A bigger version of Dallas. The 4th largest single city in the United States and largest in Texas. America’s 7th largest metro area. As large as the Houston area is, it isnt even the largest in Texas: it ranks 2nd after Dallas-Ft. Worth. It’s economy has a broad industrial base in energy, the manufacturing of chemicals and petrochemicals, aeronautics (NASA is headquartered in the city at the Johnson space Center), technology, biotechnology and healthcare and research institutions. It is home to more Fortune 500 companies outside New York City. It’s numerous high-paying jobs followed by a low cost of living makes Houston a very easy city to live in. It is one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the country and is a classic example or urban sprawl gone ammock, like many Sun Belt cities including its rival, Dallas. Houston saw a surge of New Orleans refugees in September of 2005, after Hurricane Katrina. It is believed that its crime rate (already among the highest in the country) escalated rapidly after receiving the evacuees. Houston is almost an urban hell to live in because it has no zoning regulations whatsoever, thanks to its voters. Not suprisingly, it has the second-worst air pollution in the country after Los Angeles. For a city of such large size, Houston has very abysmal public transportation and just about everybody drives everywhere. The roads are overused, overcrowded, underfunded and in need of repair. Houston has among the youngest populations in the nation...

A bigger version of Dallas. The 4th largest single city in the United States and largest city in Texas. America’s 7th largest metro area. As big as the Houston area is, it isn't even the largest in Texas. Dallas-Ft. Worth is the largest. It’s economy has a broad industrial base in energy, manufacturing of chemicals and petrochemicals, aeronautics (NASA is headquartered in the city), technology, biotechnology and healthcare and research institutions. It is home to the most Fortune 500 companies outside New York City. It’s numerous high-paying jobs followed by a low cost of liviing makes Houston a very easy city to live in. It is one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the country and is a classic example of urban sprawl gone ammock, like many Sun Belt cities including its rival, Dallas. Houston saw a surge of New Orleans refugees in September of 2005, after Hurricane Katrina. It is believed that its crime rate (already among the highest in the country) escalated rapidly after receiving the evacuees. Houston is almost an urban hell to live in because it has no zoning regulations whatsoever, thanks to its voters. Not suprisingly, it has the second-worst air pollution in the country after Los Angeles. For a city of such large size, Houston has very abysmal public transportation and just about everybody drives everywhere. The roads are overused, overcrowded, underfunded and in need of repair. Houston has among the youngest populations in the nation,partly due to an influx of...

Well, as a Texan, I guess I'll throw my two cents in...Texas is a great place to live. I know alot of people from other parts of the country think "Hicks, Rednecks, Incest, Ignorant, Dumb, ect, ect..." But, the fact of the matter is, Texas is a real diverse state, with large metropolitans such as Houston, and Dallas/Ft. Worth, and also vast areas of rural towns and farm/ranchland. Now, im a country boy, but that doesn't mean that im racist, eat possum, and only listen to country music. Ya, I do have a 4x4, and yes, I do live on a small ranch with horses and cattle and such. Plus the Cowboy boots and all that stuff, But thats just me, not all of Texas. I like all genres of music, From Rap/Hip Hop, Rock (and all subgenres that go along with it), Country, and a whole bunch of other stuff. We've got all different races, creeds, religions, and beliefs, Some of the finest Colleges in the nation, and just down right good people. Ya, the weather is pretty wild, but hey, ya get used to it, or at least I have, I cant really speak for others. All in all, some of yall just need to it thru your thick, opinionated, stereotypical heads that Texas is not what you think it is...yeah, big words huh? Well, Texas has a pretty good education system, 3.6 GPA, in a town of about 800. Just thought I'd throw that in there, for kicks.

Oh, and btw, we're not responsible for Bush, he does what he does, we cant help that, plus, hes from Conn. Blame them. and, Yeah, Our flag can fly at the same hei...

