Houston

Visit Houston and prepare to be surprised by our energetic and diverse culture, our cutting-edge technology and health care, our space industry and a thriving business community.

Houston: It’s cooler than you think!

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10 Reasons People Love Houston:

Over 10,000 restaurants and the opportunity to indulge in every major cuisine from around the world.

Mecca for diversity—over 90 languages are spoken … No longer do only cowboys live in Texas

8 city golf courses, 337 parks, and 56,000 acres of “green.”

Culture Capitol of the South with 75 art gallaries, the theater district downtown is home to 6 performance halls, and 2nd largest concentration of theater seats in a downtown area with resident companies in all major performing art disciplines (opera, ballet, music, and theater)

66 degrees—Average temperature during winter and 95 days of summer

Home of 5 major league sports teams--2005 National League Champion Houston Astros, the NFL's Houston Texans, two-time NBA champion Houston Rockets, four-time WNBA champion Houston Comets, and the 2006 MLS Cup Champion Houston Dynamo soccer team

4th-largest city in the United States, with 4.7 million residents

Cost of living is 39 percent below the average for major metropolitan areas

Headquarters to 26 Fortune 500 companies — 2nd only to New York City.

Houston ranks No. 1 on Kiplinger’s Top Ten Cities to Live

Want to get away?

Car : Drive to Austin (the Live Music Capitol) in 2 ½ hours, San Antonio in 3 hours, Dallas in 4 hours, and New Orleans in 5 hours

Plane: Get any where in the US in an average of 2-3 hours; in 2 hours you can be skiing in the Rockies or relaxing in a Caribbean/Mexico paradise

Boat: escape to one of the many lakes in Houston or Austin, go sailing from Kemah, or board a cruise ship in Galveston

Bush Intercontinental Airport currently ranks third in the United States for non-stop domestic and international service with 182 destinations.

Only in a city like Houston can you can sunbathe on the beach in the morning, mountain bike through a 1,466-acre wood near downtown in the afternoon and visit the opera that night.