Abantu abaninzi bayazi malunga neHoston ngenxa yesimo sazo njengesidolophu sesine esikhulu kunazo zonke kwilizwe, inkcubeko yakhe yokushayela inkohlakalo , okanye i- Tex-Mex eqhelekileyo. Kodwa kuninzi kwiSixeko sendawo ngaphandle kweenombolo ezinkulu kunye ne- queso enhle . Ummandla we-metro ukhulu kunamanye amazwe, ulwahlulo lwawo lwahlukileyo alufani, kwaye uSam Houston wayenanto encinci yokwenza ngokudalwa kwayo. Nazi ezinye izinto (mhlawumbi) ongazi malunga neHouston, eTexas.
01 ngo-10
U-Houston akazange afumane i-shuttle space.
UkuFumana kweSithuba soKhuseleko. U-Eric Meola / Getty Images Xa i-NASA ithatha umhlala-phantsi umkhumbi we-shuttle emva kweminyaka engama-30 yendiza yendiza, ukuFumana, i-Enterprise, i-Endeavor kunye ne-Atlantis bonke bafumana indawo yokuphumla ngokusisigxina apha eMhlabeni-kodwa nangona iHoston ibe ikhaya likaNASA likaJohn Space Space kunye noLawulo loLawulo, akukho namnye kubo ophelile Isixeko sendawo. Kunoko, i-shuttles yathunyelwa kwiLwandle elingenakuPhepha, iMyuzi-mveliso ye-Air & Space eNew York; Isikhungo sase-Udvar-Hazy eChantilly, eVirginia (ngaphandle kweWashington DC); Isiko Lendawo YaseKennedy eFlorida; kunye neCalifornia yeScience Centre eLos Angeles.
I-Houston ingenakho ukuba i-shuttle yesikhala, kodwa inayo i-Saturn V, efanelekileyo ngendlela epholileyo. Ngelixa i-shuttles i-space ingaba nayo imihlangano engaphezu kwama-130 kwi-orbit ephantsi yomhlaba kunye neSitishi se-Space Space, iSaturn V ngokwenene yathumela abantu kwinyanga.
I-Houston yayingashiywanga ngokupheleleyo, ngaphandle koko, xa i-shuttle i-fleet isethathe umhlalaphantsi. I-Johnson Space Centre yafumana i-flight pilot kwaye ihlalo yeenqwelo, kunye ne-shuttle ye-replica ngoku ihlala kwi-747, enokutyelela kwi-Space Centre eHoston.
02 ngo 10
Yona mzi omkhulu kakhulu e-US
Ngokombiko we-Kinder Institute of Research Urban kunye ne-Hobby Centre yeSifundo seTexas, i-Houston yidolophu eyahlukileyo kakhulu e-United States-eyahluke ngakumbi kuneNew York City, eLos Angeles okanye eChicago. Kungenxa yokuba akukho nawuphi umzi onokulingana nokusabalalisa njengoko u-Houston enza kwiintlanga ezine ezinkulu / iintlanga ezitholakala eUnited States. Ngokwenene ininzi idolophu.
Kwakhona ngokuphawulekayo kumazwe ngamazwe. Iilwimi ezingaphezu kwe-90 zithethwa kwindawo ye-Houston, nangona eziqhelekileyo ziNgesi, iSpanish kunye nesiVietnam. Ngokuqhelekileyo kumangalisa abantu abaninzi ukuba bafumane ukuba iHouston inezona zininzi zase-Vietnam eziqhelekileyo zase-Vietnam ngaphandle kweCalifornia. Phantse ama-35,000 aseMelika aseMvietnam abiza ikhaya lekhaya, ikakhulukazi kwiindawo zaseMidtown naseMinatown zaseHouston.
03 ngo 10
Ukhula kwaye ukhawuleze.
I-Houston yeso sixeko esona sikhulu esakha ngokukhawuleza e-United States, siwela nje kufuphi neSixeko saseNew York, kwaye sikulungele ukufumana iChicago ibe sisixeko esikhulu sesithathu ezweni.
Kwakungekho njalo loo ndlela. Inani labantu baseHouston liphindwe kabini phakathi kowe-1950 no-1970 , ukuxhuma ukusuka ku-596,163 ukuya kuma-1,233,505, kwaye ukususela ngoko, kuye kwaphindaphindiwe kabini ngaphezu kwezigidi ezi-2 nje kuphela kwisixeko kuphela. Indawo kaMasipala waseHouston - engekho nje isixeko saseHouston, kodwa kunye neendawo ze-Woodlands kunye neSuarland - ikhaya labantu abayizigidi ezi-6.5.
Olu nyukelelo olukhawulezayo luye lwabangelwa ukukhula kumafama amakhulu aseHouston, ngokukodwa iyeza, ioli kunye negesi, kunye ne-aeronautics.
04 we-10
Ummandla we-metro ukhulu kunommandla waseNew Jersey.
