Well one thing I can say about Houston is besides katrina evacuees(aka some of my family so I can't talk bad about them :D )things haven't really changed much around here atleast on the the south east side. Still got crime, drugs, all the usual urban problems that plague this area. But out in the suburbs mostly upper class houses are goin up at a rate I've never seen. All your supermarts, malls, restaurants, there all goin up too. Along with the illegal aliens(no im not "hatin" on them they work for minimum wage 7 days a week w/o benefits so I gotta hold my tounge). You could probably go into any fast food joint everyday for weeks and not see the same person twice. But as much as I would love to see the "good old days" I know they are only a distant memory :(.