What if Houston or Dallas eventually became the largest cities in the US?

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Originally Posted by badrunner

Houston today has that chaotic dystopian feel of LA in the 80s

Remember that movie Falling Down? If they made that movie today it would take place in Houston.

I can't see downtown Houston becoming like downtown LA. Downtown LA has fantastic bones. Apart from a few blocks of Main street, downtown Houston doesn't have much beyond corporate skyscrapers and surface parking.