Topic 'moving to Houston?' in forum 'Texas Gulf Coast' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/moving-to-Houston-22631472 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:40:59 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:40:59 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23053731 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23053731 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:34:34 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23053718 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23053718 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:30:04 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23050017 said by MTBikerChris:

said by texan1948:

Waterburger sure beats the hell out of a square Wendy's burger. Square burgers are un-natural.
they both suck.
Agreed, there are a ton of better burger places around here, that are not fast food, but if fast food is the only option, whataburger is better. I generally try to avoid fast food anyways.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23050017 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:27:23 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23048495 said by texan1948:

Waterburger sure beats the hell out of a square Wendy's burger. Square burgers are un-natural.
they both suck.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23048495 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:16:16 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23048336 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23048336 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:36:47 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23045955 said by texan1948:

I don't know what In N Out is but I do love Whataburger.
Its a well known burger place in the west (California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.) I typically hate fast food burgers, but will go there when I am near one.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23045955 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:25:16 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23042275 said by texan1948:

I don't know what In N Out is but I do love Whataburger.
I am happy we don't have whataburger here. It never agreed with me to much grease. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23042275 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:04:18 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23041429 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23041429 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:35:54 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23033089
Snow is almost non existence here but you will be in a ride with Hurricanes. Ike was pretty bad last year especially when he tore through Galveston..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23033089 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:40:57 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23031559 said by Xstar_Lumini:

lol I used to go ice-skating there in a huge mall. Probably the Galleria. A few months ago we went to the Memorial City mall and they actually had hockey games going in their ice rink. I thought it was a great idea, unfortunately my wife didn't so I did not get to watch much of the game.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23031559 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:58:40 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23030524 said by Xstar_Lumini:

said by ilikeme:

said by Xstar_Lumini:

-There are no highrise residential buildings in Houston, at least not as rampant as in Toronto.
Actually, we have quite a lot of high-rise apartment/condos now, especially near the Galleria, midtown, and the medical center.
lol I used to go ice-skating there in a huge mall.

QUESTIONS FOR PEOPLE STILL LIVING IN HOUSTON

-Is Marvin Zendler still alive and working for channel 13 (ABC)? He used to expose dirty restaurants and shady businesses.

-Does KTXH TV channel 20 still exists?

-Are cop cars still light-blue in color?

-Do "Whattaburger" fast-food restaurants still exist?

-When was the last time it snowed there? The only Houston snow I remember was in the 1984-1985 winter, it snowed 1 inch and the whole city was paralized, schools cancelled.

Here in Toronto we get dumps of 2 ft of snow and -27 temperatures and 3rd graders still walk to school :D
1. No, he died in 2007
2. Yes and No. The station is still there but it is now part of "My Network Tv."
3. No, most of them are white with a blue stripe.
4. Yes, there are quite a few of them around town. They are basically Texas's version of In-N-Out.
5. We had a nice amount of snow on Christmas Eve 2004. Up to around 3" in some areas. Also 2008 we had some light snow.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23030524 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:56:25 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23030337 said by ilikeme:

said by Xstar_Lumini:

-There are no highrise residential buildings in Houston, at least not as rampant as in Toronto.
Actually, we have quite a lot of high-rise apartment/condos now, especially near the Galleria, midtown, and the medical center.
lol I used to go ice-skating there in a huge mall.

QUESTIONS FOR PEOPLE STILL LIVING IN HOUSTON

-Is Marvin Zendler still alive and working for channel 13 (ABC)? He used to expose dirty restaurants and shady businesses.

-Does KTXH TV channel 20 still exists?

-Are cop cars still light-blue in color?

-Do "Whattaburger" fast-food restaurants still exist?

-When was the last time it snowed there? The only Houston snow I remember was in the 1984-1985 winter, it snowed 1 inch and the whole city was paralized, schools cancelled.

Here in Toronto we get dumps of 2 ft of snow and -27 temperatures and 3rd graders still walk to school :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23030337 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:13:23 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23030080 said by Xstar_Lumini:

-There are no highrise residential buildings in Houston, at least not as rampant as in Toronto.
Actually, we have quite a lot of high-rise apartment/condos now, especially near the Galleria, midtown, and the medical center.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23030080 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:21:58 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23029335
Thank you all for your help!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23029335 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:06:59 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23028541
-In Houston the biggest ethnic group are Hispanics as opposed to Toronto's hindus and chinese.

-Streets are wider in Houston.

-The city is bigger in area than Toronto, and almost all houses have big yards.

-There are no highrise residential buildings in Houston, at least not as rampant as in Toronto.

-Almosr all cars are bigger, V-8's and there's lots of trucks and guns.

-The food/restaurant scene in Houston is just awesome, but the variety in food menus is far less than in Toronto.

-Insurance and gas is cheaper in Houston.

-There are wide spaces between neighborhoods and houses in some areas and having a car is essential.

-The construction and service-related area is saturated in Houston and the pay is VERY low.

-You will see a lot of restaurant and store franchises you won't know about, you might know McDonald but you don't know Jack-In-The-Box, a most delicious burger was sold there.

Overall Houston feels more free and carefree than Toronto, a city which now resembles a fascist state. There are less regulations in Houston in ALL areas. For example a Daisy BB gun which we need a ridiculous real firearm licence here in Toronto is sold in Houston K-Mart stores to any underaged kid.

You will also notice beer and alcohol sold in every corner store and gas station.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-23028541 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:34:51 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-22882588 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-22882588 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:40:35 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-22873121
1 you have to learn how to wear pointed towed cowboy boots, ( to kill the roach's in the corner)
2, you have to learn how when someone blows their horn at you, you give them a friend Texas 1 finger salute,
3, you have to learn how to chew tobacci & spit out a side window,

and yes the heat & Humidity can be dangerious,don't push yourself yp hard physically untill you get use to weather change,

what area of houson thinking about moving to?
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The temperatures only tell part of the story - it's also quite humid. We lived down close to NASA for several years and used to laugh about the weather being 95/95 - 95 degrees w/ 95% humidity]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-22634862 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:00:25 EDT Re: moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-22633564

ToHot
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-moving-to-Houston-22633564 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:56:21 EDT moving to Houston? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/moving-to-Houston-22631472
I have been presented with an opportunity to move to Houston (work-wise) from Toronto (Canada)...

What i like to know is what are the major differences and/or similarities between the two cities (even better if i can find some Canadian that moved to Houston)?

cheers, ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/moving-to-Houston-22631472 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:38:21 EDT