Houston has highest poverty rate amongst large U.S. cities

[CopiousX]

Red state but blue city.

But cities aren't islands unto themselves. They are horribly dependent on state governments. The city cannot run its own education department or health department for instance. Both of these things are crucial to alleviating poverty. And Republicans refuse to properly fund them.


And state law can supervede city law putting restrictions on how cities spend their locally collected money. For example things like blues city zoning, tenant rights , and cultural outreach are often stymied by Republican state legislatures. Even attempts to tax local bussinesses to fund social services can be directly attacked by a hostile governor/legislature.

 

[DonB90]

Minimum wage is double in Philly and the cost of living is only 10-20% higher.

Say what you want about Philly but places like Houston are effectively slave colonies for the working class

If Houston is a slave colony, What would you consider this

And I'm not just going off vids btw I've actually been to some of these places.

 

[Ahmen]

But cities aren't islands unto themselves. They are horribly dependent on state governments. The city cannot run its own education department or health department for instance. Both of these things are crucial to alleviating poverty. And Republicans refuse to properly fund them.


And state law can supervede city law putting restrictions on how cities spend their locally collected money. For example things like blues city zoning, tenant rights , and cultural outreach are often stymied by Republican state legislatures. Even attempts to tax local bussinesses to fund social services can be directly attacked by a hostile governor/legislature.

Really?
NY, Los Angeles, and Chicago pass laws and operate like they are separate republics.
What do they have in common?

 

[CopiousX]

Really?
NY, Los Angeles, and Chicago pass laws and operate like they are separate republics.
What do they have in common?

They don't exist as seperate entities in states which are actively trying to stop them.


For example, when LA or chicago try to pass a tenants rights local bill, nobody in in the state government gives a damn because they agree. When a city like ElPaso or Austin or houston does the same thing The state legislature passes state code 204.902 which directly prohibits them from doing so Because Republican landlords and corporate real estate holders profit from disenfranchised tenants


Another example is, When the same blue cities in red states try to pass education reform to make the local population ccompetitive, by funding more local schools taxation then chapter 42 of the texas education code is written to specifically restrict them from allocatting more money than the stingy and corrupt Republican state legislature allows them too. When New York City does a similar thing Kathy Hochul supports it. It's well within her power to stop more funding to schools in the exact same way as red state governors, but she isn't a moron and agrees with having an educated population of young people.

 

[EBK String]

Really?
NY, Los Angeles, and Chicago pass laws and operate like they are separate republics.
What do they have in common?

They are all blue cities that exist in blue states.

 

[3rdWorld]

Min wage is $7.25...

I was earning double that as in intern back in the 2000s

No state run by the likes of Abbott wouldn't be crazy..but all we hear on here is Texas is so great

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

So nikkas gon talk down on Alife/Westchase like Montrose side of Westheimer ain’t nothing but hipsters on dog food, drunk and good crack
I ain’t never felt unsafe in Swats
But Montrose , Upper Kirby, Downtown,
Head was always own a swivel with my gun and knife in tuck like Solid Snake at night

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

Love in Houston brehs.

 

[Oldschooler]

Only place I saw some questionable characters last time I was in Houston was around South Park.
People were walking in front and in between cars at the traffic light. That was wild
That won't generally happen in Dallas.

Houston just has some older areas but bc it's so big it cant all be uodated, whereas Dallas is more concentrated downtown in one main area.

I wasn't talking about questionable characters breh...that's why I brought it up. There's homeless in every city which is normal for a big city. It's typically people suffering from a mental illness or drug abuse. Unfortunately can't do nothing about those. However, I had a big airbnb staying in the suburbs near Cypress in the north west. I was on vacation joking with my partner about how short it was and how i didn't want to go back. Was at the local plaza went to the burger joint and saw a young man able bodied and normal looking probably in his mid to late 30s randomly chopped it up he was telling me how he wishes he had a job he was joking about being on a permanent vacation. Sad shyt to see. Without a car he couldn't do nothing and was basically handicapped. The cycle continues. I don't know how an able bodied man cant find a job in a place like Texas that should have a lot of opportunities because people don't necessarily like to move there.

 

[Oldschooler]

Relax. To say the city is non-function is just false. You just can't come down here without a car and expect to get around. You know how much land and property this city and adjacent cities there are that connects everything (Katy, Spring, Pearland, Cypress, Kingwood, Jersey Village, etc.)? Aint no way you building a decent public transit around all that shyt.

That's exactly the problem, there's too much urban sprawl and no real concentrated downtown. Why do you need to live in a detached home when you could build nice condos for people to add density and the build a good transit around those. This way not everyone would need to drive downtown. Then the suburbs that are much further away, should have their own 'downtown' with local amenities. They should be constructed like normal cities and not like a regular neighborhood with nothing but houses. Trust me breh the city is terribly planned.

I wasn't talking about homeless or crackheads being jobless I was talking about able bodied normal looking black men I chopped it up with telling me they don't have a job and can't afford a car. That's crazy talk for Texas where most people feel there's always an opportunity because they struggle to attract people in general. Like Texas would be the last place I would expect someone to struggle finding a job.

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

It’s because the state of Texas and Governor hot wheels doesn’t invest in his democratic cities.

 

[Turtle]

Crazy. Was thinking of moving there

 

[keond]

Im glad Houston is the "it" city of the moment. Alot of scammers, sex workers and dope boys are picking up and moving there, they used to flock to atlanta

 

[CashmereThoughts]

If Houston is a slave colony, What would you consider this

And I'm not just going off vids btw I've actually been to some of these places.

I didn’t say Philly didn’t have ghettos. Still has less poverty per capita. The nikkas working at Wawa in Philly earn more than people working in doctors offices in Houston.

 

[jadillac]

I wasn't talking about questionable characters breh...that's why I brought it up. There's homeless in every city which is normal for a big city. It's typically people suffering from a mental illness or drug abuse. Unfortunately can't do nothing about those. However, I had a big airbnb staying in the suburbs near Cypress in the north west. I was on vacation joking with my partner about how short it was and how i didn't want to go back. Was at the local plaza went to the burger joint and saw a young man able bodied and normal looking probably in his mid to late 30s randomly chopped it up he was telling me how he wishes he had a job he was joking about being on a permanent vacation. Sad shyt to see. Without a car he couldn't do nothing and was basically handicapped. The cycle continues. I don't know how an able bodied man cant find a job in a place like Texas that should have a lot of opportunities because people don't necessarily like to move there.

Not sure where you're from, but Dallas (just like Houston), you're most likely not going to be able to work if you don't have wheels.

Now, Dallas does have DART train that goes thru a good amount of the metroplex, but if you don't live upon that trainline, it won't help you much.

It's just the way it is here and most of us here see it as normal. I drive 40 miles one way to work and it takes me almost 1hr and a half. It's not ideal but it is what it is and I'm just thankful and grateful to have a good job, bc I know there's people who don't have jobs right now.