[rayiner]

Eh. Houston also has uncontrolled sprawl and major pollution issues from letting chemical companies have free reign. I'm quite impressed with Chicago myself. The business climate is a lot more stifling, but for example it has never imposed rent controls so housing is a lot more affordable than in comparable cities. Its famous for being liberal, but is a lot more pragmatic than say San Francisco. And in many parts of the city, there are two FTTC providers (ATT Uverse and RCN). I remember 70 megabit was like $55-65. Atlanta is quite good too--I was glad to see it as a Google Fiber city.