A few facts about Houston

I'm a proud Houstonian, what can I say?

WHY HOUSTON ROCKS

Houston is ranked as the fourth best restaurant city in the United States by Wine Spectator and Esquire magazines

Houston is the most ethnically diverse city in the United States - with 83 consulates, Houston has the third largest consular corps in the nation

Each year more than 44 million people zip in and out of Houston's two major airports

Houston is one of only three cities in the United States with standing year-round symphony, opera and ballet. New York and San Francisco are the others

Houston has the second largest volume of theatre and performance art space (in terms of square footage) in the United States ranking only behind New York

Houston is home to the world's largest medical center employing 120,000 people. The Texas Medical Center is expected to double in size by 2012

Houston is the energy capital of the world

Houston is home to the second largest petrochemical complex in the world

Houston ranks third in the nation in terms of the volume of fine arts museum space

The Houston Museum of Natural Science is the fourth most visited museum in the United States, ranking only behind the Smithsonian Institute, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the American Museum of Natural Science

Houston is home to the world headquarters of more Fortune 500 companies than any city in the United States other than New York (23 for Houston)

The Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau is projecting double-digit increases in conventions and conventioneers through 2010

Houston is the third largest port in the United States and is the nation’s largest port in terms of foreign tonnage

Houston is home to NASA

Houston is now the fifth fatest city (chicago is first) by one magazine and the third skinniest by another magazine