Quote: (08-28-2017 07:48 PM)Oilrig Wrote:
Why would he be a troll for putting Houston on the list? It's probably the best value of any big city in the US. 4th biggest city in the US and can still get apts near all the action for $1000/month. That's impossible in Chicago, NYC, LA etc. Also, salaries are just as high here as they are in the other cities because of abundance of jobs in oil, healthcare, finance, law etc. You can make a ton of money in Houston and live for dirt cheap.
Also, I read that there are more single college educated women in the Houston area than anywhere else. I live in Houston and on any given night you will see dime pieces at any of the top bars. Houston is such a hodge podge of girls since so many people move here for school and work from overseas and domestically. You can go to a bar or club and see groups of hot Asians, Colombians, Venezuelans, Brazilians, Mexicans, White girls, Indians, black girls all sitting next to each Other. Whatever your taste in girls are, Houston has it.
Born and raised in Houston, not currently living there. I disagree in terms of Houston being a good place to live if game/women are a large part of your life. It certainly isn't a bad place to live and there are many worse places, but for the most part it isn't a good choice.
I'm currently in Los Angeles and the women generally tend to be about as nice as Houston, in some cases nicer and in some cases they have a bad attitude. The big difference is that there are so many attractive women all over the place that if you have game life is just too easy. In Houston I had to get up and actually go somewhere looking for women to find them. For the most part, depending on where you live in LA, they are all over the place. I'm not saying every girl walking around is a 9, but the total number of 6+ and even 8+ is staggering. The only real advantage that Houston has, and this is highly individual whether one would care or not, is that in general the women have bigger asses or you can find more women with large ass in Houston than in LA. If you are into slimmer girls that still have nice round butts, LA is without a doubt the place to be just for sheer numbers.
As far as cost of living between the two goes, it is sort of a toss up in a sense. In Houston, for the most part, you basically have to have a car. Notice I said for the most part. So if you are getting an apartment to be in say Midtown for 1000 then factor in the cost of a car as well. In LA you actually don't necessarily need a car depending on your lifestyle. I didn't realize this until recently but they now have a relatively good train system that can generally get you to and from the major areas that you would want to be (Hollywood, Downtown, Santa Monica, etc.). The roundtrip cost is $3.50 and the monthly is $100 I believe. So let's say you live in Hollywood and work in Downtown. You can get a studio in Hollywood for around $1300-1500, although it certainly won't be as large or nice or new as one in Houston for that price. Then say you use the train to get to and from work for $100 a month, but you only really party around the Hollywood area. Factoring in the cost of a car in Houston you will basically be spending roughly the same amount on housing and transportation combined, but in general the jobs in California including LA pay at least slightly better than in Houston.
I honestly would never live in Houston again unless I was in a situation where I had a wife and like 4 kids and I needed a big house. Other than that as a single man, if you are into game, stick to the player cities (LA, LV, Chicago, NYC, Miami, etc).