Post #28648 by Formikahini on Sun, Mar 30, 2003 4:52 PM

On 2003-03-29 23:24, Scamboogah wrote:
So is Houston the hell on earth that it's reported to be? I only ask because it's snagged worst crime rate from NYC and worst smog rate from LA...

Now now, Scamboogah, you seems to be in a snipe-y mood here these days! This is my hometown, I'll have you know, and nobody can insult it but ME!

Re: crime, we've got bad non-stranger crime, that is, lots of I-caught-you-fooling-around-with-my-old-lady-BANG! crime. Maybe it's the heat, maybe it's the humidity. But I don't fear here anymore than in any other city or town. I lock all my doors and look in my back seat before entering the car here, the same way I did in little Athens, GA, and in Austin before then, and Houston before then. We had crack and gangs in Athens, and they're here, too.

Re: smog - huh? We don't ever have days where you can't see for the haze, the way half - no, 3/4 of the days I'm ever in LA are. Now, maybe the statistical rating is due to some particular pollutant, and that could be; we are a major oil refinery city, and boy do we love our cars, LA style. But it's not a smelly, hazy city, by any means - really! We gots our occasional AM fog and we gots our humidity (ugh!), but it's really a pretty, green, friendly place. Just don't get caught messing around with somebody's old lady... ("But Officer, he NEEDed killin'!" "I understand, Sir. Now run along and don't get into any more trouble, ya hear?")