Ka mea āu e hana ai e hōʻole iā lākou
Me nā hui likeʻole, nā mea kūʻai nui, a me nā hale hoʻokipa nani, aia nā kumu e nui e aloha ai iā Houston . Akā, e like me kekahi kūlanakauhale,ʻaʻole ia me kona mau hewa. Eia kekahi mau mea i hikiʻole i nā poʻe e noho nei a iʻole e kipa ana i Houston hikiʻole ke kū - a me nā mea e hana ai e pale ai.
ʻO ke alanui
No ka mea i hoʻokuʻuʻia i loko o Houston, a me ka holo aku,ʻo ka manaʻo nui iʻikeʻia e nā mea he nui e pili ana i ke kāpena o ke kūlanakauhale,ʻaʻole ia he mea kānalua.
Heʻeono miliona kānaka ka nui o ka metro e ho'āʻo nei e hele ma kahi'ē aʻe. He lōʻihi a hoʻolālāʻo Rush hour, me nā poʻe kaiāulu e hoʻolimalima ana i ka hoʻolālā he 121 mau hola no kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ka alanui. E hōʻano hou i ka nohona o ka hoʻokele a me ka hōʻailona inoa inoa, a ua lawa ka haʻalele i kekahi. Eia ka mea hiki iāʻoe ke hana:
He weliweli ka hoʻouluʻana ma Houston, no lailaʻaʻole. Hiki iāʻoe ke hele pololei ma Houston me kahi kaʻaʻole - keʻoleʻoe e hele mai e mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO kaʻoihana lehulehu i ka metro Houstonʻaʻole i like a nui a like paha me nā wahi'ē aʻe, akā aia nā koho. Holo nā lainaʻo Houston METRORail i nā hanana nui o ke kūlanakauhale - me kahi District Museum , District Theatre , NRG Park, a me ka Medical Medical Center. Inā hikiʻole iāʻoe ke noho kokoke i ka laina ke kaʻa, e ho'āʻo i ka hoʻokele kaʻawale a hiki i kahi pākele a holo, ae kiʻi i ke kaʻa mai laila mai. Ma muli o keʻano o ka heleʻana, hiki paha iā ia ke wikiwiki aʻe ma mua o ka hoʻoluliluliʻana iāʻoe iho, aʻo ka liʻiliʻi loa,ʻaʻole e emi ke kaumaha.
Inā makemakeʻoe e hoʻokele, e hoʻopili i kekahi mau kulekele maʻamau o Houston . Uaʻike aneiʻoe i kahi e pau ai ka "Katy Freeway" a hoʻomakaʻia ka "Baytown East Freeway"? Pehea e pili ai i kaʻokoʻa ma waena o "South Loop West" a me "Ke Komohana Komohana Komohana"? Loaʻa ka loaʻaʻana o nā inoa inoa o nā alaloa o ke kūlanakauhale ma kahi lōʻihi e hoʻomaopopo i nā kuhikuhi a iʻole nā hōʻike kelepona ma ka lekiō.
Pēlā nō, eʻike ana i ka piliʻana i ka "feeders" a me ka'ōlelo EZ e hoʻopakele iāʻoe i ka manawa, a me ka maopopo o ka "nalu" he mea nui i ka mālamaʻana i ka maluhia i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ka hoʻouluʻana o ke ala.
Ka Honua
Loaʻa ka loaʻa maikaʻi o ka inoa o Houston no ka mahana a me ka haʻahaʻa. ʻAʻole hiki keʻikeʻia ka nui o nā mahana ma nā kiʻekiʻe-70 i ka hapa o Kekemapa a ua maloʻo ka'āina'ē. ʻOi nui ia i ka hoʻoilo, akāʻo ka lā hōʻoluʻu e hiki ke hoʻowaiʻia. E'ōleloʻia i loko o ka ua kaumaha a me ka wai kahe e hiki ai i kekahi manawa i ka hopena, a hikiʻole ke hōʻoluʻolu i nā mea. ʻOiai, ua maʻalahi ka lewa ke mālama a hana paha ināʻikeʻoe i ka mea e hana ai:
Eʻike i ka mea eʻaʻahu ai (a me ka haʻaleleʻana i ka home) . Ma waho aʻe o ka paleʻana i kekahi o nā kuhi o ka'āina,ʻike i ka mea e lawe ai i ka neʻeʻana a iʻole ke kipa iā Houston e hiki iāʻoe ke mālama iāʻoe i kaʻoluʻolu. Hōʻaʻahu i nā lole maʻemaʻe i nā papa a me nā kāmaʻa maʻalea e hiki ai iāʻoe ke hele i nā puddles e hikiʻole ke hele. E lawe mai i kahi pale umauma -ʻaʻole wale no ka ua nui a me nā makani kiʻekiʻe, akā, no nā lā kū i ka lā.
Inā hele, e hoʻonohonoho i kāu hele no ka hāʻule. ʻO nā hopena o Houstonʻaʻole he mea maopopoʻoleʻia-me nā mahana e lele nei ma waena o nā 30s a me nā 70s. Heʻano kūpikipiki nā lālā, a he mea pōʻino ke kauwela no ka poʻe malihini.
Akā ka hāʻule? ʻO ka hāʻuleʻana i Houston he nani: He mahana nā wela, akāʻaʻole i mahana loa, a he mau manawa ua nuiʻole e hakakā me.
ʻO ka Sprawl
ʻAʻole e like me New York City a Chicago paha,ʻo Houstonʻaʻole i palenaʻia e ka'āina. ʻO ka pahū o ka heluna iʻikeʻia i ka hala i hala aku nei i hala aku nei, ua pālahalahaʻia ma nāʻokoʻa a pau, kahi i loaʻa ai kahi kahakai e piʻi ana ma luna o 9,444 mau mileʻeka -ʻoi aku ma mua o ka moku'āinaʻo New Jersey. ʻOiaiʻaʻole ke kaʻawaleʻana,ʻo ka laweʻana mai kēlā a me kēia wahi e pau ai ka manawa. Eia kekahi mauʻano e hiki ai ke mālama i ka pulina:
E noho kokoke i kahi e pono aiʻoe . Ke 'ano o kāu kumu nui no ka noho ma Houston - he hanana, he hana, he mea aloha - e ho'āʻo e noho a kokoke e hiki iāʻoe. ʻO ia ka mea e kōkua iāʻoe e pale i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻaʻana i ka manawa kūpono i ke kaʻa.
E huli i kahi kūlana ma ke kūlanakauhale, a eʻimi pono i kahi. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻolimalima i nā lā a pau aiʻole ka lōʻihi o nā hebedoma eʻimi ai i nā mea a pau i loko o kekahi wahi, aʻo nā moku o Houston - e like me ka District Museum, the Heights, a me Montrose.
ʻO nā wahi hoʻi ma waho o ke kūlanakauhale, e like me ka Sugar Land, Katy, a me ka Spring, he nui nā kauhale nui eʻike a hana. Ma ka ho'āʻoʻole e hana i nā mea a pau, hiki iāʻoe ke hauʻoli i nā wahi āu e kipa ai.
Ua kōkuaʻo Robyn Correll ma kēia hōʻike.