Houston, known by its citizens as “the Bayou City”, is located on the southeast Texas coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Founded over 170 years ago by the Allen brothers, Houston has an extensive history.

Among other noteworthy historical facts, Houston served temporarily as the capital city of the Republic of Texas following the War of Independence from Mexico. Today, Houston boasts being the fourth largest city in the USA, smaller only than New York, Los Angeles and Chicago in terms of population and smaller only than Jacksonville, FL in terms of square mileage, with a total land area of 540 square miles.

Here are just a dozen reasons why Houstonians love living here:

1. One of the best places to work in Houston is Headworks^® Inc.!
2. Houston has one of the lowest costs of living for a metropolitan city in the USA.
3. Over 2 million people and 100 ethnic groups call the City home, spreading their unique heritage and influence out in every direction.
4. Houston is a vibrant international city that heartily enjoys its tradition of being a place of firsts. General Sam Houston, the City’s heroic namesake, was the first president of the Republic of Texas.
5. The word ‘Houston’ was the first word spoken from the surface of the moon, and Houston is the home of the famous NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Clear Lake.
6. Houston was the first city to build a sports stadium with an enclosed roof, which ultimately led to the need to invent Astroturf.
7. Houston hosts some of the finest medical facilities in the world and its surgeons have performed numerous firsts in heart surgery, and the City is leading the medical community in making cancer history.
8. Houston’s proximity to the Gulf Coast means it is less than an hour from the beautiful Kemah Boardwalk and more days of sailing, we’re told, than anywhere else in the nation.
9. Shopping in Houston is jam packed with little shops specializing in eclectic treasures and antiques stores filled with surprises and hidden treasures, as well as its famed Galleria.
10. South of downtown, glorious oaks and the beguiling Hermann Park with its Miller Outdoor Theater, miles of walks, the Houston Zoo and greenery which surrounds Houston’s Museum District, home of some of the most glorious pieces of art the world has ever seen.
11. Memorial Park hosts thousands of walkers and joggers, great tennis and a public golf course right inside the inner loop.
12. Houston has a wide array of cultural offerings hosting one of the top opera companies in the world, along with world class symphony and pops orchestra, ballet, a theater district that brings in worldwide talent, as well as many firsts in the musical theater world, including the first stage productions of many of the famous musicals that ultimately hit the world stage such as Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.

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