🚀 go-pugleaf

I live near Dallas and think you are right on in your asessment. I 
remember what my old man told me once; " Ft. Worth is where the west 
begins, Dallas is where the east peters out!



In article <1146258849.682061.321510@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>, 
jjp76@yahoo.com says...
> Houston is often the whipping-boy in general. Whether it's the national
> media, or locals (such as Dallas or Austin folks), people only talk
> about the negatives (often exagerrating them) and are clueless about
> the positives.
> 
> For example, many folks on Dallas look down on Houston as some sub-par
> place of culture and economy... and probably don't realize Houston has
> the second largest theatre district in the country (after NYC's
> Broadway) and some of the best museums around. They probably also don't
> know that Houston has many more millionaires than Dallas does. And many
> folks in Austin see Houston as some kind of cultural void, yet are
> unaware of the above mentioned facts as well. Then they complain about
> the humidity, when in reality it's only slightly less humid in Austin.
> Plus, when I moved from Austin to Houston I realized how much BETTER
> the restaurant scene was... like night and day!!
> 
> Some people from these places think all of Houston is like the ship
> channel -- i.e. Baytown, Pasadena, etc.
> 
> As far as the national media... they are just idiots. They can't get
> off the Enron crap.
> 
> Albert Nurick wrote:
> > Houston is often the whipping boy in the popular press for
> > health-related issues.  The American Lung Association's 2006 "State of
> > the Air" report came out today, and let's see how we did:
> >
> > The ALA lists the 25 U.S. metropolitan areas most polluted by
> > year-round particle pollution (soot). Again, ties are listed with the
> > same number:
> >
> > 1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, Calif.
> > 2. Bakersfield, Calif.
> > 3. Pittsburgh-New Castle, Pa.
> > 4. Visalia-Porterville, Calif.
> > 5. Fresno-Madera, Calif.
> > 6. Detroit-Warren-Flint, Mich.
> > 7. Hanford-Corcoran, Calif.
> > 8. Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, Ohio
> > 9. Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, Ala.
> > 9. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, Ga.-Ala.
> > 11. Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.
> > 12. Weirton-Steubenville, W.Va.-Ohio
> > 13. York-Hanover-Gettysburg, Pa.
> > 13. St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, Mo.-Ill.
> > 13. Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, Ohio-Ky.-Ind.
> > 16. New York-Newark-Bridgeport, N.Y.-N.J.-Conn.-Pa.
> > 16. Lancaster, Pa.
> > 18. Merced, Calif.
> > 18. Canton-Massillon, Ohio