lol: He would rather work in a shit hole like China, the frozen isolated tundra of Alaska, the social restriction and desert of the middle east than ever go to this place.

[Archren]

Austin is way greener than Houston. Houston fucking smells. Crime rate, anyone? Riding in/around Austin > Riding in/around Houston. We have Moira. :nee:

Oh.. and 6th street is where it's at, bitches. redflip

[HurricaneHeather]

I have no words.....Houston just.....is the worst city I can imagine. Literally.

[CrazyKell]

I'd go Austin over Houston BUT take what I say with a grain of salt because I've never been to either - a situation I'm hoping to rectify within the next year. :)

[azoomm]

Austin is way greener than Houston. Houston fucking smells. Crime rate, anyone? Riding in/around Austin > Riding in/around Houston. We have Moira. :nee:

Oh.. and 6th street is where it's at, bitches. redflip

:lol: Awesomenessism.

Did you notice some of those "reasons to live in Houston" are rankings for the state of Texas?

[shmike]

Racer X

"Best City for Katrina Refugees to take new home - Houston"

The fellow CF'ers in the room will remember that one.


#1 reason never to live anywhere near houston: Katrina Refugees now reside there.



My first thought: NOLA's

[R6Chick]

I've been working/living in Houston on a temp basis for almost 3 months now. I've lived previously in small town Indiana, Indy, and Fort Lauderdale.

I hate Houston. Houston is like the bad part of Miami with horrible weather.

The traffic is bad.
Even the good parts of town have horrible crime rates.
The roads are crap, I couldn't even imagine riding on them.
Everything is based out of strip malls, even most bars.
Every flippin' HWY is a toll road.

Oh, and did I mention the weather is horrible.

The only people I've met that enjoy this town have only lived in this town (and maybe a college town). I can only assume ignorance is bliss.

On a lighter note, I've heard Austin and San Antonio are nice places to visit. I am looking to pull myself away from work and visit places like the Alamo and the Houston Space center.:pat:

[Archren]

On a lighter note, I've heard Austin and San Antonio are nice places to visit. I am looking to pull myself away from work and visit places like the Alamo and the Houston Space center.:pat:

The space center and the battleships are about the only redeeming quality Houston has.

Ok, and there's this nice Japanese garden there that hosts a Japan Festival every year in April.. but aside from that.. :lol:

[tommymac]

The space center and the battleships are about the only redeeming quality Houston has.

Ok, and there's this nice Japanese garden there that hosts a Japan Festival every year in April.. but aside from that.. :lol:

That and their sports teams suck :lol:

Tom

[RACER X]

luckily we don't live in houston anymore, just the outskirts...........:rockwoot:

[HurricaneHeather]

On a lighter note, I've heard Austin and San Antonio are nice places to visit. I am looking to pull myself away from work and visit places like the Alamo and the Houston Space center.:pat:

Definitely come visit Austin.

I will tell you now though, be prepared to be very disappointed with the Alamo. It's boring and small and no one has visited there without feeling like something was missing. But Ripley's and the Wax Museum are just across the street! :lol: (don't trust me though, I grew up in SA and I don't get why anyone ever goes there for pleasure:lol:)

luckily we don't live in houston anymore, just the outskirts...........:rockwoot:

Suburban Houstonites.....

*shudder*

[R6Chick]

The space center and the battleships are about the only redeeming quality Houston has.

Ok, and there's this nice Japanese garden there that hosts a Japan Festival every year in April.. but aside from that.. :lol:

Hmmm, Battleships?? You have my attention! What and where?

[azoomm]

Definitely come visit Austin.

I will tell you now though, be prepared to be very disappointed with the Alamo. It's boring and small and no one has visited there without feeling like something was missing. But Ripley's and the Wax Museum are just across the street! :lol: (don't trust me though, I grew up in SA and I don't get why anyone ever goes there for pleasure:lol:)



Suburban Houstonites.....

*shudder*

:dthumb:

I remember going to the Alamo with the girls and thinking "That's it??"

[RACER X]

Hmmm, Battleships?? You have my attention! What and where?

you wanna see the really chitty part of houston.......lol

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/battleship_texas/

nice ship tour though. there's a sub there too.

sounds like you need a tour guide.

me and the neighbors are hangin out drinkin beer on fri evening if your interested.


here's the local bike site, they have alot of meet nd greets

http://www.motohouston.com./

[Homeslice]

LOL, I don't agree with half those awards. Houston weather sucks IMO, and as far as good economy, that's only because of 2 things: The oil industry, and cheap-ass housing prices compared to other big metro areas. Also a huge portion of Houston is ghetto.

[cbrchick]

I loved Houston when I grew up there. We lived in a wicked, safe neighborhood with a community pool, playgrounds, green belts, soccer fields.... Had lots of opportunities as kids to have a excellent, safe childhood.

Would I move back there now if given the chance, nope... Not interested.

Urban sprawl has taken over. Rush hour starts before 6 am. There's stop lights everywhere. Crime is pretty impressive and growing up there it was just something you came to expect/accept.

Riding would suck in comparo to where I live now.

I miss a couple things about Texas, but as I grow older, am preggers, big cities aren't as appealing to me.

I still think Houston/Texas is an awesome place. Lots of amazing people. culture, food, even land scape. But I did it for 17 years. Time to move on :)

[Apoc]

I dont think I could live in a place like Houston. I grew up in a small town, and ive grown pretty used to driving 30 minutes for a coffee, because inconveniences like that also allow hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, etc etc right in my back yard.

I love smaller cities like Moncton and Halifax, but i hated places like Edmonton and Toronto.

Plus, the best thing about Houston left when she got out of highschool :p

[cbrchick]

Plus, the best thing about Houston left when she got out of highschool :p

:ladysman:

:)

[Rider]

How about reasons not to live in Houston?

1. Everyone talks like Hank Hill.

[cbrchick]

How about reasons not to live in Houston?

1. Everyone talks like Hank Hill.


Everyone of those characters lived on my street.

[Archren]

Everyone of those characters lived on my street.

I don't talk like Hank Hill...

But Tracy does (maybe more like Boomhauer).. and he's moving to Austin. :lol: