We've lost Houston...

[Chizzang]

As I grow old and sentimental... a kind of softness over takes me
I fell in love with Texas a long time ago and my fondness for the state does not wane with age
But we've lost Houston

If you've ever been to Rio de Janeiro or Tegucigalpa or Mexico City proper
you'll immediately know what I'm talking about
That's where Houston is right now

Outlandish prosperity directly adjacent to abject poverty for mile after mile
I'm not talking about a neighborhood (or two) it's Rio and Tegu in Texas
My jaw hung loosely hinged for miles



We are in the final phase my friends... I died a little bit today as the sun shone brightly
brand new rental car, music playing A/C on with the windows down
high end business meetings business absolutely booming
Life on the everlasting up-swing

Staggering and absolute poverty across the freeway from Stone built Mansions with 25 meter pools
Just like Brazil Honduras Mexico

[Ivytalk]

As I grow old and sentimental... a kind of softness over takes me ..

They make little blue pills for that.

[Chizzang]

As I grow old and sentimental... a kind of softness over takes me ..

They make little blue pills for that.

Are they blue..?

[Ivytalk]

They make little blue pills for that.

Are they blue..?

That haiku will bite you in the azz now and then.

[Chizzang]

Are they blue..?

That haiku will bite you in the azz now and then.

This is some honest heartfelt work I have chosen to share with you assholes..

[kalm]

Interesting observation.

We had a stop in Caracas while on a cruise in the 90's and it was exactly the same way. There was a waste disposal strike going on and garbage was literally flowing down the hillsides. Street corners were occupied by policia with machine guns or they rode around on crotch rockets with guns strapped to their back weaving in and out of traffic. We then drove through one of the nice neighborhoods with an awesome looking golf course and manicured lawns etc. It was suburban bliss. According to the cruise information, Venezuela was still at that time the wealthiest country in South America.

I think was before Chavez and the commies took over too.

[CID1990]

Interesting observation.

We had a stop in Caracas while on a cruise in the 90's and it was exactly the same way. There was a waste disposal strike going on and garbage was literally flowing down the hillsides. Street corners were occupied by policia with machine guns or they rode around on crotch rockets with guns strapped to their back weaving in and out of traffic. We then drove through one of the nice neighborhoods with an awesome looking golf course and manicured lawns etc. It was suburban bliss. According to the cruise information, Venezuela was still at that time the wealthiest country in South America.

I think was before Chavez and the commies took over too.

It was. And, it was the most well-educated. Now it has been surpassed by Colombia (also a very well educated population) and Chile.

Seriously- Venezuela is a tragedy to those who knew it when

[Ivytalk]

That haiku will bite you in the azz now and then.

This is some honest heartfelt work I have chosen to share with you assholes..

Look, I went to HS in Houston. It has no zoning and has always been clogged and sprawly. I go back every few years for reunions. It’s always been a boom-or-bust type of place. And yes, there are some very poor areas...but not in the middlle of River Oaks or Tanglewood.

[Ibanez]

As I grow old and sentimental... a kind of softness over takes me
I fell in love with Texas a long time ago and my fondness for the state does not wane with age
But we've lost Houston

If you've ever been to Rio de Janeiro or Tegucigalpa or Mexico City proper
you'll immediately know what I'm talking about
That's where Houston is right now

Outlandish prosperity directly adjacent to abject poverty for mile after mile
I'm not talking about a neighborhood (or two) it's Rio and Tegu in Texas
My jaw hung loosely hinged for miles



We are in the final phase my friends... I died a little bit today as the sun shone brightly
brand new rental car, music playing A/C on with the windows down
high end business meetings business absolutely booming
Life on the everlasting up-swing

Staggering and absolute poverty across the freeway from Stone built Mansions with 25 meter pools
Just like Brazil Honduras Mexico

I have some friends in Houston that have mentioned this exact thing.


Btw - I know you don't drink but you might enjoy the atmosphere at their bar - Houston Watch Company. It's a bit smug.

[Baldy]

As I grow old and sentimental... a kind of softness over takes me
I fell in love with Texas a long time ago and my fondness for the state does not wane with age
But we've lost Houston

If you've ever been to Rio de Janeiro or Tegucigalpa or Mexico City proper
you'll immediately know what I'm talking about
That's where Houston is right now

Outlandish prosperity directly adjacent to abject poverty for mile after mile
I'm not talking about a neighborhood (or two) it's Rio and Tegu in Texas
My jaw hung loosely hinged for miles



We are in the final phase my friends... I died a little bit today as the sun shone brightly
brand new rental car, music playing A/C on with the windows down
high end business meetings business absolutely booming
Life on the everlasting up-swing

Staggering and absolute poverty across the freeway from Stone built Mansions with 25 meter pools
Just like Brazil Honduras Mexico

That, my friends, is the result of decades and decades of unchecked unenforced illegal immigration. I would dare to guess that Houston is probably deep Royal or Navy blue as well.

[93henfan]

When we actually lost Houston:

[Col Hogan]

As I grow old and sentimental... a kind of softness over takes me
I fell in love with Texas a long time ago and my fondness for the state does not wane with age
But we've lost Houston

If you've ever been to Rio de Janeiro or Tegucigalpa or Mexico City proper
you'll immediately know what I'm talking about
That's where Houston is right now

Outlandish prosperity directly adjacent to abject poverty for mile after mile
I'm not talking about a neighborhood (or two) it's Rio and Tegu in Texas
My jaw hung loosely hinged for miles



We are in the final phase my friends... I died a little bit today as the sun shone brightly
brand new rental car, music playing A/C on with the windows down
high end business meetings business absolutely booming
Life on the everlasting up-swing

Staggering and absolute poverty across the freeway from Stone built Mansions with 25 meter pools
Just like Brazil Honduras Mexico

That, my friends, is the result of decades and decades of unchecked unenforced illegal immigration. I would dare to guess that Houston is probably deep Royal or Navy blue as well.

