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Ein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 12:07 AM
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Any people here from the Houston, TX area?
Looks like I'll be among your ranks within 3 months. How's the liberal scene down there?

Anyone wanna befriend a 19 year old radical? :(
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 07:10 AM
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1. Yeah - there are some Houston-area folks here.
I'll :kick: this for them!

I'm 2.5 hours up Hwy. 290! :D
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:26 AM
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2. kick
:kick:
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:36 PM
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24. 2.5 my ass!
Round up! :D
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:45 PM
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27. Depends on where you are coming from...
...I live right off 290 in NE Austin. I can be to Spring in 2.5 hours. Humble or downtown or south of town takes longer. :P
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:49 PM
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29. I live in Spring!
I've never been there in under 3!
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:51 PM
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30. Maybe my foot's a little leaden!
It's those damned small towns that slow ya down! Bah! Giddings! :P
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:54 PM
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31. Giddings had some sort of rest stop/restaurant on the highway
Called Buck-ees or something like that. The only reason I mention this is because Buck-ees had a massive sign with a cartoon beaver on it and the sign said "CLEAN RESTROOMS! YOU HAVE OUR WORD ON IT!" And I thought, wow, they are really proud of the fact that they can keep their restrooms marginally clean. They must have spent a fortune on that sign. It looked like it costed more than the establishment itself.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:56 PM
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32. LOL!!! Isn't it a convenience store?
Either way, if it is the one I am thinking of (Chevron, I think), the restrooms are pretty clean.

I'll be making that roadie next month with Senor Pitt riding shotgun! :bounce:
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 04:00 PM
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35. Well, by all means, stop for a bathroom break at Buck-ees!
They're clean!
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 04:42 PM
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36. Where in Spring?
I used to live in Northampton. God what a soulless place. Bunch of wealthy, upscale dollar zombies. No sense of neighborhood, and nothing, dammit, NOTHING to do! I hated it there.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 06:16 PM
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37. Maybe "Spring" wasn't the right word
I live in the Woodlands but it's technically Spring. It says Spring on my mail. 77381 is a spring zip code. I live in upper Spring.

I've been to Northampton. IIRC it's the same, only a little more decayed. If you want upscale dollar zombies, come to my town. That's ALL we have.
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:28 AM
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3. I used to live in Houston. For six years.
My advice is to bring a gasmask.

The food's pretty good though.
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Ein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 02:40 PM
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17. Pollution Days
Edited on Fri Aug-22-03 02:45 PM by Ein
Is that what you are referencing? My aunt said some days they tell people to avoid going outside or something like that? Sounds great, I won't be there for more than 4 years though. :)
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 02:46 PM
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19. Yep. Lot's of air pollution.
Edited on Fri Aug-22-03 02:50 PM by XNASA
Especially near the Bay, which is where we lived. In Seabrook.

The problem is, there's all these petro-chemical plants spewing god-knows-what into the air. Then, for 6 months in the summer, a high pressure dome develops in the atmosphere and traps all of the pollution.

Both kids had asthma pretty bad. We had to buy a nebulizer and keep it onhand at all times.

It actually gets too hot to go swimming in the summer. The average pool temp in August is 96 degrees, I'm talking about the water in the pool.

Our poor kids would get out of school and have to spend the summer indoors.

It's Hell on Earth.
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TXlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:44 AM
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4. KCDem and I are in Houston
Edited on Fri Aug-22-03 11:46 AM by TXlib
Liberal scene here is pretty grim, but the few liberals tend to band together for support.

I recommend joining a UU church.

I did see a car this morning with two bumperstickers:

"I don't have to like Bush to love America"
and
"Dean 2004"

So, there's some hope.
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 12:37 PM
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5. im here :)
Edited on Fri Aug-22-03 12:38 PM by Kamika
Dont get scared or anything

Liberal scene? hmmm

good one
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 01:08 PM
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7. Kamika
Is that you in the pic?
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 01:53 PM
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12. nono
Edited on Fri Aug-22-03 01:57 PM by Kamika
Thats a girl from the current startrek series.. she plays a language translator.

you can check me out at profiles.yahoo.com/kamika_82
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:18 PM
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20. okay
I did. That is a cool pic also. Mine is at profiles.yahoo.com/sue39houston
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 01:07 PM
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6. I'm in Houston also.
There are quite a few liberals here but still outnumbered by the conservatives. Here's one warning: don't wear a "Bush/Cheney Suck" tee shirt at a country/western club. You'd be lucky to get out of there alive.:)
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TXlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 01:08 PM
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8. Ahem...
don't wear a "Bush/Cheney Suck" tee shirt at a country/western club. You'd be lucky to get out of there alive.

