<ol>
<li>No and no</li>
<li>No </li>
<li>No</li>
<li>Weather and Rice has the college system (some east coast schools have them)</li>
<li>Weather</li>
<li>Not really</li>
<li>Quite fun - not a crazy party school but it is a wet campus, which is nice</li>
<li>Depends on your major</li>
</ol>
<p>Seriously, Houston is the 4th largest city in the country (after NYC, LA and Chicago), the MOST diverse city in the country, has a massive and diverse population of Hispanic, Vietnamese, indian, Chinese, Korean etc etc people, has an openly gay mayor and houses one of the largest and best medical centers in the world.</p>
<p>This is not some hillbilly town in the middle of nowhere. </p>