Fifty-floor rectangular skyscraper with rows of identical windows and minimal ornamentation, 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. ; . 7 Legacy The Convention of 1836 in Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1 attracted 45 delegates representing 21 municipalities. Within an hour of the convention's opening George C Childress submitted a proposed Texas Declaration of Independence which passed overwhelmingly on March 2 on March 6 hours after the Alamo had fallen Travis's final dispatch arrived His distress was evident; delegate Robert Potter immediately moved that the convention be adjourned and all delegates join the army. Houston convinced the delegates to remain and then left to take charge of the army With the backing of the Convention Houston was now commander-in-chief of all regular volunteer and militia forces in Texas. The state's conservative white voters began to support Republican presidential candidates by the mid-20th century After this period they supported Republicans for local and state offices as well and most whites became Republican Party members the party also attracted some minorities but many have continued to vote for Democratic candidates the shift to the Republican Party is much-attributed to the fact that the Democratic Party became increasingly liberal during the 20th century and thus increasingly out-of-touch with the average Texas voter as Texas was always a conservative state voters switched to the GOP which now more closely reflected their beliefs. Commentators have also attributed the shift to Republican political consultant Karl Rove who managed numerous political campaigns in Texas in the 1980s and 90s. Other stated reasons included court-ordered redistricting and the demographic shift in relation to the Sun Belt that favored the Republican Party and conservatism. In October 2001 Enron a Houston-based energy company got caught in accounting scandals ultimately leading to collapse of the company and its accounting firm Arthur Andersen and the arrest and imprisonment of several executives, The cattle industry continued to thrive though it gradually became less profitable Cotton and lumber became major industries creating new economic booms in various regions of the state Railroad networks grew rapidly as did the port at Galveston as commerce between Texas and the rest of the U.S (and the rest of the world) expanded As with some other states before the lumber industry quickly decimated the forests of Texas such that by the early 20th century the majority of the forest population in Texas was gone (later conservation efforts restored some of it but never to the level it once was). The Frenchman guided the Spanish to the French fort in late April 1689 the fort and the five crude houses surrounding it were in ruins. Several months before the Karankawa had become angry that the French had taken their canoes without payment and had attacked the settlement sparing only four children.
. World War II had a dramatic impact on Texas as federal money poured in to build military bases munitions factories POW detention camps and Army hospitals; 750,000 young men left for service; the cities exploded with new industry; the colleges took on new roles; and hundreds of thousands of poor farmers left the fields for much better paying war jobs never to return to agriculture. Texas manufactured 3.1 percent of total United States military armaments produced during World War II ranking eleventh among the 48 states, Throughout the night Mexican troops worked to fortify their camp creating breastworks out of everything they could find including saddles and brush at 9 a.m on April 21 Cos arrived with 540 reinforcements bringing the Mexican force to 1,200 men which outnumbered the Texians. Cos's men were raw recruits rather than experienced soldiers and they had marched steadily for more than 24 hours with no rest and no food. As the morning wore on with no Texian attack Mexican officers lowered their guard by afternoon Santa Anna had given permission for Cos's men to sleep; his own tired troops also took advantage of the time to rest eat and bathe, 1980 2,409,547 38.3% Languages See also: List of Texas railroads. 2.1 Rivers The architecture of Houston includes a wide variety of award-winning and historic examples located in various areas of the city of Houston Texas From early in its history to current times the city inspired innovative and challenging building design and construction as it quickly grew into an internationally recognized commercial and industrial hub of Texas and the United States. Downtown Houston East Texas lacks the strong influence of late 19th and early 20th-century European immigrants from Germany and Central Europe Similarly the new waves of immigrants since the late 20th century primarily from India other Asian nations and Latin America and their influences have been less prevalent in East Texas. 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. Notes Casualties and war crimes Due to its size and geologic features such as the Balcones Fault Texas contains diverse landscapes common to both the U.S Southern and Southwestern regions. Although Texas is popularly associated with the U.S southwestern deserts less than 10% of Texas's land area is desert. Most of the population centers are in areas of former prairies grasslands forests and the coastline Traveling from east to west one can observe terrain that ranges from coastal swamps and piney woods to rolling plains and rugged hills and finally the desert and mountains of the Big Bend.
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