Check out Houston's iconic bus route #44, also known as the 'fo-fo'! This route holds a special place in the city's rap culture and community. Join us on a virtual ride through Acres Home and experience the ever-changing beauty of this historic neighborhood.
This week’s Insider Deals are so good you’ll want all of them– There are a lot of wonderful things in the Acres Home community, and one Metro Bus Route is giving people a unique perspective about the area.rode along route #44 and showed us how it’s a vital part of the city’s rap culture and community.Riding through Houston’s historic Acres Home s community, Turner met Metro bus driver Earl Small.
“If anybody asks you about the “44″ they will know exactly what you are talking about. They’re doing remarkable things out here. They are beautifying the area. The customers are wonderful, and it’s getting really popular and busy out here when it comes to traveling and transportation,” Small said.: You know that song connects to Acres Home. It’s about Route “44″.
“Right, and it definitely means every word of it too. Every word that they say is the 44. Everyone will know exactly what you say when you say the 44. They know about the leaning in the 44, it’s just awesome,” he said.“It’s never the same. That’s a positive thing not a negative, it’s always something new and you always see something that you never saw before because it’s always changing. They always upgrading and bringing new things.
The “fo-fo” goes down Louetta Road and all the way to Spring before going back through Acres Homes and then south to downtown Houston.The famous route is part of history, but it’s also helping families who don’t have any other transportation. It’s something Earl Small enjoys doing. “I think it’s so awesome that the bus drivers can do that to the people that are coming on don’t know where they’re going. Some don’t know what direction they’re going and for you to give that information to them as well it’s awesome,” Small said.Emmy award-winning journalist born and raised in Alabama. College football fanatic and snow cone lover! Passionate about connecting with the community to find stories that matter.
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