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Old Dec 3, 2011, 6:13 am
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Originally Posted by WillTravel
Great info, peersteve.

A downtown bus + taxi sounds reasonable. And although I imagine the bus route may not be that scenic, it still will show something.

Will also consider Greenspoint Mall.
Definitely not a scenic drive to d/t. And Greenspoint is locally referred to as Gunspoint. Once went there, and there was no there there.

Originally Posted by MrHalliday
If you decide you can handle renting a car,
driving out to Galveston, then maybe along the coast,
can be rereshing.
But the drive on Gulf Freeway can be quite slow, even on a Sunday.

Unfortunately Houston just is not that great for visitors, and without a car downright horrible.

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