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Lets fly with Virtual-Tripping to Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
By Mark on September 9, 2009
The American city of Houston at this moment in time is still the fourth largest city in the United States, and is the largest of all the cities within the state of Texas. I do not know how many of you know that it is also the energy capital of the world.
Looking from Wikipedia the population of this city back in 2008 was estimated at being 2.2 million people all living within an area of 600 square miles (1,600 km²).
This city also happens to be the seat of Harris County and the economic center of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, which is the sixth largest metropolitan area in the U.S.A and the population within this area is over 5.7 million.
This is a satellite image picture taken from Google Earth of where Houston and the state of Texas are.
The city of Houston was founded on the 30th August 1836 by brothers Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen. The name that was given to this city comes from a past President of the Republic of Texas and also the former General Sam Houston, who was involved in the battle of San Jacinto, which took place 25 miles (40 km) east of where the city was established. But this city has grown thanks to it’s Port, railroad industry and the combination of oil, which was discovered in 1901.
This is a panoramio picture taken of Houston, Texas.
During the mid-twentieth century, the city became home to the Texas Medical Center, which is the world’s largest concentration of healthcare and research institutions, plus it has also become home to NASA’s Johnson Space Center, and that is where you will find Mission Control Center.
Finally the city is also known for it’s culture and theater district, where you will find cultural institutions and exhibits, which attract loads of people to the Houston Museum District and also the theater district where you will find live year round acts in all the major performing scenes. And with a growing cultural population it can only get better.
This is a panoramio picture taken of an area at the Lyndon B Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.
This is an amazing picture taken from panoramio of Holidays at Hermann Square (near City Hall and One Shell Plaza), with trees covered in lights.
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One Response to “Lets fly with Virtual-Tripping to Houston, Texas, U.S.A.”
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Nick Ramsay, exploring the world from a zabuton in Japan.
6:07 pm on December 19th, 2010
Very informative Post and it really amuse me a lot keep it up.