Ndipo Zimene Mungachite Kuti Muzizipewa
Ndimadera osiyanasiyana, kugula kwakukulu, ndi malo odyetserako zodabwitsa, pali zifukwa zambiri zokonda Houston . Koma ngati mzinda uli wonse, palibe zolakwa zake. Nazi zinthu zingapo zomwe anthu akukhala kapena kuthamanga ku Houston sangathe kuima-ndi zomwe amachita kuti apewe.
Misewu
Kwa aliyense amene adayendayenda mumzinda wa Houston ndi kuzungulira, chidani chapadera chomwe ambiri amachiwona pamsewu wa mumzindawu sichidabwitsa.
Malo a metro ali pafupifupi anthu mamiliyoni sikisi onse akuyesera kuti afike kwinakwake. Nthawi yothamanga ndi yotalika komanso yoopsa, ndi ndalama zomwe anthu am'deralo amagwiritsa ntchito pafupipafupi maola 121 pachaka akumenyana pamsewu. Onjezerani chikhalidwe chamakono choyendetsa galimoto komanso zisokonezo zamayendedwe a pamsewu, ndipo zatha kuti aliyense asiye. Nazi zomwe mungachite:
Kupita ku Houston ndi koopsa, kotero musatero. Inu mukhoza kumayenda mozungulira Houston opanda galimoto - makamaka ngati mukubwera kudzacheza. Maulendo apamtunda mumzinda wa Houston si ochuluka kapena wamba ngati ena, koma zosankha zilipo. Misewu ya Houston METROR imapita kumadera ambiri otchuka - kuphatikizapo Museum District , Theatre District , NRG Park ndi Texas Medical Center. Ngati simungathe kukhala pafupi ndi mzere wa sitimayi, yesetsani kuyendetsa mpaka paki ndikukwera, ndipo mutenge sitimayo kuchokera kumeneko. Malingana ndi mmene magalimoto amachitira, zingakhale zofulumira kuposa kudziyendetsa, ndipo ndithudi sizidzakhala zovuta kwambiri.
Ngati mukuyenera kuyendetsa galimoto, sungani mfundo zina zoyambirira za Houston poyamba. Kodi mukudziwa kumene "Katy Freeway" ikutha ndipo "Baytown East Freeway" ikuyamba? Nanga bwanji kusiyana pakati pa "South Loop West" ndi "West Loop South"? Kupeza mayina oyambirira a misewu yayikulu ya mumzindawu kumapita kutali kwambiri kuti mumvetse mazitsogoleli kapena mauthenga apamsewu pa wailesi.
Mofananamo, kudziŵa za mgwirizano ndi "feeders" ndi EZ Tags kukupulumutsani nthawi pazomwe, ndipo kumvetsetsa "mawonekedwe" ndikofunikira kuti mukhale pamtendere pamene mavuto a mumsewu akuyamba kukula.
Nyengoyo
Houston ali ndi mbiri yabwino kwambiri yotentha ndi yotentha. Sizodziwika kuti kutentha kumakhala kumtunda wa 70s pakatikati pa mwezi wa December pamene dziko lonse lakhala litatha. Ndizozizira m'nyengo yozizira, koma nyengo yayitali ikhoza kutentha. Gwirani izi ndi mvula yambiri ndi kusefukira komwe kumabwera nthawi zina kumapeto, ndipo zinthu zingakhale zovuta. Ngakhale zili choncho, nyengo imakhala yosavuta kusamalira kapena kugwira ntchito ngati mukudziwa choti muchite:
Dziwani zomwe muyenera kuvala (ndi zomwe mungachoke panyumba) . Kuwonjezera pa kupewa mafashoni ena a kuderalo, kudziwa zomwe munganyamule pamene mukusunthira kapena kuyendera Houston kungakuthandizeni kukhala omasuka. Valani zovala zoyera mu zigawo ndi nsapato zabwino zomwe mungagwiritse ntchito kuti muziyenda mumatope osapeŵeka. Bweretsani ambulera yolimba - osati osati mvula yamphamvu ndi mphepo yamkuntho, komanso chifukwa cha dzuwa-masiku owala kwambiri.
Ngati mutayendera, konzani ulendo wanu kuti mugwe. Madzuwa a Houston ndi osadziŵika kwambiri-ndi kutentha kukuuluka pakati pa 30s ndi 70s apamwamba. Zitsime zimakonda kukhala mvula, ndipo nyengo yachidule ndi yaukali kwambiri kwa anthu ambiri akunja kuti asangalale.
Koma kugwa? Kugwa ku Houston ndi kokongola: Kutentha kumakhala kofunda, koma osati kutenthetsa, ndipo kulibe mvula yochepa yolimbana nayo.
The Sprawl
Mosiyana ndi New York City kapena Chicago, Houston sichiletsedwa ndi geography. Kuphulika kwa chiwerengero cha anthu kuwonetseka kwa zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi zapitazi kwafalikira kumadera onse, kuchititsa malo ozungulira mamita 9,444 - aakulu kuposa a New Jersey. Ngakhale popanda magalimoto, kupita kumalo ndi malo ndi nthawi yambiri. Nazi njira zingapo zogwiritsira ntchito sprawl:
Khalani pafupi kulikonse komwe mukuyenera kukhala . Cholinga chanu chachikulu chokhala ku Houston - chochitika, ntchito, wokondedwa - yesetsani kukhala pafupi kwambiri momwe mungathere. Izi zidzakuthandizani kupewa kupepesa nthawi yamtengo wapatali.
Pezani malo mumzinda, ndipo fufuzani mokwanira. Mutha kuthera masiku onse kapena kumapeto kwa mlungu wautali ndikuyang'ana zonse m'deralo, ndipo malo ambiri a Houston - monga Museum District, The Heights, ndi Montrose - ndi ovuta kwambiri.
Ngakhale malo kunja kwa mzinda, monga Sugar Land, Katy, kapena Spring, ali ndi malo akuluakulu a mzinda ndi maere kuti awone ndi kuchita. Popanda kuyesera kuchita chirichonse, mukhoza kusangalala ndi malo omwe mumawachezera.
Robyn Correll anathandiza pa lipoti ili.