houston is hell on earth. it is among the worst cities on the planet.
work culture & dependence on capital.
everyone that lives in houston basically lives here to work, not to live. it's not a nice place to live; it's hot and humid, the nature is polluted or non existent outside of the parks, and there's really not much to do here besides the food scene. however, many people come to houston because of the abundance of jobs, namely in the oil sector. a large plurality of houstonians are dependent on an industry that's endgoal is the destruction of the earth in the pursuit of money. additionally, the work culture makes any sort of culture/tradition in houston just a remnant of that person's home country. there's not really a sense of unity, everyone here seems to be from somewhere else and just here for work. houston is basically a large penal colonies for the proletariat to slave away for the bourgeois.
individualism & lack of community
houston is a city that focuses on the individual. everyone has their own house, their own car, maybe their own business. the bourgeois mentality is pervasive within a large majority of people. it's very rare to find a houstonian that cares about the community more than their own selfish interests. the driving culture is screenshot of the type of culture i'm trying to describe: everyone on the road is out for themselves, driving dangerously and cutting off others just to save 2 minutes on their commute.
a key consequence of the individualistic car culture is heavy amount of pollution choking the air. this is par for the course with any large city, but i want to underscore the lack of public transportation in houston. it really is terrible, and the only way you're going to get around reliably is with a car. the lack of any public infrastructure not only makes people more isolationist but actively promotes further pollution of the air. continuing, the surrounding nature, such as the bayou and the gulf coast, have been decimated by pollution. eating anything out of the river is considered akin to a death wish; such a large portion of waterways around the houston area is polluted that it's astonishing.
all in all, houston is a city built by capitalism and the core tenets of liberalism. the result is disastrous: an ugly, polluted concrete jungle whose citizens are infected with bourgeois desires and are some of the most isolated and self interested people in the world. it's a symbol of the doom that capitalism will bring upon us all.
f**k houston
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80% of information stored on all computers in the world is in English.
that's awful.
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