[AGL] Houston Retort

[Harry Edwards]

a good many people lived in Houston in the pre-AC days. people can and 
will live just about anywhere. having said that, i agree about Texas 
weather in general. seems the older i get, the more heat-sensitive i 
become. but i'd take Laredo or El Paso over Houston for the climate any 
day.                twisty

On May 9, 2006, at 7:26 PM, Jon Ford wrote:

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> Houston is the hottest, muggiest, most humid swamp of a city on the 
> entire gulf coast, definitely in the top three in North America. It 
> has always been like that, a miserable place for humanoids to live. 
> The main reason it is still inhabited is the air conditioner. Take 
> away A/C and the population will go away. It is literally a life line 
> for human beings who live there.--Gerry--
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> Hey, Gerry is right-- Houston is a real hole. On the other hand, I'd 
> say the weather is pretty horrible in most parts of Texas (way too 
> hot!). That's why I live in the California Bay Area-- moderate temps, 
> maybe a little too much rain and fog,but nice breezes, and no 
> mugginess. I have never lived in a house with an air conditioner since 
> I left Texas in 1968.
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> Jon
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