Houston

**Houston** (Officially the **City of Houston**) is a major city located in Texas on the the Gulf of Mexico in the United States. The city is part of the Gulf Metropolitan Area, which also includes New Orleans and Coastal Texas. Houston is a center for the Energy and Medical Industry, as well as boasting the largest port in the US. Houston is notable for being the oldest city in the world, and once the largest in the world as well, until falling behind New York City. The current mayor of Houston is Legrume.

## Brief Overview

### Places of Interest

- Hermann Park- Minute Maid Park- George R. Brown Conv. Center- Discovery Green- Riverwalk- Texas Medical Center

## History

### 2020

Houston was founded on July 30th, 2020, after Legrume built the first roadway. Over the course of the next month, the city would experience quick growth into the largest city on the server, as well as being the centerpiece of the original American Highway system, connecting to other cities and regions such as San Francisco and Central America. This fast growth of the city would come to a halt in August as most construction efforts were re-focused to New York City, and as other cities grew, Houston became outdated due to it's older construction and crude city planning.

### 2021

Houston would see a new period of growth starting in May of 2021 with the removal of most outdated buildings and the construction of Crawford Place (formerly **BG Place**) which would be the first project to use exterior panes for building facades. This second growth period would continue into June, when the Houston Airport was built, becoming the 1st airport in the US and the 2nd in the world, after Armenia. Following the completion of the Business District, entering August, work started on South Downtown, before stalling out after the completion of the George R. Brown Convention center in September.

The last major project to begin in 2021 was the new Minute Maid Park, which was not completed until later in 2022

### 2022

Houston, as for most of the world, did not experience much activity during the year, with the only major projects in the city being the completion of Minute Maid Park and the new Houston International Airport. Due to time constraints, no work was able to be done until later in 2023, with plans being made to once again revitalize the city with a third and final city plan, at the time estimated to reach completion in early 2025.

### 2023

Entering 2023 already with a elongated period of inactivity, plans to continue the city would not be started until mid-May, finally breaking a 9 month long stretch of any major projects. Just as the original plan two years earlier, most of the older buildings were removed, this time to increase the scale of the buildings, to coincide with the update to a taller building height. The first building to be constructed was 609 Main, which while using new decoration and more efficient use of space, would still use the outdated Water Elevator System, and would be the last building in the world to be built with it, just before the current California Elevator System. Progress on much of the city would be slow through the year, but would bring notable locations such as the Houston Zoo and Texas Medical Center.

## Districts

The City of Houston is comprised of 3 official districts, Downtown, Midtown, and Uptown. Due to the size of the city, these 3 districts are further broken down into more specific areas, however these are unofficial and are mostly used by locals.

**Downtown**

- Avenida

- Skyline District

## Transportation

Houston has a wide variety of Transportation systems, including the METRO-Rail, Bush Intercontinental Airport, City Buses, and the Tunnel System. All Transport in Houston and the Gulf Metropolitan Area are managed and ran by the Houston Transportation HQ.

## Skyscrapers

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Currently, the tallest building in Houston is Chase Tower, Which is the 2nd Tallest Building outside of New York.