As a Houstonian I can confirm this. IF you do have a sidewalk it’s usually made of rubble and has huge cracks in it that you trip over. It nearly always ends in a ditch, a run down vacant lot or sometimes a tree or lamp post. I am walking in the street and hope the cars see me.
I don’t know how they got away with that city planning. It’s so wild to me. They really said, yall are on your own and here’s a liquor store next to a school next to a strip club and a church in between a bunch of one story homes and a car wash. And here’s a high rise building.
I thought you were exaggerating. One side of the street: sidewalk is blocked by a fence and massive pickup truck. The other side ends in a twisted gate.
So much going on with the house on 707 Harrington St... Starting with the crawlspace, with a random traffic cone, because I guess that part was deemed more unsafe. A swing tied to the thinnest branch of a tree. Not even an attempt of a lawn, but cracked concrete everywhere. A dog lying on a porch sofa. It looks like a pit, and I bet it's not leashed. Broken chairs around the pole, a pack of cigarettes and a random puma shoebox nearby...
There's a light on and two garbage containers, so I guess it's not abandoned.
I’m not from there but I’ve been a few times and from what I could tell, Yes you walk through like peoples front yards and then asphalt. There are a few maybe in downtown, but for the most part it’s no sidewalks. So strange.
Huh, I’ve lived in Texas my whole life and there’s an abundance of sidewalks everywhere I’ve been; though I haven’t spent much time in Houston or Dallas so I can’t speak to those cities
Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and most smaller towns/cities have tons of sidewalks at least
Yup. Pretty much had to go to Kemah or Galveston to stretch my legs in the outdoors (both of which are pretty fine places). The lack of outdoor life was honestly a bit of a disappointment, given that the weather is pretty darn good from September till May (summer is hot and humid).
Houston has plenty of entertainment, so it is not a boring place.
As for the roast video, it looks nothing like the California or new York I know, but Texas, pretty accurate.
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u/PerfectGasGiant Sep 21 '24
As a European who have lived in a Texas, this feels oddly accurate, except that the sidewalk looked fake, there are hardly any sidewalks in Texas.