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Posted on Tue, Feb. 01, 2005

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews...ts/10787702.htm

SUPER? BOWLS

The Super Bowl tour of cities is in the middle of a three-year run through less-than-impressive areas:

XXXVIII: HOUSTON

Did you know? Houston is the fourth most populous city in the nation, behind New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Those three others boast culture and fine dining; Houston has crushing, hair-melting humidity.

Famous folks: Knock Houston all you want, but it has given us Beyonc

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Real nice.

Posted on Tue, Feb. 01, 2005

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews...ts/10787702.htm

SUPER? BOWLS

The Super Bowl tour of cities is in the middle of a three-year run through less-than-impressive areas:

XXXVIII: HOUSTON

Did you know? Houston is the fourth most populous city in the nation, behind New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Those three others boast culture and fine dining; Houston has crushing, hair-melting humidity.

Oh yeah! And what about Chicago's warm, balmy breezes in winter? Apparently, Houston's humidity was so bad last Feburary that it melted the hair of his nose, ear and eyelids to the extent that he couldnt smell, hear and see anything else but humidity!

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Oh yeah! And what about Chicago's warm, balmy breezes in winter? Apparently, Houston's humidity was so bad last Feburary that it melted the hair of his nose, ear and eyelids to the extent that he couldnt smell, hear and see anything else but humidity!

Houston is always the city to joke at, yet it is growing faster than most other cities. There just envy of Houston.

I know when they come to Houston they expect little, so they come and they are supprised with what they see, so they go back home, and even though they enjoyed their time in Houston they try to make the city look bad so it will make them feel good about there own cities, and also to make people not want to visit.

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Houston is always the city to joke at, yet it is growing faster than most other cities. There just envy of Houston.

I know when they come to Houston they expect little, so they come and they are supprised with what they see, so they go back home, and even though they enjoyed their time in Houston they try to make the city look bad so it will make them feel good about there own cities, and also to make people not want to visit.

Well, I am not sure if this is a case of envy. Apparently, the problem is that, once established, it is very hard to shed negative reputation, especially in American media. The media has a habit of blowing things out of proportion. By the way, most of the more widely distributed material describing Houston (such as the books from Frommers, Fodors, Discovery etc) portrays the city generally in a positive light. For example, according to Frommers, although Houston is not considered a tourist city, most visitors are lured into playing tourist once they are here.

Houston still has a long way to go before mainstream opinion of the city changes. As I mentioned in another thread, it seems that strong positive factors, such as a popular tourist attraction, that overshadow its flaws such as humidity could that. For example, do you think anyone would pay attention to San Antonio if didn

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