Houston

Houston

Situated close to Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Houston is both the largest and most populous city in Texas, as well as America’s fourth-most populous city after New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

Founded in 1836 by land investors Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen. Houston is affectionately known as “the City With No Limits”- it is the only major U.S. city without land-use zoning regulations. This technically means that anything can be built anywhere, although development is governed by ordinance.

Houston is also notable for its cultural diversity: An estimated one in four city residents are foreign-born, and around 145 languages are spoken in the city. Each year, the city also hosts the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the world”s biggest livestock exhibition and rodeo.

Houston is the eighth largest city in the country in area.