It will be annoyingly hot and humid now through November/December. If you plan on hitting the water park in Galveston or Space Center, that does not really matter. Personally I do not think there is enough to do here for people visiting and I would choose someplace else to visit.

Houston is why God invented air conditioning.

This is my 2nd time living in Houston and I'm currently in the northern suburbs. Houston's nickname is the Bayou city which is a fancy way of saying swamp city. The coastal swamp geography is the reason for the humidity and the mosquitoes.

IMO, Houston is a business trip destination or medical trip destination (i.e. Top 10 medical Center) not a vacation destination. My dad lives in the upper Midwest and visits every Christmas which is when the weather is perfect. There isn't much to do in Houston other than golf (which I wouldn't advocate doing in summer), going to a restaurant, going to a bar, etc. and very quickly he observed that every time we want to do something out of the ordinary we drove to San Antonio, Austin, or Dallas.

Frankly, Houston proper reminds me of the capital city of a Third World country with its huge contrast between the haves and have nots, horrible public works (e.g. months or years behind on fixing sewer leaks), roads that made you wish you had the off-road package on your truck/SUV, etc.

I do not have anything to add to everybody's accurate commentary on the humid summer weather, the mosquitoes, the crime, etc.

My wife's least favorite place to go on business because of the heat and humidity.

Sounds like a great time

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
IMO, Houston is a business trip destination or medical trip destination (i.e. Top 10 medical Center) not a vacation destination.

Yeah, no offense to members living in there, but I never considered Houston to be a vacation destination or a place to visit and "chill". Since moving to TX, I have only been to Houston proper once, to help a family member with household business, heading back to his house in Bertram after two hours. And that was in the month of March years back. But we did drive through the east side using the toll road off and on to I45 to visit Galveston in 2019.

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Originally posted by mrvmax:
It will be annoyingly hot and humid now through November/December. If you plan on hitting the water park in Galveston or Space Center, that does not really matter. Personally I do not think there is enough to do here for people visiting and I would choose someplace else to visit.

This seems to pretty much sum it up then, even if the heat and humidity wasn't a factor, there isn't enough to do to warrant a multi-day visit.

Glad I asked, I knew I'd get the straight answer here!


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Hey, man, one day in July I was walking down the street in Houston. There was this couple walking their little dog and that puppy burst into flames!

Luckily, they both hard large size Big Gulps and managed to quickly douse the fire.

Come to think of it, the dog looked a little better afterwards. Long hair and all that.

True Story

Come here for the food and air conditioning and the gun stores.

You can see a baseball game, visit NASA and a thousand other things just know it’s hot and humid. Bust out your sandals and loose clothes and you will be fine.

Don't forget to hose down your dog before letting them outside.

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Originally posted by TigerDore:
Bring a machete. Not for protection, but to cut your way through the humidity.

LMAO, man that was funny! Yeah and go ahead and bring 2-3 cans of “OFF” for each family member. You’ll need to spray that shit on your entire head, all over your clothes, shoes, arms/hands. And do a double dose of that pimpin’ on your ankles. I’ve been to the coast where we got out of the truck and millions of skeeters so much that you could still tell it was day light but it was like an eclipse or something, half the air was those black little fuckers swarming like something out of the Bible. We didn’t make 2 feet from the truck, got back in and said fuck this. An ex-friend used to say Mexico used to own that area and we should just give all that shit back. They can have it.

The best part about Houston is the loop around it to keep you from driving through it.

I live 2 hours South of Houston, and its still not far enough away from the former congress-lady's district.

If I was going to Houston, I'd go in January. No way in hell would I go in June. My brother recently moved to Dallas, which is slightly better, and I told him I'm not coming down there till winter.

If you must go south in the summer at least go somewhere with a beach.

The indoor part of NASA would be good, but the tram to the rocket park would likely be brutally hot. Second the Flight Museum.

Kemah and the Strand are nice. If you're interested in the beach, Galveston State Park is nice, and has showers and restrooms, plus it's more family friendly and clean.

You will definitely want a car. Houston metro area is similar in size to Connecticut from end to end.

World class food too, any variety you like.

Avoid staying in South Houston. Galleria area would be better. Friendswood or Pearland is on the same side of town as NASA and would be OK too.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Houston in the summer! Whoo, boy!

Apparently trips to the sun were all booked up.

Also, hope you're a brave driver. Driving in Houston is viewed by many as a competitive sport.

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Originally posted by phxtoad:
Well I never expected it, but going down to Galveston proved to be a lot of fun with our daughter at that age. Schlitterbahn, horse rides on the beach, and the amusement pier.

Todd

When I was in Grad school at A&M the undergrad campus was on Pelican Island (just as you get on Galveston Island) They had a WW2 German Submarine there but that was 40 years ago so check first.

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Originally posted by smlsig:

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Originally posted by phxtoad:
Well I never expected it, but going down to Galveston proved to be a lot of fun with our daughter at that age. Schlitterbahn, horse rides on the beach, and the amusement pier.

Todd

When I was in Grad school at A&M the undergrad campus was on Pelican Island (just as you get on Galveston Island) They had a WW2 German Submarine there but that was 40 years ago so check first.

Seawolf park? Last I saw it was still there.
There's also the Tall Ship Elissa, but it was undergoing renovation when we were down there earlier this year.

“Considering Houston for Summer Getaway.”

I really thought this was a joke.