The rodeo and spring break in Houston may finally be over, offering some semblance of peace in the streets, but they were just stress tests for what’s to come. Houston needs to start grappling with the fact that it’s already become the “cool” city with the biggest events.
Despite the reality, there are still doubts about why people even come to Houston in the first place. The “why would anyone come here” argument is a sort of pessimistic homerism that plagues any discourse about Houston. You might not realize it, but Houston has long established itself as a city that should be reckoned with. It’s the fourth-largest city in the country and is rightfully starting to act like it.
Austin has long been “the cool city” in Texas, and while its status as the best live music city in the Lone Star State isn’t up for debate, Houston has become the city where big things happen…