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Houston Gets a Snazzy New Snapchat Filter
The candy-colored graffiti banner couldn't be more Bayou City.

We think the Houstonia House looks even better with the latest Snapchat geofilter.
In the words of Snapchat favorite DJ Khaled, "Bless up!" Houston now has a new "geofilter" on the social media service, which allows users to share pictures and 10-second videos with their followers. Geofilters are nothing new, of course; they exist for every physical location from Disneyland to downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, allowing users to spruce up their Snapchats with a little local pride.
Houston's even had its fair share of geofilters—some terrible, some terrific—in the past, including one showing a space shuttle rocketing up over what looks like David Addickes's "We Love Houston" sign and one with a clip art version of the skyline that looks like something I would have dropped into a PowerPoint presentation circa 1999.

Also among our favorite filters: anything to do with UH.
The newest geofilter, however, captures a more modern Houston aesthetic, blending the candy paint colors of our swanga scene with the boisterous appeal of our street art scene. It especially calls to mind the 3,300-square-foot Market Square mural painted by Gonzo247 in downtown Houston—no surprise, as Gonzo himself designed the new filter.
Houstonia may always be a bit partial to the Heights geofilter, owing to our own location on Heights Boulevard, but this newest option is pretty trill too.