. The Golden Triangle is an area of extreme Southeast Texas near the Louisiana border the "triangle" is formed by Beaumont Port Arthur and Orange which are the largest cities in the area "Golden" refers to the wealth that came from the Spindletop oil strike near Beaumont in 1901 in an attempt to distance the area from the petrochemical industry some area interests attempted to rename the Golden Triangle as the "Triplex." This name change did not catch on and local residents still refer to it as the Golden Triangle Some residents of the Golden Triangle do not consider the Greater Houston area to be part of Southeast Texas and place the western boundary of the region approximately at the Trinity River which is roughly 30 miles from downtown Houston. In the 2000s the Baylor College of Medicine was annually considered within the top ten medical schools in the nation; likewise the MD Anderson Cancer Center had been consistently ranked as one of the top two U.S hospitals specializing in cancer care by U.S News & World Report since 1990 the Menninger Clinic a psychiatric treatment center is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine and the Houston Methodist Hospital System. With hospital locations nationwide and headquarters in Houston the Triumph Healthcare hospital system was the third largest long term acute care provider nationally in 2005. In Harris County the average one way commute for a person using an automobile was 25 minutes while the average commute for a person not using an automobile was 44 minutes a 76% longer duration than the figure for commuters with cars. The land comprising Mexican Texas between the Red Sabine and Nueces Rivers is shaded yellow the land between this boundary and the Rio Grande on the south and the Arkansas River on the north is shaded green and marked as "claimed territory"; Many large mass shootings have occurred in Texas including the University of Texas tower shooting the Luby's shooting the 2009 Fort Hood shooting the Sutherland Springs church shooting the Santa Fe High School shooting and the 2019 El Paso shooting, Est 2018 2,464,124 17.3% Prevailing winds are from the south and southeast during most of the year which bring heat and moisture from the nearby Gulf of Mexico and Galveston Bay, Much of Houston's success as a petrochemical complex is due to its busy man-made ship channel the Port of Houston the port ranks first in the country in international commerce and is the sixth-largest port in the world Amid other U.S ports it is the busiest in foreign tonnage and second in overall tonnage Because of these economic trades many residents have moved to Houston from other U.S states as well as hundreds of countries worldwide. Tropical storms 7.1 Ethnicity NRG Stadium The Texas Medical Center in Houston holds the world's largest concentration of research and healthcare institutions with 47 member institutions. Texas Medical Center performs the most heart transplants in the world the University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is a highly regarded academic institution that centers around cancer patient care research education and prevention.
. . Corporate involvement in culture In 1839 the Republic of Texas relocated its capital to Austin the town suffered another setback that year when a yellow fever epidemic claimed about one life out of every eight residents Yet it persisted as a commercial center forming a symbiosis with its Gulf Coast port Galveston Landlocked farmers brought their produce to Houston using Buffalo Bayou to gain access to Galveston and the Gulf of Mexico Houston merchants profited from selling staples to farmers and shipping the farmers' produce to Galveston; The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts is a relatively new addition to the Theatre District it was designed by architect Robert A M Stern and completed in 2002 providing two theaters specifically for theater and musical performances. Sarofim Hall a 2,600-seat theater acoustically designed for touring Broadway productions is home to "Theatre Under the Stars." Zilkha Hall an intimate 500-seat venue with full orchestra pit showcases smaller touring groups, Main article: Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II As of 2013 37% of non-Hispanic Whites in Harris County had college or postgraduate degrees and 36% of them had annual incomes over $75,000 As of 2013 19% of Blacks in Harris County had college or postgraduate degrees as did 13% of U.S.-born Latinos and 7% of Latino immigrants.
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