Why the capital should rightfully be Houston, not Austin.

Fortunately for proponents of Houston, the author made no mention of character.

 

Or taste

 

A long time ago, in another place, far far away, I used to work for one of the major accounting firms in Houston. One day I as I was looking out the window at all the smog and traffic a partner came up to me, put his arm around me, and said, "Ah, don't ya just love it? Don't ya just love the smell of money?"

This is the difference between Houston and Dallas. Dallas has pretentious of grandeur. You know, women who were born to shop. Men who give money to the symphony, even when they'd rather hear some ZZ Top.

Houston, on the other hand. We don't give a **** who yo daddy was, or even if you had a daddy. Can you do what you say you can do? That's all that counts.

Dale

 

Shiner

 

Dallas, home of the $40,000 / year millionaire.

 

You know nothing of Fort Worth, there is much more than downtown & the stockyards. I've heard people call it boring before, I prefer to say it's just more laid back. Plenty of things to do when you know where they are.

As for Houston I was born there, lived seven years of my life that I'll never get back. The city is flat & smells horrible. Tried to find some weekend getaways & often found my self in Kemah / Clearlake area or a road trip somewhere west of Houston.

I thought about moving to Austin last year, but the housing prices are insane & traffic changed my mind. Quite a few friends of mine that have lived there for more than a decade are moving back to the Panther City. Hollywood types seem to be ruining it with also the massive influx of Californians from what my cousin thinks & a shop owner on 6th street told me.

 

If I may we could put another twist on which city should be the capital of Texas although frankly I could care less, barring the Battle of San Jacinto.

My father is named after one of our familys decendants, the son of William Barret Travis so San Antonio could actually be determined as the righteous capital of Texas.

Texas is a state of mind.

Are you running for office?

 

My in-laws moved to the Woodlands several years ago and I'm in Houston for business a few times a year. Too much flatness, concrete, traffic, and humidity for my liking. Too damn big. That being said, I do appreciate the general down to earth mentality of the city and there are definitely many great restaurants.

I'm ok with Houston, its just about yanking chains. Much happier being in Austin though.

 

Do you feel better about yourself now?

 

Yep, I'm in Austin today.

 

I refuse to answer that on the grounds I might be incriminated.

 

Well played!

 

If all state capitals were chosen based solely on population [and the other criteria the author mentioned] Chicago would be the capital of Illinois [afterall half of the entire state's population lives in Chicagoland!], New York City would be the capital of New York, Los Angeles would be the capital of California....

It's good for politicians to see more of the state they are supposed to represent and serve.

 

Now that the issue of character has been addressed .... lol

 

As an austinite, I can say I probably speak for the majority when I say.....


You can have the capitol. We don't really need it or want it(politicians aside). That said, you can have about the last 800000 people that moved to Austin over the last 20 years too

Justin - hangin' his hat in Austin for 20+ years.