[quote]doogie wrote:
[quote]Totenkopf wrote:
Hey OP,If you DO come here,I’ll show you around during my spring or summer break. Like strip clubs? We’ll go to Treasures. Like Clubs? We can go to Status or Richs. Bars? Poison Girl or Flying Saucer. Hell,if DJHT come along too,Ill pay for both your lap dances,lol.[/quote]
You’d get DJHT castrated.[/quote]
Hahahahahahahahaha token you have no idea. Doogie I am sure this made you laugh as much as it did me. 
Maybe a round of beers then,lol.
[quote]Totenkopf wrote:
Nothing to do outside the loop,all the action is inside. Bellaire has a huge Asian population so if you like good Vietnamese/Chinese food check that place out. If your into Aryan looking girls,the nightlife of Washington Avenue is pretty cool. Lots of Ed Hardy/Affliction douchebags though. Main Street is lined with bars and lots of clubs,go there if you want to go bar hopping. Lot of hot black girls with their tiny dresses and high heels walking the streets too. Westimer is filled with Strip Clubs and (Again) bars. Montrose is cool from time to time if your into the art scene,coffee shop,and…uh…gay culture?[/quote]
My gf is Viet and her mom is always trying to feed me, a good thing, so I definitely don’t mind having that food around.
[quote]jre67t wrote:
Also plenty of Hunting to do along with fishing in the Gulf. But there is an oil smell along with the name of skeetville for the mosquites that harrass you nonstop. [/quote]
This was one of the main ‘pros’ that hiring managers and others gave us when talking about the area. While I would be willing to try hunting, fishing and outdoors type activities as I’m not opposed to it on any liberal hippie level, I can’t see myself loving it. Of course I may be wrong, but going to high school five minutes west of downtown Chicago I was never exposed to such things and it seems like those are the sort of activities one likes by growing up with it.
[quote]allshine wrote:
I have live in Houston most of my life, I am 28.
Pros:
You have an engineering degree. If it is petroleum then you should heavily consider coming here for a few years to get some good experience then move onto another location if you decide you do not like it here. Houston is probably one of the best cities in the US to get a job w/certain types of engineering degrees.
Even in the recession Houston still made out ok compared to most other cities.
No state income tax.
Plenty to do, cities close by with even more avenues of entertainment.
People are friendlier than other big cities.
The winters will be nothing for you down here. Today the high was 71 degrees.
Cost of living is cheaper than most big cities.
Cons:
The summer, it sucks…it really sucks. Hot and humid.
Traffic. You will learn which routes to avoid at certain times. For example, avoid 290 except btwn the hours of 1am-4am.
Illegal immigration.
I am not saying Houston is better than Chicago, it is different. If you are single and you cannot find another job offer close to the one DOW (good company) is offering then I would heavily consider moving down here. At worst you gain a couple years of experience that furthers your professional career. Then you can look to move to another city or back to Chicago and get an even better job with the experience you have gathered.
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Good post as you nailed a lot of my mind set. I have a chemical engineering degree, and for heavy industry, Texas and the gulf coast area is ‘prime’ for jobs. The initial experience in the area is key, and I am sure it would be great experience to work with Dow. The thing that sucks is that I got the offer late Thursday night and they give you two weeks (maybe four if I ask for an extension) to decide if you want to uproot your life to an area you have never been.
I do have another interview coming up with a very good management consulting firm, but if I get that job and take it my engineering degree becomes nothing more than a piece of paper due to the industry change. I am not totally opposed to that, but some initial engineering work would be nice considering I’ve studied it for the past four years.
[quote]Totenkopf wrote:
Hey OP,If you DO come here,I’ll show you around during my spring or summer break. Like strip clubs? We’ll go to Treasures. Like Clubs? We can go to Status or Richs. Bars? Poison Girl or Flying Saucer. Hell,if DJHT come along too,Ill pay for both your lap dances,lol.[/quote]
Haha, I’d be down.