Hello from Houston

[jethrien]

I'm in Houston for a conference.

I do not like Houston, I find.

Downtown is an office park in sky-scrapers. There's basically nothing at ground level. The few restaurants and bars? Closed on Sundays. The visitor center is closed on Sundays. There is nothing here. I went for a 45 minute walk, in which the only open place I found was a CVS and I saw maybe 30 people. Three quarters of which were homeless, and may have had fewer teeth combined than I have in total. I guess everyone lives in the suburbs and just drives in during the week, but this isn't a city. An abandoned handful of skyscrapers doesn't count. No one lives here. I ended up calling Chuckro in a vague existential crisis. Gah.

On the other hand, I had the very best ribs I've ever had in my life. I will defend to the death any Texan's claim that they do the best barbeque. Good lord, these people know their way around a smoker.

Comments

[cubby-t-bear.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you're probably in the business or someshing district. A lot of the cities built post-car tend to have that kind of topology -- residential and recreation areas far from the work-area "core," insofar as there is one.