houston

     

Houston (pronounce /ˈhjuːstən/) is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2006 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.14 million within an area of 600 square miles (1,600 km²). Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area—the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. with a population of around 5.6 million.

Trivia about houston

  • It's the largest U.S. city in population that's named for an American individual
  • In 1971 the NBA's San Diego Rockets moved to this city
  • This Texas city that spells its name like a NYC street is the USA's fourth largest
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  • When Apollo 11 reached the moon, Lawrence Knutson was the voice of Mission Control in this city
  • The USA's first domed sports stadium opened in this city in 1965
  • Guinness says, at $3,750 a night, the Astro Village in this city has the USA's most expensive hotel suite
  • Population-wise, by 1980 it had become the fifth-largest city in the U.S.; no problem there
  • It's the home city of the NBA's Rockets
  • This Texas port is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S.
  • The seal of this Texas city features a plow & a locomotive, but no Saturn V rocket
  • In 1963 NASA opened its $8 million Mission Control Center in this Texas city
  • In 1999 only Mike Hampton & Jose Lima reached 20 wins in the National League, both for this city's Astros
  • With 49 of the 2,541 postal worker/dog bite incidents reported in '98, this largest Texas city led the nation
  • After Johnson's death in 1973, the manned spacecraft center in this city was renamed for him
  • Though 50 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico, this Texas city is one of the nation's major ports
  • It's home to the Johnson Space Center
  • George Bush Intercontinental Airport is in this city
  • The Buffalo Bayou was widened & deepened to open this inland Texas town to shipping
  • The top ten most populous cities in the U.S. include Dallas, San Antonio & this other Texas city
  • This largest city in Texas has a 52-mile shipping channel that links its port with the Gulf of Mexico
  • Plays written by teens are featured in HYPE, this "space"y Texas city's Young Playwrights Exchange Festival
  • We have a problem: Ooh nuts!
  • This city opened Enron Field for its baseball team, broke ground on a new football stadium & OK'd a basketball arena
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  • Eek! The Mayan Mindbender is a thrill-ride-in-the-dark at Six Flags Astroworld in this Texas city
  • Rice University's campus is located about 3 miles from the downtown area of this large city
  • I.M. Pei designed the 75-story Texas Commerce Tower, the tallest building in this city
  • The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center is in this Texas city
  • George H.W. Bush has a home in Tanglewood, a neighborhood of this Texas city
  • If you recall the first words spoken on the moon, you'll know Tranquility Park is in this city
  • You'll freefall more than 20 stories if you ride the Dungeon Drop at Six Flags Astroworld in this city
  • This Texas city hosts the WNBA's Comets & the NBA's Rockets, y'all