America’s largest suburb and is not a city by any means. “The Valley” as it is called is actually a very fast-growing mesh of identical suburbs that comprise a very dull metropolis, for its size (almost 4 million people), in the Sonoran Desert of south-central Arizona. Phoenix does not constitute a typical large metropolitan profile by most standards and sucks, generally speaking. It isn’t New York. Isn’t L.A. Isn’t Chicago. Isn’t Washington DC. Isn’t Phily. Isn’t San Fran. Isn’t Seattle. Isn’t Miami. Isn’t Atlanta. And even isn’t Dallas-Ft. Worth. Why? No culture (illegal immigrants don’t count). No diversity. Not much greenspace. No rapid transit. No skyline. Not a major educational center (despite having ASU in nearby Tempe). Not a major manufacturing center. Not a major healthcare center. Not a port center. Not a financial center. Not many high-paying jobs. Nothing. It doesn’t even have many corporate headquarters when compared to many cities (US Airways, the worst airline in the country, is the only Fortune 500 company that calls Phoenix home). If you’re single and looking to meet someone, go elsewhere because Phoenix was ranked as one of the worst cities in the country for meeting other single people, especially those looking to get married. The city of Phoenix may be the 6th single-largest US city, in the nation’s 14th largest metro area, but Phoenix has nothing on metro areas that are even half its size. The Phoenix area is known for practically NOTHING and has no...

A bigger version of Oklahoma
Cowboys and gunslingers who drive around in pickup trucks
Square dancing
Country music
Oil, oil, oil
Tornados
Tumbleweed
Bible thumpers and the growing number of evangelicals
Mexican migrants
Barbeque
Chili
Hot peppers
The Alamo
Hicks
racism
Capital punishment

Don’t mess with Texas. The Lone Star State. Was once part of Mexico then became its own country then became a state in 1835, causing the Mexican War, then became part of the Confederacy then back to the U.S. Part of the Bible Belt. The state where everything is bigger: the road signs are bigger, billboards are bigger, boobs on broads are usually bigger, people are bigger or fatter, and big SUVs. Texas is just too dam big, period. It’s the 2nd largest state by area, covering some quarter of a million square miles in the southern/southwestern U.S. with 263,000 square miles. It could fit several Midwestern states in its vast territory. It takes about 13 hours to drive on I-10 from El Paso to Houston or vice versa and about the same amount of time from Harlington/McAllen to Amarillo. The drive, no matter which way you go, is dull and mostly flat with not much of a change in scenery, unless you are close to El Paso, which looks like Arizona. Texas is so big that El Paso is closer to San Diego or Los Angeles than from Houston and Houston is closer to some areas of Florida than from El Paso.

Texas is...

Dirty Trick Kids - a graffiti crew from oklahoma/texas area. Originated around the year 2000.

America’s largest suburb and is not a city by any means. “The Valley” as it is called is actually a very fast-growing mesh of identical suburbs that comprise a very dull metropolis, for its size (almost 4 million people), in the Sonoran Desert of south-central Arizona. Phoenix does not constitute a typical large metropolitan profile by most standards and sucks, generally speaking. It isn’t New York. Isn’t L.A. Isn’t Chicago. Isn’t Washington DC. Isn’t Phily. Isn’t San Fran. Isn’t Seattle. Isn’t Miami. Isn’t Atlanta. And even isn’t Dallas-Ft. Worth. Why? No culture (illegal immigrants don’t count). No diversity. Not much greenspace. No rapid transit. No skyline. Not a major educational center (despite having ASU in nearby Tempe). Not a major manufacturing center. Not a major healthcare center. Not a port center. Not a financial center. Not many high-paying jobs. Nothing. It doesn’t even have many corporate headquarters when compared to many cities (US Airways, the worst airline in the country, is the only Fortune 500 company that calls Phoenix home). If you’re single and looking to meet someone, go elsewhere because Phoenix was ranked as one of the worst cities in the country for meeting other single people, especially those looking to get married. The city of Phoenix may be the 6th single-largest US city, in the nation’s 14th largest metro area, but Phoenix has nothing on metro areas that are even half its size. The Phoenix area is known for practically NOTHING and has no ...