Main article: Crime in Houston The Houston Theater District located in Downtown is home to nine major performing arts organizations and six performance halls It is the second-largest concentration of theater seats in a downtown area in the United States. . ; Republican John Kasich[a] Carly Fiorina[a] 0 0.0% 1 1930s Because Houston is on the Gulf of Mexico the city has a small chance of being hit by hurricanes or tropical storms every hurricane season (June through November)! The internationally known slogan "Don't Mess with Texas" began as an anti-littering advertisement Since the campaign's inception in 1986 the phrase has become "an identity statement a declaration of Texas swagger". Cityscape Tropical storms Thomas Jefferson Rusk settled in Nacogdoches Nacogdoches County and was also a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas; (28) 87 School Trustee Pct 4 Pos 2 Angie Chesnut Republican Oscar Branch Colquitt newspaper owner in Pittsburg Camp County and in Morris County Houston is considered an automobile-dependent city with an estimated 77.2% of commuters driving alone to work in 2016 up from 71.7% in 1990 and 75.6% in 2009 in 2016 another 11.4% of Houstonians carpooled to work while 3.6% used public transit 2.1% walked and 0.5% bicycled a commuting study estimated that the median length of commute in the region was 12.2 miles (19.6 km) in 2012. According to the 2013 American Community Survey the average work commute in Houston (city) takes 26.3 minutes a 1999 Murdoch University study found that Houston had both the lengthiest commute and lowest urban density of 13 large American cities surveyed and a 2017 Arcadis study ranked Houston 22nd out of 23 American cities in transportation sustainability. Harris County is one of the largest consumers of gasoline in the United States ranking second (behind Los Angeles County) in 2013.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Lyndon B Johnson Space Center (NASA JSC) in Southeast Houston sits as the crown jewel of Texas's aeronautics industry Fort Worth hosts both Lockheed Martin's Aeronautics division and Bell Helicopter Textron. Lockheed builds the F-16 Fighting Falcon the largest Western fighter program and its successor the F-35 Lightning II in Fort Worth. . Houston was the headquarters of Continental Airlines until its 2010 merger with United Airlines with headquarters in Chicago; regulatory approval for the merger was granted in October of that year Bush Intercontinental is currently United Airlines' second largest hub behind O'Hare International Airport. United Airlines' share of the Houston Airport System's commercial aviation market was nearly 60% in 2017 with 16 million enplaned passengers in early 2007 Bush Intercontinental Airport was named a model "port of entry" for international travelers by U.S Customs and Border Protection.
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