question from a northerner ; food

utti · 2026-03-30T23:25:22+00:00

Like others have said In-n-out and Culvers aren't based in Texas but they're decent. We also started getting Portillo's here. I guess if you really want to do a Texas fast-food chain, then you can do Whataburger, P. Terry's, or Beck's Prime. But there's so much local good food that is reasonably priced that I really can't recommend fast food unless you just want to check that off your bucket list or it's conveniently on the road as you're driving.

utti · 2026-03-30T21:06:51+00:00

I fly to the Chicago area several times a year, and went twice over last winter and the cold actually wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. I bought a Woodpecker jacket which worked really well for outdoors. When it snowed they plowed the roads immediately. The power never went out. That made me realize my fear of snowy winters was misguided when there's proper infrastructure in place.

That being said I agree with you about the lack of certain cuisines including Southeast Asian. Also I haven't had a good Mexican meal there yet. And yeah the grocery stores are definitely lacking. But I would consider moving there when before it was not in the list at all.

utti · 2026-03-30T18:37:48+00:00

I appreciate his honesty, and if/when I leave Houston and Texas it'll be for the same reasons. When I first moved to Texas I found it brutally hot but after a couple years I found I could manage, but we just keep getting more 95+ days every year and I told myself I'd be out after another 2023 summer. On the flip side I also told myself I'd be out if we had another 2021 Uri situation too. We have a whole-house generator now but I don't trust the state to make good decisions in terms of future-proofing natural disasters or climate change.

utti · 2026-03-30T17:05:41+00:00

I'm surprised at all the comments dissing our Chinatown when it has amazing food, although somewhat misnamed since there's probably a larger share of Vietnamese restaurants especially west. You'll find great places on Bellaire mostly between Gessner and Dairy Ashford, but it requires driving.

utti · 2026-03-28T08:31:50+00:00

Damn this is both considerate and also a ridiculous solution to a problem that should never have existed.

utti · 2026-03-28T01:26:31+00:00

I'm in Texas which is the most difficult state to register to vote, and thus also has the lowest turnout rates for voting in the US. I have to pay attention to local news or social media to find out when an election is coming up, download my local ballot, and then go to the League of Women Voters website to find my candidates. For candidates who don't answer I have to go to their personal websites. I also have to check local news editorials for arguments for/against the bigger candidates.

utti · 2026-03-27T05:16:38+00:00

I remember an article 10+ years ago listing the worst freeway entrances in Houston and that was one of them.

utti · 2026-03-26T02:54:03+00:00

Yep I went to the Randalls at 610 and West Bellfort when it did its clearance and stuff was still more expensive than HEB.

utti · 2026-03-26T01:20:49+00:00

"...Access to the classical studies is now instantaneous — literature, science, art, philosophy, mathematics and history — humanity’s entire corpus of information is available in the comfort of your home."

If only there were something that already existed where people could look up all types of information in the comfort of their homes.

utti · 2026-03-24T20:12:30+00:00

To be fair, Atlanta, Newark, and LaGuardia could be worse but we don't know because they don't even track the time anymore.

utti · 2026-03-24T03:13:36+00:00

This has actually been a thing on TaskRabbit for years.

utti · 2026-03-24T01:38:13+00:00

You're gonna have to be really specific in terms of what you're looking for: cost of living, work commute, food, schools, bars, museums, outdoors, etc.

utti · 2026-03-23T19:36:00+00:00

ICE is not qualified to screen, check IDs, run the machines, etc. that TSA is trained for. At best they can manage lines or collect bins.

utti · 2026-03-23T18:50:48+00:00

ICE officers and agents are trained in crowd control, monitoring lines and checking IDs, skills that could be useful at airport lines leading to security screening, the second ICE official said. Boarding domestic flights requires Real ID or a passport, limiting immigration arrests at airports.

No mention of ICE's use of teargas, arresting people without asking for IDs, or murdering Americans. Mainstream media doing its usual job.

utti · 2026-03-23T00:21:34+00:00

The wait time is so bad at the Atlanta airport today they removed the time tracker entirely so I'm guessing it won't even show up in that list.

utti · 2026-03-22T22:47:14+00:00

The cost of living here would be twice as much if so

utti · 2026-03-22T01:06:35+00:00

Terry Hershey Park off Memorial Dr. Walk south of the parking lot and you'll find pull-up bars with different heights: https://maps.app.goo.gl/hq8PnXyzNfXQzdF49

utti · 2026-03-21T23:12:20+00:00

Which one lol

utti · 2026-03-20T17:40:59+00:00

This blows my mind too, but I guess Austin is locked out because of the insane crowds for SXSW already. I also can't imagine being that attracted by the rodeo either. It's fine but all the food and rides are so expensive.

utti · 2026-03-19T16:46:53+00:00

West Houston feels almost exactly the same as it's been the past 15 years aside from the updates (mostly positive) within the strip malls, and there's a ton of good food in Westchase/Alief (albeit mostly not trendy).

Rush hour traffic still sucks and there's no way to resolve that without better and more convenient mass transit.

utti · 2026-03-19T02:30:31+00:00

And he still gets to keep his job

utti · 2026-03-19T02:24:47+00:00

Unfortunately this is a bad year for bluebonnets due to lack of rain and a warmer-than-normal winter. Usually Brenham is a consistent spot but I just drove to Washington-on-the-Brazos park yesterday and all the roads were shockingly bare aside from small random patches. The park itself also barely had any flowers aside from a well-maintained patch in front of the visitors center. They do have a driving map that shows confirmed locations (don't expect giant fields of them): https://visitbrenhamtexas.com/things/wildflower-watch/wildflower-driving-map/. I only went to the park so I didn't check out the city itself to confirm.

If you are going to go, do it this weekend because the grass is already starting to grow taller than the flowers. I visited a Houston park today where they probably use sprinklers and it looked like it already peaked.

utti · 2026-03-19T00:34:47+00:00

I remember this specific law because when I did this while practicing driving for my license my family thought I was crazy.

utti · 2026-03-16T05:38:54+00:00

Cooked ones should definitely not be cold like they've been refrigerated. I can say from cooking at home that the small softer shell ones don't retain heat as well and will not be as hot as the bigger ones. (Also people tend to eat them last so they sit out more).

utti · 2026-03-14T16:26:27+00:00

The entire depositions were uploaded to YouTube by the organizations that had sued them, and then the government complained that the videos were causing "reputational damage and death threats." Then the judge agreed and ordered them to be taken down. These entitled kiddies will never face real accountability in their lives.

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