[quote name='OpeL']lived in dallas for 5 years, just moved to houston...i must say houston blows

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I lived in Manhattan for 5 years, moved back 2 yrs ago. I live in the Montrose (at W. Grey), and I gotta admit- it sucks here.
I'm not sure why everyone/anyone is in denial, unless they just have limited exposure to the rest of the country, or even state.
Houston is what the politicians have made it- a corrupt business park. When I left before 2000 there seemed to be some hope, lots of new-ness about. Now everything seems run down, and sad.
Dude, even former haunts such as that cheesy Dave and Busters on Richmond- it's so awful now. They let children under 18 party all night there.

ing morons built new stadiums totalling billions of $$, and sold the Summit to that mullet wearing idiot Joel Osteen (Lakewood Church).
There is absolutely 0, zero, zilch, nada, no concern over quality of life issues in Houston: Most of my friends from out of state attribute this to the "country" mentality of the citizens- they feel that b/c they live in texas, with it's wide open spaces, they have the right to abuse their neighbors and trash everything out. If people cared about where they lived, here in Houston, they'd just...stop. But they dont, and so the continual cycle of abuse and degeneration continues.
The whole town is a huge Ghettoplex, sorta like living in Deer Park: you know you're not as bad b/c you're not in Pasadena (aka: Hell's Cesspool), but no matter how much air freshner you use you'll never make your home more than it is.
It's just sad, to me- all the potential H-town had when I was younger, shot to shit by the home owners, lack of voting, and useless politicians.
Yes, I am looking for work outside of the City/State. Anywhere else in Texas would be to my liking.
That being said- we should all get together, get drunk, and pretend like we don't live here by playing some games sometime. Anyone down?