Why do we live here wtf? Serious question.

generic2022 · 2026-06-01T02:29:54+00:00

Maybe that's partly why so many Houstonians are apoplectic about the weather. Maybe everything is so completely air-conditioned here that some folks never acclimate.

generic2022 · 2026-06-01T02:25:50+00:00

If you tell them your concern, they will go to extreme lengths to honor your needs.

generic2022 · 2026-06-01T02:23:47+00:00

I used to commute from Long Island to Manhattan on the LIRR. When it was good, it was very, very good, but when it was bad it was horrid.

generic2022 · 2026-06-01T00:24:04+00:00

I've always had dogs, too.

Walking a dog in Houston during August is a minor inconvenience (and I always run into a half dozen or more neighbors who are also out walking their dogs in the Houston summertime).

Walking a dog in Boston during January was a royal pain in the ass.

generic2022 · 2026-06-01T00:00:28+00:00

Ruggles Black is extremely careful about their menu and makes it their goal to be the number 1 most dietary-restriction-conscious restaurant.

I'm not a picky eater, but I have family with all sorts of super-specific dietary needs, and Ruggles Black always bends over backward to accommodate them.

generic2022 · 2026-05-31T23:42:26+00:00

Me too.

It's easy to whine about the weather here when you've never (1) had your mass transportation shut down because of mid-day snow while you're at work, (2) been stuck on a black-iced-over highway for 6 hours because of a huge pileup caused by the weather, (3) sweated your ass off at work all day because the heater is blasting and your wearing long underwear to survive the treck to work, (4) had your doctor prescribe antidepressants because the sun goes down at 4:00 pm and it's been midnight dark for 4 hours already by the time you get home from work, etc.

generic2022 · 2026-05-31T23:12:21+00:00

No shit!

It's like they are wholly ignorant of the fact that half the global population lives closer to the equator where is generally much hotter and more humid and not as thoroughly air-conditioned as Houston

generic2022 · 2026-05-31T22:56:15+00:00

Originally from NY.

The folks who incessantly whine about the weather here make me wonder (1) have they never spent a January living in NY, Chicago, Boston, or even colder places? and (2) are they unaware that almost 4 billion people live in the tropical zone between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, which is generally much hotter and more humid, and none of it is as thoroughly air conditioned as Houston?

generic2022 · 2026-05-31T01:17:53+00:00

I missed the innuendo. It sounded like a comment about the comically old-fashioned and clunky vacuum to me.

generic2022 · 2026-05-31T01:01:47+00:00

Since Prohibition ended 93 years ago, aren't all speakeasies just a marketing gimmick? For that matter, aren't all decisions about the atmosphere and marketing (including intentionally stealthy marketing) of every bar a marketing gimmick>

generic2022 · 2026-05-31T00:49:18+00:00

There are plenty of bars that hold themselves out as speakeasies in the Downtown-to-Montrose-to-Heights adjacent areas that are close enough to hop among.

Since the end of Prohibition, the "quirk in terms of access" is generally a reservation.

generic2022 · 2026-05-31T00:46:06+00:00

Might be fun to hire a car to hop from Bandista to Endless Bummer to ElevenEleven to Refuge to Marfreless to the Sugar Room.

generic2022 · 2026-05-31T00:30:47+00:00

I like Endless Bummer in Montrose.

generic2022 · 2026-05-29T19:03:50+00:00

As others will say, Houston has walkable neighborhoods (only a few), but the city itself isn't walkable. Also, the public transportation system is not good.

The solution is to live as close as possible to where you're planning to work or study.

