The University of Houston and Rice University also field teams for all major NCAA sports. If you want to play, the greater Houston area offers almost all sporting and hobby interests, and the moderate climate is conducive to a variety of outdoor activities including tennis, golf, water sports, cycling, and running. Few metropolitan areas can offer the quality and variety of restaurants available in the greater Houston area. More than 30 different national and regional categories are represented by nearly 3,000 food serving establishments in the city. In fact, a common lament of people moving away from the city is how much they miss the food of the region.
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Houston provides a modern and efficient infrastructure that includes high-capacity freeways, major rail lines, and the Port of Houston. Getting to and from the city is also a breeze. Houston is the air gateway to the Southwest, with international passenger service from George Bush Intercontinental Airport and domestic passenger service from Intercontinental and William P. Hobby Airport. As the home and hub airport for a major U.S. airline, nonstop flights are available to most U.S. cities. The terrain supports nothing but tumbleweeds.