Houston

Lone Star hub

Houston is a major city in southeastern Texas, the fourth most populous in the United States and home to NASA's Johnson Space Center.

The phrase Houston, we have a problem comes from the 1970 Apollo 13 mission and now signals any unexpected difficulty.

Sam Houston was the Texas revolutionary leader for whom the city was named.

Texas

Dallas

North Texas metropolitan area

cattle · oil · ranching · Tejano · Tex-Mex · humidity · hurricane · bayou · flatland · drawl

culture

diversity

State of varied elements

Hispanic · Cajun · cuisine · festivals · hip-hop · Beyoncé · Lizzo · rodeo · crawfish · BBQ

NASA

Apollo

Sun deity, moonshot namesake

rocket · lunar · Orion · spacecraft · launchpad · ISS · Hubble · spacewalk · zero-gravity · propulsion

industry

oil

Slippery viscous fluid

pipelines · petrochemical · Exxon · Chevron · drilling · offshore · engineering · shipping · port · cargo

sports

Astros

Houston's professional baseball team

  • RocketsSelf-propelled projectiles
  • TexansResidents of a southwestern state
  • tailgatingFollowing another vehicle unsafely
landmarks

Astrodome

First major domed stadium

Categories
Opposites
Texas city hierarchy/role

HoustonAustin

Texas capital city

Dallas · San Antonio · state capital

U.S. urban geography/climate

HoustonMinneapolis

Major Minnesota metropolis

Denver · Seattle · Boston · Portland · Fairbanks

urban character/density

HoustonNew York City

America's largest city

San Francisco · Boston · Chicago · Philadelphia · Manhattan

Phrases
Family

house, houses, housed, housing, householder, housekeeper, housewife, household, housework

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G