Derived from the New York City locution, "Bridge and Tunnel Crowd" (“B&
TC”) is often used in Houston to refer to the mass of typically young
people who live in the outskirts and trek into town to enjoy the food and nightlife. They are distinguishable because they usually "enjoy" the same expensive restaurants that have
bad food and pretentious nightclubs. In paticular, these restaurants used to be hot-spots for the city dwellers, but were quickly found to be below
par. See, e.g. Milagro. Additionally, the B&
TC generally flock to the same
popular nightclubs representing that they are big-shots, when in fact, they have peon jobs out in the sticks. See, e.g. The Red Door; See also Credit Card Millionaires.