January 28, 2004
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Houston, TX
I like Houston. I especially appreciated that mass transportation there is as easy as it is in the Bay Area of California. There is a bus (the 101) that takes you directly from Houston Hobby Int’l Airport to the downtown area (Hyatt Hotel) for only a DOLLAR. A DOLLAR, folks!
When you’ve been shitting money as much as I have lately for cabs, a DOLLAR to get to a hotel is heaven.
Houston is an interesting place. There are separate centers for SHOPPING and BUSINESS. The business area is where I stayed the night. The shopping area is called the Galleria. I was there for business. Oh well.
Houston has “suburbs.” They have “Pear Land” and “Sugar Land” and “Kingwood.” NONE of which I got to see. I was told the cost of living is pretty good. I didn’t get to buy groceries there, but I’ll take people at their word.
Texas highways are kind of, excuse my French, fucked up. Getting on the on-ramp requires usually navigating across 5 lanes to get in the right one. That is messed up, people.
Otherwise, my experience in Houston was pleasant. I like Texas. And I like Texans.
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My city instituted municipal shuttle bus service from the outlying airport to the downtown central bus station, which seemed very sensible.
It got little use. Most travelers seemed to want to rent cars.