Houston vs New Orleans

I have lived in Houston an accumulative 23 years, I have lived in Jacksonville, Florida as a young child for 9 years and lived my more memorable formative years in Plymouth, Minnesota for 8 of my 40yrs. Safety: in reality it's always best to be aware of your surroundings anywhere, Houston isn't a sleepy low populated town, it is a booming Metropolis with over millions, homeless population is pretty high, not to say they are malicious, but they WILL approach you, any stranger approaching me "off guard" makes me nervous Walk Ability: nil, of course there are side walks, living spaces near many eating and shopping places within 5 min walking in downtown, midtown, upper Kirby, the heights, rice village, city center in memorial city but these are expensive gentrified urban small areas of Houston, the vast majority, like my neighborhood, doesn't even have side walks, nearest park is 5 min away driving and still no sidewalks you would have to walk in the street, no bike lanes either Job Opportunities: there are PLENTY of "job opportunities" in the form of job listings, but much lower percent of actually being called back for an interview and even less percent of actually being hired, again Houston is a large Metropolis with millions living here Public Transportation: we do have MetroRail but it only serves near North/South, Medical Center, and Downtown/Midtown the rest of have to drive to a MetroRail platform or Park and Ride to catch the rail, but it only takes you around near town, so it's mostly used as commute to work or an event at NRG, goes for buses as well, nearest bus stop to me is within 4 block walking distance but again, no sidewalks Food and Drink: this is where Houston shines to me, we have a plethora of mom and pop restaurants as well as chains but also high end restaurants that offer many different foods culturally, and the kicker, the food is actually GOOOOOOD, almost as good as traveling to those countries, awesome nightlife that never fails to offer something new, like the hundreds of bars, pubs and eateries on Washington, Montrose and Westheimer, even the MHFA offers mixers Houston isn't terrible, it does take some getting used to especially coming from another Metropolis that's also densely populated but with better planned public transportation and infrastructure, such as sidewalks, but most people moving here seem to gravitate towards Downtown or Midtown anyways