Personal Writing Living In Both Texas And

was because of my grandfather, who was a senior citizen living by himself in

Taiwan. He visited Houston once or twice and strongly favored the climate here.

Above all, it’s a quiet neighborhood, perfect for retirement plans and elderly.

The neighborhood was a nice place but it lacked the public transportation that I

was used to back in the cities. Down here, almost everyone travel from point a

to point B with an automobile. I was under the age of having a license so I

often biked my way around the neighborhood within the five mile radius. I began

my first year and attended 8th grade at First Colony Middle School. I can say

it was the worst year of my life. I guess I felt homesick and didn’t want to

accept the dramatic change in my life. I was a city person, all of sudden I am

stuck with riding bicycle to school. It took me about a year to adopt the

environment. My parents had always stood besides me to walk me along. Not

until my freshmen year in high school did I start making friends and getting

into the social crowd.

The similarity between these two cities are the population density. New

York had always been on the top of the charts on people and immigrants. On the

other hand, Houston had been growing by large sum of in population during the

past few years. Both cities are populated and the high in crime rate. As a

matter of fact, I took a trip back to NYC on my spring break and I was amazed by

the changes of a new major. The streets had been cleaned and there are less

homeless people in the streets. Even though Sugar Land is not considered to be

a city yet, the population had been growing dramatically. Skyscrapers stood tall

in both cities and the office buildings can been seen from miles away as a

symbol of free enterprise and open opportunities.

On the other hand, both New York City and Houston have its uniqueness in

their characteristics. The people New York City are well diverse, unlike the

tradition of the southerner part of the states. People of the south refer to

the northerner to be “Yankees”. I can’t agree with the fact that the south is

culturally diverse too. I can relate to that because there are more Asians

located on the east and west coast of the states. The feeling of “being with

your own kind” had came across my mind for the first time when I moved to the

south. Up in the northern part of the region, people did not care much about

what racial group you’re attached with. But down here, it seem like a defense

mechanism. Transportation was another factor. Subways, taxi, and mass transit

city buses are everywhere in the city. Even though it was at a higher expense,

people of the city have less time to worry about how to get from one point to

another. In Sugar Land, a person without an automobile is just as bad as a

handicap on a wheelchair.

Although I lived in New York City for several years, I had to consider

myself as a Texan because I practically grew up here. From getting my license

to getting my first accident, I was raised from adolescent to adulthood in the

south. Even though there are many conveniences of living in the city, there are

many complications and crimes within. I was happy that I grew up here because I

was raised in a calm neighborhood, away from all the deception and chaos. If I

had would recommend to any people out there where to reside, I wouldn’t hesitate

to recommend Texas, the Lone Star State.