When I was in Houston all the people who were from Houston would say they hated Dallas. And the people I met who were from Dallas said they hated Houston.
I used to wonder, “Why all the hate?” But now I see that these are completely different cities.
I lived in Houston for exactly 3 months and my first impression was that it was dusty but I remember how I loved driving down Richmond on the way to work at the Breakfast Klub. I loved that job! I think I just love to work period- but that job was cool because I didn’t have to think, all I had to do was smile and act like a star. I would be outside in the cold handing out menus to the long, LONG line of people waiting to get in and I’d tell them about the breakfast specials. I loved it!
Except for when they stared to train me to work the cash register. I couldn’t stand still that long and I got dizzy.
I loved that job…Too bad I only worked there for 3 weeks. My poor body couldn’t take the physical labor. I should have known it would go down like that. The last time I had a physical labor job I was a hostess at Bennigans and that was before I had my children.
I tried other physical labor jobs. When I lived in Atlanta I tried being a stock person at Bath & Body Works but I quit after 2 hours because I became so dizzy standing there stocking shelves and I felt like I would faint.
It reminds me of the time I worked at the PR firm in Miami, one day they asked me to build a database of media and I froze. I couldn’t do it! It was like my mind got stuck. I sat there staring at the big book of numbers and after an hour I only had 4 names on my list. What is it with me and that kind of repititive work? I just can’t do the same thing over and over again, it makes me literally sick.
But Dallas is different from Houston in that the roads are a lot smoother to drive on. I haven’t seen as many Asian people here as there are in Houston either. The hostel in Houston is a whole lot nicer than the ones here. In Dallas there are two hostels, one on Bachman Lake and one in Irving and I’ve stayed at them both. The one in Irving is filthy. And I say that knowing that I’m not the chick to clean up. I would be taking a shower like…ewww!
I don’t think Houston is prettier than Dallas. The style of homes here is much nicer. This area is all spread out and it’s not crowded and busy like Miami is.
It is HOT AS HELL in Texas. It’s not like the heat in Miami.
The other day I got in my car and looked at my temperature gauge:
It doesn’t get this hot in Miami. The heat here feels like clam chowder soup. My lungs took a while to adjust to it. The men here in Dallas are cuties, but they are generally shorter than they are in Houston. All of the men I met there were TALL but here they are more my speed although I don’t really wish to date anyone else after my first dating encounter.The Black people in Dallas aren’t trashy looking, meaning, although they wear those ghetto flip flops that I hate, the ones with the big flowers on the front, at least their feet aren’t ashy. The children all look respectable and not thuggish at all. I haven’t seen one fist fight or road side gang bang since I’ve gotten here which is a Big difference from Miami.The area I live in is pretty nice. There’s an even mixture of white folks and Blacks and there’s plenty to do right up the street in Addison. I’m glad I live on the north side of Dallas.You can have a brand new home built here for under 200k. That’s less than Kim paid for her condo on the north side of Chicago and way less than you’ll pay for a shack in Miami.The expressways here..I still haven’t figured them out. Atlanta was a very easy city to navigate. There was 285 that went in one big circle and then I-20 split the circle in half. 85 and 75 criss crossed the city and there was a road called 400 that went from the middle to the north.Here the expressways don’t have enough signs to let you know what road you are on. In Florida, the interstates are full of signs so I never got lost. Some of their roads have the name SPUR. I wonder why they call it that. Is it because it’s Texas and they are known for being cowboys?People in Texas are so proud of their state. They have Texas flags on everything. One of the ladies I met while I lived in the hostel said that Texans are the most arrogant people alive.There are a lot of Mexicans here, but they usually stay in their part of town, near Northwest Highway around Webb Chapel Road. I lived there when I first got here and I rarely saw a Black person.
The Galleria Mall here doesn’t compare to the one in Houston. But the North Park Mall is off the hook! I need to go back there just to browse.I haven’t explored the museums downtown, but I know the ones in Houston are very nice. The Museum District in Houston is beautiful, they have this cyber cafe that I used to go there on the regular. I haven’t found any internet cafes here but I haven’t really looked either.I have a great time everytime I go out in Dallas, except for this one event I went put on by the Kappas called the Kappa Kasino. I don’t think I enjoyed it because I’m not into playing games.I like Dallas more than any other city I’ve lived in…it has the small town feel but there’s plenty to do. I haven’t ran into the college crowd which I love because I am soooo over partying with college students. In Houston that’s all I saw at the clubs.Who knows what will happen next week…but for now I’m glad I’m here.