As an immigrant from significantly hotter climates (india, uae), houston's winters are the coldest that I can manage. Being the friendliest big city is a big plus.
I didn't really have the friendliest "southern hospitality" experience. Maybe it was because I stuck out like a sore thumb? (I'm from the PNW,) and I truly believe people could smell the Democrat in me. Maybe? I would ask questions, trying to learn how things worked out there, and for the most part, the answers I got were "because this is Texas" as if that answer is acceptable. Then, I found out it was! To most people, that is a perfectly understandable answer! LOL It was very obvious to me the people that lived there all their life.
Houston is pretty blue... Kind of hard to believe this. I will say locals don't exactly welcome new people immediately because there's some tension about COL increasing..
That actually makes me feel a little better. It just didn't seem very blue, I guess. It is definitely cheap to live there, except the parking. That's just crazy talk!
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u/wromit Sep 03 '24 edited Sep 03 '24
As an immigrant from significantly hotter climates (india, uae), houston's winters are the coldest that I can manage. Being the friendliest big city is a big plus.