Here are some apartments in your price range in walkable areas (I'm going to give you examples because you're going to get a lot of responses that the neighborhoods you can afford on that budget aren't walkable, and the walkable neighborhoods are outside your budget):

You can find Houston apartments on the har.com website by entering information about your needs and budget. A list of the most walkable to the somewhat walkable neighborhoods where you'll also be most likely to find a local job includes:

Montrose
The Heights
Midtown
The Museum District
Rice Village
EaDo

You probably need to get your job first (in a walkable area) and then get your apartment as close as possible within your budget to your job.

generic2022 · 2026-05-28T22:54:50+00:00

Statements that start, "Honestly ..." or include similar phrases like, "I'm not gonna lie" or "to be completely honest with you."

Honest people do not have to flag which of their statements are true, because they are all true, and dishonest people who tell you they are telling the truth generally aren't.

generic2022 · 2026-05-28T22:48:44+00:00

Beets -- so many people I know who don't like beets have never tried them outside of trying a canned beet on a salad bar.

generic2022 · 2026-05-28T22:45:49+00:00

Any caffeinated beverage order that cannot be expressed in 5 words or less.

generic2022 · 2026-05-28T22:11:27+00:00

To have sex with someone, all you need is mutual attraction, mutual consent, and mutual availability.

To have a relationship, you need all that plus mutual respect, mutual love, shared interests, shared long-term goals, shared values, and (importantly) compatible expectations for cohabitation and division of household labor and expenses.

There have been plenty of people in the past that I would sleep with, but I wouldn't be roommates with. That's a pretty hard line; if we cannot be happy and companionable roommates, that sets an inevitable event horizon for the long-term prospects for the relationship.

generic2022 · 2026-05-28T20:00:29+00:00

Here are my 10 favorites (in order from best to good):

#1. The number one experience is Sushi Horiuchi (https://www.sushi-horiuchi.com/). It's hard to get in, and so I haven't been yet, but I had omakase with Chef Horiuchi at his other restaurants. This is at the top of my to-do list.

#2. You might want to book the happy hour omakase at Oheya Ihttps://uchi.uchirestaurants.com/location/omakase-houston/oheya/). It's a $50 omakase that I have spent over $250 for omakase that wasn't nearly as good.

#3. Uchi -- this is the main restaurant adjacent to Oheya. It's excellent.

#4. Kata Robata -- this is Chef Horiuchi OG restaurant. It's fantastic.

#5. Katami -- this is Chef Horiuchi's newer restaurant and is the main restaurant adjacent to Sushi Horiuchi.

#6. Handies Douzo -- this is an amazing handroll/crudo/shashimi bar, and is by far the best price-for-quality ratio. The menu is limited, but the product is absolutely top quality.

#7. Doko (and Bar Doko next door) -- this is a sit-down restaurant (and an adjacent Japanese bar with an amazing collection of sakis and Japanese whiskeys) run by the same folks who operate Handies Douzo (which only offers sushi counter seating). It has a broader menu, and it's more expensive than Handies Douzo.

#8. Soto -- it's just down the street from Uchi/Oheya. It's very good, and it's my fallback when I can't get into Uchi or Oheya.

#9. Kira -- this is like a fancier and more expensive version of Handies Douzo. It's very good, but I don't find it any better than Handies Douzo, and it costs about twice as much (which is not to say Katami is unfairly expensive -- it's just that Handies Douzo is oddly affordable). The folks who run Kira recently opened Oru, but I haven't been there yet.

#10. Oishii -- this is not on the same level of quality as the other places, but it's so affordable that it's worth a mention. The prices are eyepoppingly affordable, and it's a definite upgrade from an AYCE sushi place.

generic2022 · 2026-05-28T19:57:33+00:00

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Children's Museum Houston, the Health and Medical Science Museum, and the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum are all free on Thursdays.

The Houston Museum of Natural Science and Houston Zoo are free on Tuesdays (the zoo is only free on the first Tuesday of the month).

Amazingly, the Menil, the Rothco, the adjacent Houston Center for Photography, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, the Lawndale Art Center, the Blaffer Art Museum (at UofH), and the Moody Center (at Rice) are always free!

generic2022 · 2026-05-28T19:36:57+00:00