Houston

Why Is Houston So Big?

Its growth was catapulted by the petroleum industry and continues aided by aerospace (NASA and its contractors), trade (Houston Ship Channel and the Port of Houston), and medicine (Texas Medical Center). Why is Houston Texas so big? During the late 1970s, Houston had a population boom as people from the Rust Belt states moved to …

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Why Houston Is A Problem?

Since then, the phrase “Houston, we have a problem” has become popular, being used to account, informally, the emergence of an unforeseen problem, often with a sense of ironic understatement. Houston, we have a problem. Origin/etymology Apollo 13 (mission) Original form “Okay, Houston…we’ve had a problem here” Coined by Jack Swigert Who actually said Houston, …

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Is Houston Overpopulated?

We had a growing overcrowding problem at precisely the wrong time. In Harris County in 2019, right before COVID-19 hit, the amount of severely overcrowded renter households (having more than 1.5 residents per room) increased around 25% in only one year, reaching 23,256 households. Is Houston getting overpopulated? Metro Houston added nearly 92,000 residents last …

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