Houston, Texas?

[Ava]

Feb 22, 2015 13:24:15 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

Houston has good flights everywhere. Don't fret about that. I'd do anything short of murder to get the hell out of where I'm living. I hate the snow, ice, and cold. Plus, our airport sucks.

Yes, there are good flights. It's about the same time it takes coming from New York. The tickets are more expensive, though. I generally buy two tickets a year; one for me for the holidays and one for my mom who comes spend summers with me.

Me too; I would do anything short of murder to get out of the Northeast.

Anyway, whether I get that job or not, I'm leaving the Northeast in July-August.

[zibazinski]

Good for you. Don't spend another winter in hell.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Feb 22, 2015 11:05:43 GMT -5 Ava said:

Feb 21, 2015 23:49:45 GMT -5 justme said:

Sounds like Houston is a lot like Miami minus the beach.

 It does. But I love the beach and Miami's geographic location makes it a way easier trip back home.

You will likely find Houston as easy to get home as Miami.  You may have to change preferred airlines, but it's a huge international jumping off point from the US too.

[sarcasticgirl]

I was born and raised in Houston. Moved away at 25, still visit several times a year since my family lives there.
People are very personable... I am not sure where you live, but I am in Chicago now and there is a significant difference between people here and people in Houston.
It gets crazy hot and humid in the summer. But has generally plesant enough weather Sept- May. Hurricane season usually isn't too bad. The city has fantastic cultural opportunities... Great museums, wonderful theatre district and a decent enough music scene. It is very ethnically deverse and has great food... Hello tex-mex and bbq! The cost of living is pretty reasonable and the economy is good. No state income tax, I miss that.
The city is hugely spread out, so a car is a must. Traffic sucks, that is for sure.

DH and I have tossed around the idea of moving there... We may someday, who knows.

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I have lived in Houston since '91 and absolutely love it.  Our choices were, due to DH's profession, Dallas or Houston and I said it was Houston or divorce.  We live outside the loop in a 50's vintage home with awesome access to Hwy. 59, the Beltway and the Loop.  Yes, traffic sucks and the weather is steamy.  But we love the diversity, the culture and the cuisine.  And having two airports (International and Hobby) means I can be in North Carolina or northern Germany within hours.  For beach, you have Galveston in one hour.  Houston is the weirdest combination of hokey frontier (trail rides and rodeos), cutting edge technology (NASA), ethnic diversity (sushi on almost every corner, plus every other cuisine you can name and maybe some you can't), cultural offerings like the Houston Grand Opera, Museum of Fine Arts, Contemporary Arts Museum, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, etc. Until I moved to Houston, I always felt like an outsider.  Here I belong because everyone is here.  

FYI, it's going to to be really cold this week - we are forecast for 32 degrees Wednesday a.m.  

I believe Houston is truly a state of mind, a place where you choose to discover who you are and who you can be.