What’s to like about where you live?

[HudsonHawk]

Living in the enormous city of Houston has many pros and many cons. Some will even quibble about whether a something is a former or a latter. Which is fair. A few points, many of which I suspect could be said for any extremely large city:

Pros:

1. Huge volume of high paying jobs
2. Low cost of living (probably couldn't be said for many other major cities)
3. Most culturally diverse city in the country
4. World class museums, performing arts, theater, music, what have you
5. Top 4 or 5 restaurant city in the country
6. Lots of greenspaces and outdoor activities
7. Best medical care in the world
8. Proximity to numerous research universities.

Cons:

1. The pros are all an hour away from each other
2. Traffic. There are 8 million people trying to get to all the pros
3. The occasional hurricane
5. High crime in certain areas

Depends on who you ask:

1. Weather. It's really warm in summer, but it's also warm in the winter. You have to put up with the heat in the summer, but you don't have to shovel the sunshine in the winter. I find this particularly appealing. Your mileage may vary.
2. Friendly people who will strike up a conversation with you for no particular reason. Some people like it, others are annoyed by it.

 

[tonyb]

^^^^^^
No. 7, above, would be a huge plus for me. Our humble home is 5 miles from a major university medical center/health sciences schools/research institution, where they do the latest gee-whiz stuff. It’s about a 10-minute drive, mostly on the freeway.
Organ transplants? Yup, that’s where it happens.

 

[Turnip]

Oh, cool! Hammond, Moog or Wurlitzer?