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I thought Dallas was the city with a reputation for being soulless and business-oriented, which is what you're supposed to get when you've become an adult and have to give up on things you liked when you were younger. Is this one of those things where Houston wants some kind of extra respect on account of being the biggest city? Alternatively, if you feel like you have that much freedom to relocate, find a state where the government isn't actively trying to kill you. Or maybe one of the corners of Texas that are hooked into the national grid.
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I almost fell for Evan's article, because I've been pondering over a move to Houston for three years now. But then I remember hurricanes every time, and stay put.
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Jul 5, 2021 19:13
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I get what the article is getting at, but you can't ignore that Houston is going to perpetually be under loving water within our goony lifetimes. Also Galveston's beach is lovely figuratively and literally calling back to that one post showing how much fecal matter builds up on those beaches.
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Jul 5, 2021 19:13
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"Houston is 45 minutes from the beach" is ... technically true I suppose
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Jul 5, 2021 19:29
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Galveston is a tourist trap shithole and has been for 120 years, who the hell cares about having access to that island or it’s terrible beaches? Houston is good though, just uhhhh be prepared to bug out with little notice anytime between May-September.
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Jul 5, 2021 19:34
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Move to Houston, just in time to get hit with more tax increases and less of a chance to own your own home. And flooding. Can't really spin that, so yeah.
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Jul 5, 2021 19:36
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BetterToRuleInHell posted:And flooding. Can't really spin that, so yeah. Temporary lake front property. The lake comes to you!
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Jul 5, 2021 19:40
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I have feeling we're going to start seeing more houses on stilts here in Houston in the near futured.
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Jul 5, 2021 19:45
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Not entirely convinced that these “move to Houston” articles aren’t funded by houstonians trying to heat up the market for their flood plain houses so they can up and move to Colorado before the next big storm abbott will issue an executive order to name the next 5 storms Trump
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Jul 5, 2021 20:09
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SlothfulCobra posted:Or maybe one of the corners of Texas that are hooked into the national grid. I cannot recommend anyone come to west Texas, and the east don't look great either. El Paso is pretty alright but at that point just go to NM, it's actually good there.
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Jul 5, 2021 20:37
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SlothfulCobra posted:Alternatively, if you feel like you have that much freedom to relocate, find a state where the government isn't actively trying to kill you. Or maybe one of the corners of Texas that are hooked into the national grid. Occasionally I put some thought and light research into what US state is likely to be least hosed over by climate change in my lifetime, but I have to take frequent long breaks in that little project because it's so depressing.
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Jul 5, 2021 21:01
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https://twitter.com/JeremySWallace/status/1412113967506395141 Didn't that goon guy run against her in '20? Why is she up again?
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Jul 5, 2021 21:26
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Houston is alright and i enjoy living here but if anyone is touting proximity to Galveston as a plus... just lol. It's a negative if anything, you might end up knowing someone who actually likes going there my wife really likes Galveston 
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Jul 5, 2021 21:44
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lobster shirt posted:Houston is alright and i enjoy living here but if anyone is touting proximity to Galveston as a plus... just lol. It's a negative if anything, you might end up knowing someone who actually likes going there my wife really likes Galveston 
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Jul 5, 2021 21:54
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Galveston would be great if our coast wasn't literally poison.
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Jul 5, 2021 21:55
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/JeremySWallace/status/1412113967506395141 The Texas senate has 2-4-4 terms. She may be on her two year term right now.
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Jul 5, 2021 21:55
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JUST MAKING CHILI posted:The Texas senate has 2-4-4 terms. She may be on her two year term right now. What the gently caress how am I just now learning this?
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Jul 5, 2021 21:59
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quote:Sec. 3. ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF SENATORS. The Senators shall be chosen by the qualified voters for the term of four years; but a new Senate shall be chosen after every apportionment, and the Senators elected after each apportionment shall be divided by lot into two classes. The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first two years, and those of the second class at the expiration of four years, so that one half of the Senators shall be chosen biennially thereafter. Senators shall take office following their election, on the day set by law for the convening of the Regular Session of the Legislature, and shall serve thereafter for the full term of years to which elected. No they draw lots after reapportionment, which hasn't happened yet, and the unlucky half gets a two year term. https://www.texastribune.org/2013/01/23/senators-draw-lots-determine-terms/
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Jul 5, 2021 22:04
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Proud Christian Mom posted:what in the gently caress What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss. Of course the first election after apportionment is '22, so I know even less what the gently caress zoux fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Jul 5, 2021 |
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Jul 5, 2021 22:10
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lobster shirt posted:Houston is alright and i enjoy living here but if anyone is touting proximity to Galveston as a plus... just lol. It's a negative if anything, you might end up knowing someone who actually likes going there my wife really likes Galveston As someone who spent a lot of my childhood there...what is there actually in Galveston besides Moody Gardens? Beach? Over-rated and literally chemically/biologically toxic these days. Schlitterbahn? I live 15 minutes from New Braunfelds as compared to the squashed little acre of tube slides the Galveston location is. Museums, night life, dining? There's a lot more of that up in Houston.
