If you're bored in Houston, it's your own fault.

Houston, my home town, is today's featured article at Wikipedia.


I tell many people who are unfamiliar with Houston this sentence: "if you're bored in Houston, it's your own fault." And it's true. Our housing costs are comparatively low in Houston, so we have more disposable income than in other cities. Here are some places that surplus income can be diverted to:

• the restaurant scene has really stepped up to the plate (sorry, punny) with over 4,000 restaurants featuring of a wide array of cuisines
• the sports scene (such as it is) covers all three major sports (football, baseball, and basketball) with tax-payer-built stadiums
• the museum district featuring the Grand Opera, the Symphony, and Ballet, plus numerous theater stages outside downtown
• Johnson Space Center between Houston and Galveston
• Galveston and its beaches (such as they are) only an hour south of town
• parks throughout and wilderness (camping and hiking) only an hour or two outside of town

Of course, there's a downside to everything. In Houston, there are three big ones: hurricanes, bugs and humidity. For hurricanes, we have satellites that tell us when and where they form and when they enter the Gulf of Mexico. And we all have cars, so we can use our brains and leave the city when needed. For bugs, we have bug spray. And for the humidity, we have air conditioning.

It's not perfect, but it's a great place to live.