Living in the area, I was desperate to get out, after I visited some places besides Houston and Louisiana.

It was very boring living here. Very hot, humid, and polluted. Take most of the bad things about Houston (except the traffic) and don’t take any of the good things, and you’ve got a pretty good idea of what it is like.

The university here is a joke. After they killed their football program, it became a ghost town. No campus life, barely any activities, and questionable academics. The library is good, though.

I should point out I haven’t spent hardly any time there in 15 years, so I things could be different now.

If I had to recommend some things to do in this area, I’d say go to Spindletop museum, go to Sea Rim beach and ride the air boats, drive to Lake Charles to check out the casinos. (Basically, drive places.) You might as well drive to Galveston, since you are doing all this driving.