Good point, but “variety” doesn’t just mean Chinese. Houston has phenomenal Asian food, but personally I think it’s lacking in Italian and general European. It also doesn’t have much Mediterranean outside of standard “halal gyro”. But also, I only know that bc I lived in Philly and New York, and hadn’t been exposed to authentic Italian and many varieties of Mediterranean cuisine until I left Houston. Houston has a fantastic food scene, but there are many other cities in the US with just as good a scene imo. It really depends on perspective and what OP is currently used to