Feeling Upset Living here

When I was 11, my family moved to Houston from Maryland around the D.C. area. Before, we used to travel by train to go to Washington and other cities such as Baltimore. We didn't have a car but, things were so much more accessible than it is here. I admit I'm glad that my family owns a car but, we used to do so many things back then than we do now. I miss the architecture, the local businesses, the transportation, the scenery, and many other things.

Now I only see bland strip malls, big-box chains, and highways. Everything is far away without a car and buses here are terrible. It frustrates me that we're the 4th largest city in the U.S., but we only have three light rail lines that don't even extend outside the loop. It's even hard to find an internship related I what I'm studying cause most jobs are either stem (O&G) related or chain stores.

Don't get me wrong, they're things I really like in Houston like the museums, the restaurants, and festivals. Most of these things are in the inner loop but, I don't live around there. I dunno maybe, coming back from school in Portland just made me miss Maryland and D.C. more while resenting Houston. Since that city reminds me of Maryland. Now here I am, 20 years old on my summer break missing almost everything from there and the urge of wanting to go back. Sorry for this vent I'm just really sad right now.