Deep blue...but...the no-zoning thing has no political party...it’s a Houston thing, defended by both sides...

Houston is a strange ranger kinda town...

[AZGrizFan]

When we actually lost Houston:

So true.

It's been a shithole for quite some time. Welcome to 1987, Cleetus.

[93henfan]

When we actually lost Houston:

So true.

It's been a shithole for quite some time. Welcome to 1987, Cleetus.

His point (and others') stands though. It's a boom/bust town with an immigration problem to boot. That's a recipe for the conditions he described.

[HI54UNI]

As I grow old and sentimental... a kind of softness over takes me
I fell in love with Texas a long time ago and my fondness for the state does not wane with age
But we've lost Houston

If you've ever been to Rio de Janeiro or Tegucigalpa or Mexico City proper
you'll immediately know what I'm talking about
That's where Houston is right now

Outlandish prosperity directly adjacent to abject poverty for mile after mile
I'm not talking about a neighborhood (or two) it's Rio and Tegu in Texas
My jaw hung loosely hinged for miles



We are in the final phase my friends... I died a little bit today as the sun shone brightly
brand new rental car, music playing A/C on with the windows down
high end business meetings business absolutely booming
Life on the everlasting up-swing

Staggering and absolute poverty across the freeway from Stone built Mansions with 25 meter pools
Just like Brazil Honduras Mexico

That, my friends, is the result of decades and decades of unchecked unenforced illegal immigration. I would dare to guess that Houston is probably deep Royal or Navy blue as well.

Didn't they dump a bunch of Katrina refugees in Houston as well?

[andy7171]

Don't ever comeback to Baltimore Cleets. There is the Inner Harbor, Canton, Federal Hill, Fells Point and Roland Park and then the rest is boarded up vacant rowhouses. Not just an occasional one either. Like blocks upon blocks of boarded up or razed rowhouses. It's pitiful.

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[Col Hogan]

Don't ever comeback to Baltimore Cleets. There is the Inner Harbor, Canton, Federal Hill, Fells Point and Roland Park and then the rest is boarded up vacant rowhouses. Not just an occasional one either. Like blocks upon blocks of boarded up or razed rowhouses. It's pitiful.

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Well, plywood sales are booming, I see...looks a lot like a Gary IN in the 80’s

[93henfan]

Don't ever comeback to Baltimore Cleets. There is the Inner Harbor, Canton, Federal Hill, Fells Point and Roland Park and then the rest is boarded up vacant rowhouses. Not just an occasional one either. Like blocks upon blocks of boarded up or razed rowhouses. It's pitiful.

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Well, plywood sales are booming, I see...looks a lot like a Gary IN in the 80’s

Substitute "every WWII-era industrial boom town that was disemboweled by white flight in the 60s" for "Gary IN" or "Baltimore" and it's all the same.

Detroit, Camden, Chester, Wilmington, Toledo, East St Louis, etc etc. There are a zillion shitholes in this country.

I think the distinction Cleets is trying to make is that all of those places stopped trying by the mid 70s. Houston probably tried to hang on for a few more decades.

[JohnStOnge]

I don't like Houston. In fact I am pleased this weekend as my daughter and her husband wanted to go see some kind of concert thing with the choice being between Houston and Pensacola and they went to Pensacola. They're at a hotel in Pensacola as I type. I know I'd MUCH rather go to Pensacola and I feel a lot better about my daughter being there than her being in Houston.

But Houston metro area DOES produce a lot of football players. Talk about a rich recruiting area!

[89Hen]

Don't ever comeback to Baltimore Cleets. There is the Inner Harbor, Canton, Federal Hill, Fells Point and Roland Park and then the rest is boarded up vacant rowhouses. Not just an occasional one either. Like blocks upon blocks of boarded up or razed rowhouses. It's pitiful.

But the nice parts are spreading, not the nasty parts.

[andy7171]

Don't ever comeback to Baltimore Cleets. There is the Inner Harbor, Canton, Federal Hill, Fells Point and Roland Park and then the rest is boarded up vacant rowhouses. Not just an occasional one either. Like blocks upon blocks of boarded up or razed rowhouses. It's pitiful.

But the nice parts are spreading, not the nasty parts.

There is a construction/building renovation company that does entire blocks. Its called Green Door. Every renovated rowhouse has a kelly green door. Those blocks are being bought up by people. So, true. The whole area heading down to Fort McHenry has been done along with a new subdivision of luxury rowhouse/townhouses.

That would be my next bet for an established good neighbor hood.

[93henfan]

The whole area heading down to Fort McHenry has been done along with a new subdivision of luxury rowhouse/townhouses.

That would be my next bet for an established good neighbor hood.

O say, I can see!

[andy7171]

The whole area heading down to Fort McHenry has been done along with a new subdivision of luxury rowhouse/townhouses.

That would be my next bet for an established good neighbor hood.

O say, I can see!

One of my all time favorite MD license plates..

[93henfan]

O say, I can see!

One of my all time favorite MD license plates..

One of my all-time favorite DE license plates :

Spoiler: show

Btw, I know it’s only a matter of time before a Redskin fan marks out the bottom of the E to make it an F.

[andy7171]

One of my all time favorite MD license plates..

One of my all-time favorite DE license plates :

Spoiler: show

Btw, I know it’s only a matter of time before a Redskin fan marks out the bottom of the E to make it an F.

For the record, I would have never thought of this on my own...

Spoiler: show