Uye Zvaunogona Kuita Kuti Uzvidzivirire
Nevanhu vakasiyana-siyana, kutengesa kukuru, uye zvinoshamisa zvekudya , pane zvikonzero zvakawanda zvekuda Houston . Asi seguta ripi neripi, hazvisi kunze kwezvikanganiso zvaro. Heano zvinhu zvishoma izvo vanhu vanogara kana kuti vanoshanyira Houston havagoni kumira-uye zvavanoita kuti vadzivise.
The Traffic
Kuna ani zvake akambomhanyira mukati uye kumativi ose eHouston, ruvengo runokosha rwakaonekwa nevakawanda kumigwagwa yeguta racho haufaniri kuuya kushamisika.
Nharaunda yacho inenge mamiriyoni matanhatu vanhu vose vachiedza kuenda kune imwe nzvimbo. Nguva yekukwira yakareba uye ine utsinye, pamwe nekushandisa kwemunharaunda yekushandisa mari pamusana pekuwedzera mamwe maawa 121 gore negore kurwisa kusangana mumugwagwa. Wedzera mune hutsinye hutsinye hwekutyaira mutsika uye kusvibisa mitambo yepamigwagwa yepamigwagwa, uye zvakakwana kusiya mumwe munhu achinya. Hezvino zvaunogona kuita:
Kutya kuHouston kunotyisa, saka usadaro. Iwe unogona kutenderedza zvachose Houston pasina motokari - kunyanya kana uri kuuya kuzoshanyira. Kufambisa kwevanhu mumugwagwa weHouston hakusi kwakakura kana kuti kunowanikwa kune dzimwe nzvimbo, asi zvisarudzo zviripo. The Houston METRORail lines anoenda kune dzakawanda zvekukwikwidza kweguta - kusanganisira Museum District , Theater District , NRG Park uye Texas Medical Centre. Kana iwe usingakwanisi kugara pedyo nechitsiko chezvitima, edza kutyaira kusvika paki uye wotasva, uye ubate chitima kubva ipapo. Zvichienderana nemamiriro emugwagwa, zvinogona kunge zviri kukurumidza kukunda iwe pachako, uye zvingangove zvisinganyanyi kunetseka.
Kana iwe uchifanira kutyaira, shandura pane mamwe mazano eHouston-specific first. Unoziva here kuti "Katy Freeway" inoguma uye "Baytown East Freeway" inotanga? Zvakadini nekusiyana pakati pe "South Loop West" uye "West Loop South"? Kuwana mazita ekutanga emigwagwa yemuguta pasi ichaenda nenzira yakareba yeku kunzwisisa mazano kana mapepa emigwagwa paredhiyo.
Saizvozvowo, kuziva chibvumirano ne "feeders" neE EZ Tags kuchakuchengetedza nguva painzira, uye kunzwisisa "mhepo" inokosha kuchengetedza rugare apo mhirizhonga inotanga kuwedzera.
The Weather
Houston ine mukurumbira wakawana zvakanaka nekupisa uye kunonaya. Hazvisi zvisingazivikanwi kuti kutsetseka kuve munzvimbo dzakakwirira-70s pakati peDecember apo dzimwe nyika yacho yakanyanyisa. Izvo zvakanaka munguva yechando, asi kupisa kunogona kupisa. Sunga iyo neyemvura inonaya uye mafashamo anouya pane dzimwe nguva mazuva ekupedzisira, uye zvinhu zvinogona kutadza kunetseka. Kunyange zvakadaro, mamiriro okunze ari nyore kugadzirisa kana kushanda zvakapoteredza kana uchiziva zvokuita:
Ziva chii chaunofanira kupfeka (uye chii chinofanira kubva kumba) . Mukuwedzera pane kudzivisa imwe yemafashoni emunzvimbo faux pas, kuziva kuti kutakura kana kutama kana kushanyira Houston kunogona kukubatsira kuti ugare wakasununguka. Kupfekedza zvipfeko zvinopenya muzvigadziro uye shangu dzakasununguka dzaungashandisa kuti uende kuburikidza nemvura inodzivirirwa. Uya nemamburera akasimba - kwete chete kunaya kwemvura uye mhepo ine mhepo, asiwo kune zuva-kunyanya mazuva akajeka.
Kana ukashanyira, ronga urongwa rwako kuti iwe uwe. Hondo dzeHouston zvishoma zvisingatarisirwi-uye kutonhora kunobhururuka pakati pepasi 30s nepamusoro pe 70s. Zvitubu zvinowanzova kunaya, uye kupisa kwakanyanya kune utsinye kune vakawanda vari kunze kuti vafare.
Asi kuwa? Kuwa muHouston kunotyisa: Mazuva ekudziya anodziya, asi kwete kutonhora, uye kune mazuva mashomanana emvura kuti arwise.
The Sprawl
Kusiyana neNew York City kana Chicago, Houston haisi kuremekedzwa ne geography. Kuputika kwehuwandu hwevanhu kuonekwa pamusoro pehafu yezana remakore remakore kwakapararira munzvimbo dzose, zvichiita kuti nzvimbo yemamita yakareba makiromita 9 444 - yakakura kudarika nyika yeNew Jersey. Kunyange pasina magwagwa, kubuda kubva kune imwe nzvimbo kuenda kune imwe nzvimbo inopedza nguva. Heano maitiro mashomanana ekutarisira sprawl:
Gara pedyo nese iwe unoda kuva . Chero chinangwa chako chikuru chekuve muHouston - chiitiko, basa, mudikanwa-edza kuramba uri pedyo sezvaunokwanisa. Izvozvo zvichakubatsira kuti urege kuparadza nguva inokosha mukufamba.
Tsvaga nzvimbo mukati meguta, uye uiongorore kusvika pakuzara kwayo. Iwe unogona kushandisa nyore mazuva ose kana vhiki dzevhiki refu uchiongorora zvose mukati meimwe nzvimbo, uye huwandu humwe hutunhu huno huston - saMusvingo District, Heights, uye Montrose - zvakanyatsogadzirwa.
Kunyange nzvimbo dziri kunze kweguta, dzakadai seSuar Land, Katy, kana Spring, dzine nzvimbo dzakawanda dzemaguta nemitengo kuona uye kuita. Nokusaedza kuita zvose, unogona kufarira nzvimbo dzaunoshanyira.
Robyn Correll akapinza mubhuku iri.