Houston lies as flat as the expectations of those who don't know what it's about. A blue metropolis in a red state. It is skyscraper and suburb and swamp. It is America's "most diverse" city. There are three restaurants for every mile of highway and two hundred barrels of oil for every restaurant... per day. It is rich and poor, good and bad, cold AC and sweltering humidity. It is perfectly imperfect. Welcome to the H.