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Originally Posted by bilbao58
I would certainly say that San Antonio is the most *charming* large city to visit in Texas. As a place to live, Houston is much more interesting and fulfilling...IN MY OPINION. Living in S.A., I really miss the everyone-from-everywhere-United-Nations-type-feel that Houston has. The internationalism in Houston is in your face all over town. Here, it's basically Anglo and Hispanic. Not even a very visible Black community. Nor Asian.
And here's a dirty little secret about San Antonio... outside of downtown, it *can* be every bit as ugly as the ugliest parts of "un-zoned" Houston.
Edited to add: Driving around certain parts of San Antonio, specifically areas just north and just south of downtown, I see SOOOO much unrealized potential. Some of the projects in this thread give me hope, though.
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I would assume that Houston is the most diverse city in Texas, but when you look at the population as a whole the ethnic makeup of Houston is not all that different than San Antonio's.
Houston metro is nearly 45% Hispanic, 25% percent white, 23% black, 7% Asian, and 1.3% Other races.
San Antonio is 60% Hispanic, 28% white, 7% black, 3% Asian, and 1.4% other races.
Outside the four major ethnic groups, San Antonio is a hair more diverse than Houston, at 1.4%(Other races) versus 1.3% (Other races)for Houston.
Houston is a bigger city and therefore the ethnic groups and their populations are larger in raw numbers and more apparent giving it a more international feel.
Houston does have more consulate offices than San Antonio, a more cosmopolitan feel, but at a percentage perspective it is not all that more diverse.
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