Houston Facts

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Houston Facts

Things to know about Houston

1. Houston is one of the fastest growing city in the United States with an influx of people coming from all around the world. Houston, therefore is the most diverse city in the country. This translates to a growing demand for real estate and an appreciation in the land. Because of the high demand for housing over time properties generally appreciate in value, building wealth for Houstonians.

2. Houston year after year is #1 or in top 5 for job creation, and in top 10 for Forbes 500 corporations.

3. Houston Medical Center is second to no other city in the world, and has the largest medical complex on Earth.

4. Houston Metropolitan area consists of 3 counties, Harris the largest in the State of Texas, as well as small portions of Fort Bend and Montgomery Counties. Houston Metro area includes, The Woodlands, Sugar Land, Tomball, Waller, Galveston, Pearland and everything in between which covers 3 more counties; Waller, Galveston and Brazoria.

5. Houston covers 665 square miles. Harris county is 1778 square miles and has enough space to fit Austin, Chicago, Boston, New York and Seattle with plenty of space vacate.

6. Houston has the 7th largest economy in the country, 27th largest economy in the world behind Belgium and Thailand, but ahead of Austria and Nigeria.

7. Houston is a hub for international business as well and the leader in the oil and gas industry. Houston is the leading domestic and international center for any and every segment of the energy industry.

8. Houston was the first city to have 3 indoor air conditioned professional stadiums; Minute Maid Park home of the World Champion Astros, Toyota Center home of the Rockets, and Reliant Stadium home of the Texans. Houston is also home to the Domino, and Roughnecks. Sugar Land is home to Space Cowboys.

9. Houston has NASA’s Johnson Space Center on the south part of town outside of Clear Lake and League City. Houston has 19 different museums with a great Museum District leading the way with Houston Museum of Natural Science, Space Center Museum, Holocaust Museum Houston, and Children’s Museum of Houston.

10. Houston contains 2 of the top universities for entrepreneurship in the country with Rice and University of Houston. University of Houston over the last decade has added their Petroleum Engineering School and Medical School. Rice has purchased the old Sears building in midtown and converted to innovation center for technology companies, and opened it up to other industries as well. Along with these two outstanding universities there are 12 other higher learning institutions, including Baylor School of Medicine, Texas Southern University, San Jacinto Junior College, Lone Star College, St. Thomas University, and more.

11. Houston has some of the most diverse international cruise in the country. This is attributed to Houston being such a large melting pot of people. According to Yelp, there are more than 80 categories of cuisine in Houston, including anything from Asian Fusion, Barbeque, Mexican, Sushi, French, Persian, Italian, any type of seafood you can imagine and much more.

12. Houston’s Theater District is in downtown and rivals that of New York’s. Houston offers many live music venues; including Bayou Music Center, the Berry Center, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Miller Outdoor Theater, and several more.

Houston Metro Area

The City of Houston has a long history starting in 1837. Known as the Bayou City, and now the third largest metropolitan city in the country. Houston is still growing and bringing more jobs and industry each year. Great news because we have an amazing rich city of diverse people from all around the world. Learn more with the link below.

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The City of Houston

The City of Houston is vast in the size of land and the metropolitan Houston area is more expansive when considering it covers 5 counties, and over 6 million people as of 2022 (Macrotrends.net). According to Macrotrends.net about 100,000 people move to Houston area each year. As you can see from both maps, the city has grown a lot over the last 185 plus years. On this page I will identify all the different parts of town then direct you to the drop down menu so that you can visit those websites to learn more about those areas of Houston.

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Downtown Houston

Inside the 610 Loop

This amazing city of course has an outstanding Downtown District which consist of ten different districts, including our second to none Theater District, the Historic District, Avendia District, Shopping District, Civic District, Skyline District, Southern District, Warehouse District, East End District, and World Series Ball Park District.

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Inside the 610 Loop

As the city has grown from it's original grounds of Downtown Houston, city officials in 1931 began to talk about a highway system that made life easier to get around this expanding city. Talks began to pick up steam again around WWII, when it was purposed as a way to transport troops from one end of the city to the other. At first there was only the North Loop, designated as the "Defense Loop". Construction was delayed until the 1950's when the West and South portion were added, then in the East portion being added in 1960 completely THE LOOP. The loop is 38 miles which goes all the way around Houston. Downtown is of course inside the Loop, but that has a separate tab. Inside the Loop is sectioned off into the following: Central Inner Loop, Northwest Inner Loop, East End, and South Loop.

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Downtown Houston

Inside the 610 Loop

Inside the 610 Loop

Inside the 610 Loop

Inside the 610 Loop

Inside the 610 Loop

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