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re: Houston is the cultural capital of the South
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:12 pm to AbuTheMonkey
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:12 pm to AbuTheMonkey
Easily. Lake Michigan and quick drive access to northern MI > HTX
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Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:14 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
And Wisconsin
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:15 pm to RedRifle
The correct answer here is Nashville.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:18 pm to Amadeo
I’m pretty sure that the tallest building in the US outside of NYC and Chicago is in Atlanta, not that that means anything
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:18 pm to NATidefan
Just left Houston last night.... not overly impressed....
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:20 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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Is Houston famous for anything? Does it have any real landmark or event?
Houston Veer, the most terrifying offense in Sega Genesis football
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:22 pm to Atttaboy
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’m pretty sure that the tallest building in the US outside of NYC and Chicago is in Atlanta, not that that means anything
Pretty sure the Comcast center, Salesforce tower, and Wilshire are all taller than anything in Atlanta.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:24 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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What does Houston have that New Orleans doesn’t
I’ll presume you are still on the outdoor activities discussion, otherwise I’m going to have to question your sanity
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:26 pm to TH03
A lot of good bike trails between Houston/Dallas and Houston/Austin.
A ton of really good bass fishing lakes within 3 hours of Houston.
Galveston for beach sports (although gross)
A ton of really good bass fishing lakes within 3 hours of Houston.
Galveston for beach sports (although gross)
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:26 pm to Mike da Tigah
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Yeah... an over abundance of loud, obnoxious, braggadocious arse hats who can’t understand why people don’t want to be around people like themselves, but are all too incapable of controlling themselves with even a smidget of humility.
congrats on making yourself look like the most petty, insecure poster on this site.
quite an accomplishment.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:27 pm to tigercross
There are definitely buildings taller than Comcast Center in Atlanta, if you mean the one in Philadelphia.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:29 pm to NATidefan
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The correct answer here is Nashville.
Nashville is a cool town but I think it's pretty overrated for cultural impact, at least right now.
It is "hip" but it's mostly borrowed from other places. I do think you have a lot of startups and the like in Nashville that will end up being impactful, but I don't think it's adding much yet that wasn't here before.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:43 pm to RedRifle
"Thinking about taking a week long vacation in Houston and checking out some cultural sites there."
- Said no one ever.
- Said no one ever.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:43 pm to tigercross
Just checked - You’re right. They just passed up ATL in the last couple of years. Atlanta “had” the tallest building outside of NYC and Chicago since 1992 until about 2 years ago.
Philly, LA and San Fran have now passed up ATL. It still has the tallest building in the South, at least for today.
Philly, LA and San Fran have now passed up ATL. It still has the tallest building in the South, at least for today.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 1:26 pm to RedRifle
Baytown has more culture than NOLA.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 1:57 pm to tketaco
Not reading the whole thread but I recently ran across the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern that has been open since 2016 for tours. It's kind of a cool place, built in 1929 for Houston's drinking water. Somewhere in the 2000s so there's only about 8 inches of water amongst these greek styled pillars. The water's reflection and a 17 second echo seem to make this a good visit that is mostly unknown. They only let 30 people go down there each tour so plan ahead.
Just something new to see/visit in Houston.
Just something new to see/visit in Houston.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:20 pm to Sentrius
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"Thinking about taking a week long vacation in Houston and checking out some cultural sites there."
- Said no one ever.
Not since Astroworld. It was Mecca for Louisiana peeps.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:26 pm to NATidefan
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The correct answer here is Nashville.
Opryland Hotel modeled it's show piece section after New Orleans.
Nashville pretty much has country music, that's about it. It's an overrated city that has been invaded to make it pretty culturally insignificant.
Charleston and Savannah should both be up there in this debate.
This post was edited on 7/22/19 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 7/22/19 at 3:17 pm to RedRifle
Glassell Museum of Art cited - Glassells originally from Shreveport, LA - many of his heirs still live in Shreveport - founder of Transco Pipeline and donor of art worth hundreds of millions to Houston and other cities across the globe. Holds the record for largest swordfish caught on a rod and reel since 1953 - reel was used in the Hemingway movie "Old Man and the Sea".
Grandson was a frat brother at LSU in the early 1970's - killed in a car wreck with 6 other guys driving back to B.R. from a long night of partying in New Orleans - mostly KA's and SAE's.
Offshore drilling moved all of the big pipelines from Shreveport to New Orleans and Houston in the 1980's - killed the Shreveport economy - once the home of many of the major pipelines (Texas Gas, Texas Eastern, Pennzoil/United, Arkla)serving the Gulf Coast and NE U.S. as its founders were all Shreveport natives.
Grandson was a frat brother at LSU in the early 1970's - killed in a car wreck with 6 other guys driving back to B.R. from a long night of partying in New Orleans - mostly KA's and SAE's.
Offshore drilling moved all of the big pipelines from Shreveport to New Orleans and Houston in the 1980's - killed the Shreveport economy - once the home of many of the major pipelines (Texas Gas, Texas Eastern, Pennzoil/United, Arkla)serving the Gulf Coast and NE U.S. as its founders were all Shreveport natives.
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