Mister X Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 (edited) Houston's 'in' - Austin's 'out'. Something some of us knew a long time ago. http://blog.chron.com/thetexican/2013/05/should-houston-be-kept-a-secret/?cmpid=hpfsln It's alway nice to be recognized.http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mhj45jded/1-houston-tx/ Edited May 7, 2013 by Mister X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I knew last July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I knew last July. hipster I knew 37 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 My comment was funny until the op was edited. Move along. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister X Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 My fault kbates2. I had to edit, because I didn't realize that there was another old thread regarding the Forbes article. Houston may be officially cool now, but I'm still square. Sorry to ruin your comment. It was funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 This is the first I have ever heard of abbreviating Houston HTX instead of HOU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToryGattis Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 This is the first I have ever heard of abbreviating Houston HTX instead of HOU Me too, but I think I like it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Houston's always been cooler than Austin. It's just that the east coast and west coast writers who make up these lists heard from a friend that Austin was cool and just kept repeating it without ever doing any real research. Now they've all heard that Houston's cool, once again second hand, and they'll be repeating it for a while. Difference this time is that it's true. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Austin had its day in the sun. In the 70s, and even into the 80s it was a pretty cool town. But, then the suburban Houstonians and Dallasites began moving there and ruined the place. Now, it simply looks and feels like a hilly Katy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Now, it (Austin) simply looks and feels like a hilly Katy. Ouch! but true. To quote the philosopher Yogi Berra (perhaps apocryphally), "Nobody goes there anymore - it's too crowded." By extension of that idea, is it true once something or some place is declared "cool" then it is cool no longer? Apologies for the awkward syntax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 is it true once something or some place is declared "cool" then it is cool no longer? You seem to be quoting the hipster handbook. If you can't finish a statement with "you've probably never heard of it" then it is cool no longer. This reminds me of a joke... How did the hipster burn his tongue? ... He ate the pizza before it was cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 This is the first I have ever heard of abbreviating Houston HTX instead of HOUWe use to call it that back in junior high. All the HTX rappers did. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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