Did we find this out the hard way? :)
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:19 PM
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21. Actually no,
but I'm sure that would be the case.
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Gato Moteado Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 01:14 PM
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9. actually much of the city of houston is pretty democratic....
...it's the suburbs and outskirts of town that are filled with republitrash. stay away from places like the woodlands, etc. my favorite place to hang out is in the montrose and river oaks areas. lots of good restaurants and cool stuff to do. we also have KPFT, one of only five pacifica radio stations in the country. they tell it like it is!

things i hate most about houston are the pollution and traffic.

pm me when ya get to town and i'll point you in the right directions, if i'm still here. i probably won't be here past christmas, as i will hopefully be on my way to central america.
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Uzybone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 02:13 PM
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14. what channel is KPFT?
Ive been looking for anything but Nazi radio stations since Ive been here, the best Ive found is Sam Donaldson :puke:.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:42 PM
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26. 90.1 FM
Used to be just a public alt-country, jazz, etc., station until it became Pacifica. My dad used to listen all the time until they went too far left for him.
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Uzybone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:48 PM
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28. Thanks n/t
n/t
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Ein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 02:43 PM
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18. That's discouraging
I am going to be living in suburbs to the west of Houston. I figure since it is flat for the most part, I might forego buying a car and opt for a moped, which might give me an advantage in the traffic dept

Where in Central America are you looking to end up? I'm only moving to Houston for a job, to save money to move to BC, Canada after my GF finishes getting her psych degree.
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KCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:59 PM
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34. We're in the northwest area,
up 290 towards Austin. Figure if I ever need to escape to sanity, I'm that much closer. :crazy:

I have some lib friends in the Katy area, and my husband already mentioned UU churches as a good place for meeting likeminded souls.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:25 PM
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22. Yeah, that's true
it's the suburbs and outskirts like Tomball/Conroe and such. I like the montrose/river oaks area too but I also like the Woodlands area. There are liberals hidden within that republican place. Thank goodness for that.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:40 PM
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25. I love how when you thought of Republican, you thought "the woodlands"!
That made my day! :D
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 01:42 PM
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10. When YOU get here, the liberal scene will be that much bigger...
Other than that, see the posts herein. :D

And yes, I'm among the Houston crowd.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 01:48 PM
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11. Suburbs are ferociously Republican
These people think God chose George W. Bush as Emperor of the United States for Life.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 02:10 PM
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13. ...and Tom Delay is their own personal Jesus...
Edited on Fri Aug-22-03 02:11 PM by Richardo
These people think God chose George W. Bush as Emperor of the United States for Life.

...a few weeks here and you'll see why he will NEVER be challenged for his congressional seat by the people in his Sugar Land district.
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Uzybone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 02:16 PM
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15. I live here
havent lived here that long though, but from what Ive seen the liberal scene vacilates between dead and dying. Fundies and braindead folks everywhere.
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Samurai_Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 02:37 PM
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16. I USED to live there...
for 26 years. Just moved last year to Florida. Montrose and downtown are the places to be in Houston for liberal/alternative/creative types. The air quality is horrible and the traffic is bad, but there is SO much to do there, and most of the people there are nice. I lived in Sugar Land (Tom Delay's hometown -- ugh!) when we first moved there (my mom still lives there), but I quickly moved into Houston as close to downtown as I could afford. Anyway, if you need to ask specific questions about Houston, send me a PM. I go back to Houston about once every two-three months, so maybe we can have a Houston DU party sometime next time I'm there.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:35 PM
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23. Hey, I'm a 19 year old radical living in the Houston area
THe ranks outside the city, in suburbia, where I live, are thin. Inside the city, however, there is a large minority population, which thickens the ranks. This is Texas though. Still pretty conservative.

Conroe (near where I reside) is Freep central. In fact, stay out of Montgomery County if you can. The Bible runs things 'round here.

Cheers (and welcome to Houston)

Neil
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KCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:56 PM
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33. Cornrow, eh?
I have a good liberal friend who just moved up that way (money situation... she and her husband moved in with his mom).

Anyway, she was telling me about some bumper stickers she saw on a pickup up there: one of a confederate flag, one White Power, one "You wouldn't get it, it's a white thang", and one that said "You can have my flag when you give up MLK day", or something like that.

I hope that f'er has to drive downtown one of these days. He needs to be reeducated.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 06:18 PM
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38. My, er, ex-girlfriend's father is a judge there
:scary:

Conroe is two places.

The white town.

The black town.

It is a fucking scary place.
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