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We went to the Bills Vs. Texans in Houston last weekend. It was crazy hot and humid, but I have to say, that stadium was rocking. I wasn't expecting much but the Texans fans were pretty loud.

I also didn't reaize the city has an underground network of tunnels to escape the heat. And they have over 850 murals all over town.

We were pretty impressed because out expectations were so low going in.

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WanderingSpectator said:
We went to the Bills Vs. Texans in Houston last weekend. It was crazy hot and humid, but I have to say, that stadium was rocking. I wasn't expecting much but the Texans fans were pretty loud.

I also didn't reaize the city has an underground network of tunnels to escape the heat. And they have over 850 murals all over town.

We were pretty impressed because out expectations were so low going in.

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Summer & early fall (September) Temps in Houston are brutal with incredible heat and very high humidity. Our son & his family lived there for a few years, we visited in mid-summer; everytime we would go outside you would sweat immediately. Always felt like we needed a shower just walking a block. Huge, expansive city.
 
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DaytonRickster said:
Summer & early fall (September) Temps in Houston are brutal with incredible heat and very high humidity. Our son & his family lived there for a few years, we visited in mid-summer; everytime we would go outside you would sweat immediately. Always felt like we needed a shower just walking a block. Huge, expansive city.
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I'll never complain about 110° in Phoenix again 😜. Houston is the 4th largest city in America and 5th largest metro. And yet the downtown area is a ghost town on the weekend.
 
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WanderingSpectator said:
We went to the Bills Vs. Texans in Houston last weekend. It was crazy hot and humid, but I have to say, that stadium was rocking. I wasn't expecting much but the Texans fans were pretty loud.

I also didn't reaize the city has an underground network of tunnels to escape the heat. And they have over 850 murals all over town.

We were pretty impressed because out expectations were so low going in.

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Nice pics. Really want to visit now. In the winter! Hah, Pinto Ron! I remember seeing him at Xerox where we both worked as engineers way back when.
 
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WanderingSpectator said:
We went to the Bills Vs. Texans in Houston last weekend. It was crazy hot and humid, but I have to say, that stadium was rocking. I wasn't expecting much but the Texans fans were pretty loud.

I also didn't reaize the city has an underground network of tunnels to escape the heat. And they have over 850 murals all over town.

We were pretty impressed because out expectations were so low going in.

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Game Day in Houston: Bills vs Texans Recap and Highlights

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You need to get to the new Highmark Stadium. It was wild at the Bills Lions game Thursday night. Definitely the loudest stadium I was ever in. Connor McGovern even commented that their OL coach had to get face to face to him to communicate about line play and even then McGovern had a hard time hearing him!

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Always enjoy your trip reports. Looks like you got to see a very exciting game! I travelled to Houston many times for work over the years and it has always been one of my least favorite cities (but admittedly I never really spent any time downtown). That humidity is just unbearable.
 
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rudedude said:
You need to get to the new Highmark Stadium. It was wild at the Bills Lions game Thursday night. Definitely the loudest stadium I was ever in. Connor McGovern even commented that their OL coach had to get face to face to him to communicate about line play and even then McGovern had a hard time hearing him!

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I will get there for sure. Just not this year. The place looks amazing and showed well for the opener. I loved the end zone paint scheme.

Looks like you scored decent seats. Congrats and enjoy!
 
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Any thoughts as to why? Bars & restaurants cater only to the weekday working crowd? Unsafe city?
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Phoenix was like that when we moved here too. They didn’t have a lot of downtown apartment/resedential living. People moved to the burbs. Phoenix has built a lot more residential living and infrastructure (grocery stores) and now it’s more lively. I expect Houston will do the same. Personally, I love a walkable city and would prefer to be an urban dweller - if it were safe and clean. Unfortunately, not many cities fit that description. I’d love to hear which ones are.

Houston didn’t seem unsafe. We saw a few homeless and unstable people but nothing major (ie Kensington or Skid Row) . Overall very clean and somewhat safe where we were.
 
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