For context I’ve been #HTownStrong since 2007, mostly loving the journey since then. I’ve grown to love this city for all the same reasons many of y’all probably do. Amazing cuisine, a very diverse populace and pretty solid entertainment for a mid 20s dude.
I’ve rode out many of the same disasters as yall through the last decade and half, culminating with Harvey as a particularly low point. With Harvey though, I was able to witness the immense collaboration, love and hospitality Texas is famous for. While many suffered immensely, at least we saw the good from helping each other through Harvey.
The Winter Shitshow of 2021 is seeming to me to not have any sort of silver lining however. It’s a lot harder for everyday people to help others when the big issue at hand is a desheveled infrastructure, completely exposed during a disaster exacerbated by the climate change that many of our “leaders” can’t seem to believe in.
Personally, I only lost power 16 hours ago, and I did feel some survivors guilt the last couple of days. But more than that I just feel disappointed and defeated. The city I have grown to know and love so much seems to be trying harder and harder to hurt myself and those around me.
I was able to come to terms with Harvey, with Ike, with the huge fire at deer park ruining our air, with Imelda striking right as I was headed to work. It’s just getting harder to justify staying here, maybe the city I know and love so much is better suited as a place to visit time to time. Goodbye seems to make more and more sense as these disappointments continue /rant
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