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Jul 5, 2021 22:12
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who's ready for god emperor mcconaughey cowpokes https://twitter.com/McConaughey/status/1411792440411889664?s=19
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Alkydere posted:As someone who spent a lot of my childhood there...what is there actually in Galveston besides Moody Gardens? Beach? Over-rated and literally chemically/biologically toxic these days. Schlitterbahn? I live 15 minutes from New Braunfelds as compared to the squashed little acre of tube slides the Galveston location is. Museums, night life, dining? There's a lot more of that up in Houston. Dickens on the Strand is pretty fun, once a year.
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Jul 5, 2021 22:29
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Dickens on the Strand is pretty fun, once a year. Which means it's effectively a Houston attraction because then you live close enough to visit...but you don't actually live there. 
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Jul 5, 2021 22:31
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Alkydere posted:Which means it's effectively a Houston attraction because then you live close enough to visit...but you don't actually live there. I'm part of a performing group that gets hired for that festival so we drive down from Dallas anyway.
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Jul 5, 2021 22:40
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Occasionally I put some thought and light research into what US state is likely to be least hosed over by climate change in my lifetime, but I have to take frequent long breaks in that little project because it's so depressing. Well, it's not such a grand scale judgement that's proofed into the future, it's just a basic "infrastructure that works and a government that might make some kind of pretense towards taking care of its constituency in a disaster". Texas has gone really far into disfunction for the sake of pushing harder on ideological purity, and while I'd sure love it if there was enough support for a movement to topple the current order, it sure makes sense on an individual basis to flee before the next disaster hits if you can.
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Alkydere posted:As someone who spent a lot of my childhood there...what is there actually in Galveston besides Moody Gardens? Beach? Over-rated and literally chemically/biologically toxic these days. Schlitterbahn? I live 15 minutes from New Braunfelds as compared to the squashed little acre of tube slides the Galveston location is. Museums, night life, dining? There's a lot more of that up in Houston. I kinda like the artsy scene off of Postoffice street, as well as the hole-in-the-wall pubs that are scattered around in between all the obvious tourist traps of the Strand. I dunno, it's a close-by change of scenery every now and then when you live in Houston. The architecture/history (although perpetually hosed up) is also more interesting than most of Texas.
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The movie about Hayden Pedigo, the young guy who ran for Amarillo City Council, has been reviewed by the LA times: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-07-01/movie-review-kid-candidate You guys might remember his weird youtube videos from a while ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-dMqrZ1Vvg The doc is fun and a good look at local politics in Texas, Amarillo specifically. The filmmakers did a heck of a job in a pretty short amount of time. Yours truly may make a brief appearance in the film, for full disclosure.
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BoosterDuck posted:who's ready for god emperor mcconaughey cowpokes He’s running as his character from Bernie
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Galveston is great. It's not the nicest beach, but it's our beach - I'll be headed out there at the end of the month for about a week.
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south padre really is great but the drive is absolutely mind-numbing
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Corpus Christi is pretty nice, or it was the last time I went which was like 8 years ago.
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i really liked port aransas before it was wiped off the map, i wonder how it's doing nowadays
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Jul 6, 2021 02:22
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i say swears online posted:south padre really is great but the drive is absolutely mind-numbing But "Getting a ticket in La Feria for going 26 in a 25" is part of Texas Bingo...
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i say swears online posted:i really liked port aransas before it was wiped off the map, i wonder how it's doing nowadays slowly recovering, still full of assholes
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Jul 6, 2021 03:18
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Just got back from Houston (I live in Dallas sorry) over the holidays, and you fuckers have got some tasty goddamn loving food Jesus Christ I don’t think it was recommended here but we went to Fat Bao (I think that was the name) and their Bulgogi was out of this world Too bad Greg is going to divert the Gulf to flood the place before 2024, better eat all the food before it’s underwater
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Jul 6, 2021 03:27
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Yeah Houston is legit one of the continent’s food cities. It’s why I have a hard time every time I think about leaving.
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Jul 6, 2021 04:47
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Houston is a massive city that doesn't have the tourist appeal of other large cities so all the cool poo poo is all ours.
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Jul 6, 2021 05:06
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Houston smells terrible. That’s all I really remember about it.
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i say swears online posted:i really liked port aransas before it was wiped off the map, i wonder how it's doing nowadays I’ve been told it’s a chill beach where you can have a good time with plenty of space for your crew. This description has not matched up with my two experiences with the beach, both close to Memorial Day. The entire beach was packed with cars, the crowds were…interesting…, and the water came very close to the dunes so cars were driving close to tents. From social media posts, this is mainly my family’s fault for going on a weekend close to a holiday. People who have gone mid week look like they have an entire football field of beach to themselves.
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