Houston Tx is the fourth largest city in the nation (behind only New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA and Chicago, IL) and is the most populated city in the southern US. The Bayou City provides a warm, sunny climate throughout the year. Houston is also known for its diverse and rich culture full of arts, entertainment, and dining.

Houston and the surrounding MSA encompasses more than 7,500 square miles with a population of over 4 million.

It is true and during much of the nineteen eighties, Houston TX’s economy was primarily based upon the energy industry. Today however, the energy sector only accounts for about 40% of the MSA’s gross domestic product. The region has diversified with a broad spectrum of industries including: Oil and gas exploration, basic petroleum refining, petrochemical production, Medical research, health care delivery and high-technology (computer, aerospace, environmental, etc.)

In addition, the Bayou City has recently been awarded some additional honors:

• Most Affordable Housing among 24 MSAs with population greater than 2M (source ACCRA Cost of Living Index 2006)
• Job Growth (source US Bureau of Labor Statistics – March 2007)
• Lowest Cost of Living among 24 MSAs with population greater than 2M (source ACCRA Cost of Living Index 2006)

Relocating to Houston

If you’re looking to relocate to the Bayou City, I think that you’re making an excellent decision. Houston is currently leading the nation in job growth and the region benefits from high energy prices, a strong medical community, innovative technology leaders (including the NASA headquarters!) and is ranked as the city with the least expensive housing costs among 29 MSA in the US with more than one million people. Houston is truly a great place to live.

Click here for more Houston Relocation information and a free Relocation kit.

Houston Houses

One of my favorite Houston real estate sites is http://www.HoustonProperties.com. If you’re looking for Houston Realtors, please check out Paige Martin with Martha Turner Properties.

Martha Turner Properties completed over $1.1 billion in real estate transactions during the 2007 calendar year, making them one of the top producing real estate companies in the world. Amongst the high-producing Martha Turner agents, Paige Martin was recognized as an exceptional agent winning the prestigious “Circle of Excellence Award.”

At HoustonProperties.com you can search over 500 pages of content and over 40,000 houston homes for sale including maps, Houston schools, home pictures, video tours and hundreds of great articles about different neighborhoods and home tips. Paige also has a number of free resources and tools for both home buyers and sellers.

The Police Stranded Two Black Houston Men

Today in Woodworth Louisiana two seperate police traffic stops pulled over black men wearing black Jena support shirts. These men who were just showing their support while going to Jena on a mecca or crusade if you will to support ending racism were stopped for speeding. Neither man was speeding and they were ticketed for going 70 when the speed they were at was 50 mph. The licenses were told to be suspended when this was not the case. The suspension was lifted over 1 1/2 years ago and it was only for a short period of time. The men had the exact same thing happen to them and ended up crossing paths at the same gas station the tow truck brought them to due to their cars being impounded.

If You Travel Through Woodworth, Louisiana Please Don’t Buy Anything

Boycott The Town So The Town Can Wake Up

Being ticketed while not speeding and then having your car impounded for such a violation is a harsh punishment for a routine traffic violation you didn’t even commit. They were left far from Houston stranded at a gas station both having very similar stories. It appears certain police officers were profiling those heading to Jena to show their support and giving them punishment that far exceeded a crime they did not even commit.

Other Houston News

This town is notorious for making much of their revenue by ticketing people for going 2 and 3 miles over the speed limit. The police are also known to tail people late at night causing them to speed up at which point they get pulled over for going a few miles over when trying to gain distance from the police car and their car.

The police in this town have even been investigated by the state. A Lousiana state investigator drove through going slightly over the speed limit and he was immediately pulled over by one of these problem police. After the investigation there was a stop for a short time but the police are back up to some of their same bad cop tactics. This town is worth driving around as the cops and government are somewhat corrupt and have know shame in how they treat visitors passing through.

Houston Texas boasts more then the building skyline and roadways. Sure our city is large and populated but that doesn’t mean we don’t have gorgeous nature trails, serine lakes and ponds, and enough outdoor activities to make you think twice about where to go for a fun vacation.