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The city of Houston, Texas, contains many neighborhoods, ranging from planned communities to historic wards. There is no uniform standard for what constitutes an individual neighborhood within the city; however, the city of Houston does recognize a list of 88 super neighborhoods which encompass broadly recognized regions. According to the city ...
Between 1990 and 2000 the Hispanic population of Sunnyside increased a little by between 5 and 10 percent as Hispanics in the Houston area moved into majority black neighborhoods. [14] In the same period, the black population of both Sunnyside and South Park combined declined by 4,225, or 11% as majority African-American neighborhoods in ...
The largest distribution point of cocaine in the Houston area had been eliminated. [5] Police calls in Link Valley had decreased by 44%. In all of the surrounding neighborhoods, calls for "Part I" crimes, such as arson, assault, automobile theft, burglary, larceny, and murder had decreased. In some communities reports decreased by 12%.
John Nova Lomax of the Houston Press said that before the interstate system was established in Houston, the neighborhoods were "strongly distinct neighborhoods and districts with poetic names[...]". [1] Beginning in the 1960s the development of the 610 Loop caused the focus of the Houston area to move away from Downtown Houston.
The torrential rains resulted in widespread, severe flooding across Houston and surrounding suburbs—the worst since Tropical Storm Allison in 2001. 5 people died in flood-related incidents. In Harris County alone, more than 1,800 high water rescues were conducted; 744 homes and 400 apartments were inundated with water.
A Houston County naturalist is trying to stop a solar farm from being built on a 4,700-acre site directly adjoining the Oaky Woods Wildlife Management Area — a patch of land he was instrumental ...
Houston is known for having a lot of great things, but a recent survey says they city has the worst coffee in the country and one Houston coffee shop owner offered their input. Houston voted worst ...
The Houston Heights is a natural buffer to the north. The official boundaries of West End are Durham Drive to the west, Washington Avenue to the south, I-10 to the north and Yale St. to the east. [1] The parts of this area that were the worst affected by neglect, poverty, and the Houston crack epidemic have been completely redeveloped.