If you spent a month in Texas ....

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: I spent half a month in Houston once... I didn't much care for it at all. Nothing in particular stuck out - it was just a wide spread full of sameness and chain food. I did snag some good mexican but ... I wouldn't go back on purpose for any length of time.

I'm not sure why anyone visits Houston for fun because, yea, that pretty much describes it. When you live an actual life here and all of your time is spent at soccer games and mowing the lawn, having two autocrosses a month and the Monster trucks in January and a couple or road courses within a few hours and dirt bike trails north of town, life ends up pretty full and enjoyable. Lots of good jobs and a low cost of living make up for quite a lot of other things. Having said all that, I do take my kids and flee the heat for two months of summer every year. Make of that what you will.

From what I've seen Texas has a bit of everything, you just gotta find the part you want. Spent a little time in most parts and got lucky enough to find something good in all of them.

I will say that west Texas takes a while to get adjusted to the environment if you're used to trees & green foliage. One month probably isn't long enough to get over the tan depression and recognize what it has to offer. Took me about 3 months to really start to see the opportunities & beauty of Hell Paso as it was previously named. Of course I was there almost 30 years ago, so I'm sure a lot has changed. One week visiting Midland, convinced my wife I was completely insane and she has refused to consider relocating to the desert.

Uh, avoid East Texas. DEEP East Texas. Center of weirdness.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: I spent half a month in Houston once... I didn't much care for it at all. Nothing in particular stuck out - it was just a wide spread full of sameness and chain food. I did snag some good mexican but ... I wouldn't go back on purpose for any length of time.

I spent a summer there a few years back. This was my impression as well. I had a hard time finding anything unique. I found some unique food, and things to do, but not much considering the size of the city.

The couple days I spent in San Antonio were fun. I'd visit other parts of Texas, but I'd probably skip Houston.

In reply to Dr. Hess:

Anything east of Tyler is like the Florida of Texas.

Dr. Hess wrote:

chaparral wrote: In reply to Dr. Hess: You're an Aggie, right?

Howdy! (Class of '92)

I guess that explains why you'd suggest Galveston as a good place to go for a beach.

I don't care for Houston either and avoid it like the plague simply due to the traffic. I find the traffic much worse than Austin because it just goes on for mile after mile, and then there are the toll roads, it seems like nothing is free there, BUT . . .

I'll have to disagree with you about the food in Houston. They are probably the least chain food restaurant place around, outside of Cali. Lots of diversity in food there.

But with that said, lots of big chains started there. They work out the logistics of the chain, start it going then shut down the original. Lots of original food in Houston.

Suprised no one has mentioned Corpus Christi yet. Little more laid back than the bigger cities in Texas, and you've got a pretty nice beach that you can drive on. Traffic is not that big a problem. Finding a line of work that you can make decent money at would be a drawback though.

I lived in San Antonio twice and would do it again. If I could live anywhere in Texas it would be in the hill country in the least travelled area possible. I live in the Tucson area with my brother and we both would rather be there than here.

carguy123 wrote: If you are going to North Texas YOU DON'T WANT DALLAS, YOU WANT FORT WORTH!

AAAARRRRGGGHHH

DFW is NOT NORTH TEXAS!

Look at a map! See that sticky uppy part up there? that's north Texas.

And Howdy to all the other Ags - class of 98

i would look up all those hot chicks i knew there in 1981, they wanted to get it on but i was to dumb to realize it.........

Houston seems like the definition of Generic American City. There's almost NOTHING there that sticks out as unique.

scardeal wrote: Houston seems like the definition of Generic American City. There's almost NOTHING there that sticks out as unique.

That's true. About the only thing you can hold out as an attraction is the NASA tour, which I've never taken, and the strip bars, which are off limits for me for marital reasons.

I used to say that the only natural beauty in Houston was in the numerous and very friendly strip bars. But even then, not a lot of that was natural...

icaneat50eggs wrote:

carguy123 wrote: If you are going to North Texas YOU DON'T WANT DALLAS, YOU WANT FORT WORTH!

AAAARRRRGGGHHH DFW is NOT NORTH TEXAS! Look at a map! See that sticky uppy part up there? that's north Texas. And Howdy to all the other Ags - class of 98

I guess A&M doesn't teach Texas Geography.

Dallas IS in North Texas. Wichita Falls is in North Central Texas.

"That sticky uppy part up there" is the Panhandle. It's just North of the South Plains, where I live.