Think Like a Houstonian

HOUSTON, Jan. 6 — Hurricane Katrina evacuees take note: You're not in New Orleans anymore.

It's time to "think like a Houstonian."

That is the message from two displaced New Orleanians in a lighthearted new video prepared by Houston social agencies to help survivors of the 2005 hurricane find work and establish new roots here in the nation's fourth largest city.

Of 106,393 suddenly unemployed evacuees who took refuge in the Houston area, 28,508 had found jobs through November, according to WorkSource, an arm of the Texas Workforce Commission, which made the seven-minute video with the City of Houston and Neighborhood Centers Inc., a nonprofit aid group, for the Community Settlement Network, a group of aid organizations. But many newcomers still need guidance, said Cindy Gabriel, communications director for the network and a producer of the video, to be posted on local Web sites.

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Comedy

[houston4ever22]

are you fucking kidding me those people need to go back to new orleans, katrina happened 3 fucking yrs ago get over it...

[keseadmon]

This seems like it's geared towards people who have never even applied for a job?

[nwr33xl4]

i find that like next to impossible, cuz if you've been living in a place all your life where you have worked, and your city was wiped out, who are you suppose to use as a reference, when all the businesses you've worked at no longer exist, how do you prove you worked those places. what will your work history be. you would have to start over working fast food.

[Htown20XX]

Houston was better before all these ckrab ass katrina nikkas came. Like 1 night my homeboy was over there ella kuykendahl 4 ckrabs jumped him I go over there throw up ck tell them what's up have to box all of them

[pimppat86]

u wanna think like a houstonian get the fuck outta houston

[gamez2111]

@midorian12491 4th

[Acvlni]

and if your thinking like a houstonian drive really really fast

[Acvlni]

I am sorry but you can either work and get a job or go home

don't just get welfare or unemployment benefits and don't use metro its so frickin slow ( I live here all my life I would know)

[midorian12491]

@willubhave houston the 3rd largest city ?

[iloveyourstory]

Just be an asshole and you'll be like the typical Houstonian.

[iloveyourstory]

Think like a Houstonian and run an innocent driver off the road.

[TheMoney713]

i dont no if many people know this but houston during the hot bussy day of summer even at noon, the street seam to look deserted. well i bet u didnt know that their is miles of underground tunnels. no not subway but underground sidewalks filed with cool air and tons of places to sit and eat! nice place to go n cool off!