Jose Velasquez / EyeEm / Getty Izithombe Indawo ye-metro yeHouston ithatha amayela angama-8,778 eekhilomitha, okwenza ibe mkhulu kunelizwe laseNew Jersey kodwa encinci kuneMassachusetts. Enyanisweni, isixeko sikhulu kakhulu kangangokuba ngokuqinisekileyo siquka ezinye iidolophu. Njengoko iHouston yakhula kwaye yaqalisa ukuncedisa iidolophana ezincinci, amanye amadlelo ashiywa ngokupheleleyo yiHouston.
Izixeko zaseBunker Hill Village, isiHlabathi saseHunters Creek kunye nePiney Points Village, ngokomzekelo, ziyinxalenye yokuqokelela izixeko ezizimeleyo ngasecaleni lasentshonalanga kwidolophu yaseHouston kwindawo eyaziwa ngokuba yiiSikhumbuzo. Ezi zixeko zijikelezwe ngokupheleleyo kwiimida zedolophu yaseHouston kodwa zizimeleyo kwaye zikarhulumente zedolophu kunye namasebe amapolisa.
05 we-10
Ifumana imvula enkulu kuneSeattle.
I-Houston ingaziwa ngokushisa kwayo naseTexas ilanga, kodwa inesabelo sayo esihle sezulu . Isixeko senza umyinge wama-intshi angu-45 emvula ngonyaka-malunga nee-intshi ezili-10 ngaphezu kwe-Seattle. Nangona i-Pacific Northwest ikwazi ukufumana iindawo ezihamba phambili, imvula kwiGulf Coast ivame ukuwa ngamaqabunga amaninzi. Yingakho i-Houston inomxholo we-bayous, okanye imilambo yamanzi, ijikeleza kuyo yonke loo mzi, iyinika isiteketiso seSixeko saseBayou. Njengoko imvula enzima iwela kwiindawo eziphathekayo, i-bayous iyakwazi ukuqokelela amanzi kwaye iyithwale.
Nangona le mijelo ihamba ngendlela ende yokukhusela ukukhukula, iHouston ayisayi kukhuselwa. Ukukhukhula kwemvula ngenxa yemvula enzima kakhulu emithonjeni ka-2015 no-2016 yabhubhisa amaninzi amakhaya kwaye yabangela ukufa kwabantu abaningana. Akukho nto ithelekiswayo, nangona kunjalo, kwiNkantwa yaseHarvey ngo-2017, xa kuneemitha ezingaphezu kweengu-50 zemvula zawela kwimiba yeentsuku, kwaphumela kumawaka angamawaka ebalekela amakhaya abo ngenxa yamanzi aphakama ngokukhawuleza.
06 ngo 10
Imigca yokuphosa ihamba phantsi kwesixeko.
Inkqubo yokuphosakela i-Long Point-Eureka Heights isebenza ukusuka kwicala elingasentshona-ntshona yeHarris County ukuya kwicala lasentla-ntshona, kwaye libonisa iimpazamo ezingaphezulu kwama-300, ngokweYunivesithi yaseHouston.
Nangona ezi mpazamo zingekho uhlobo olubangelwa ukuyikima komhlaba, banokunyuka ukuya kutshintshi ngonyaka. Umhlaba oguqukayo ufihlakele ukuba sizive, kodwa iinguqu ezincinci zinomphumo. Izakhiwo nezitrato ezithintela umgca wesiphene zingonakaliswa ngokuhamba kwexesha kwaye kwanezikhukhula ngokulula ngenxa yeenguqu ekuphakameni.
07 ngo 10
Nguye owokuqala ukhetha i-mayor yomntu oyedwa.
Imeh Akpanudosen / Umxhasi / i-Getty Izithombe Ngo-2009, iHouston yamisela u-Annise Parker, waba yidolophu enkulu kunazo zonke e-US ukunyula umntu ongumntu ongumntu ongumntu ongowesini. Ngelo xesha, uParker wayekade ejongene noluntu iminyaka emininzi, ekhonza zombini kwiofisi yoluntu kunye nomlindi wolungelo lobundlobongela. Unqobe uninzi lwamavoti ngo-2009, kwaye wabuya kwakhona ukuphumelela kokubili kwekota yesibini neyesithathu.
"Ngaloo suku abavoti baseHouston baye bavula iingcango kwimbali," kusho uParker ngethuba lokuqala lokuthobela igosa. "Ndiyavuma ukuba ndiyamkela oko. Ndiyazi ukuba uthetha ntoni, ndiyakuqonda, kuba ndivakalelwa kukuba, kodwa ngoku, ukusuka kulo mzuzwana, masijoyine njengommandla omnye. Sinobunye umnqophiso ekwenzeni lo mzi ube ngumzi onokuba yiloo nto, kufuneka , unokuba kwaye uya kuba. "
08 ngo 10
Uqoqosho lwayo lukhulu kunelo laseSweden.
I-GDP yedolophu yaseMouston yayingaphezu kwezigidigidi zamaRandi eziyi-500 ngo-2015, xa kuthelekiswa ne-Sweden ye-484 billion yezigidigidi. Enyanisweni, amazwe angama-21 kuphela kwihlabathi anemigangatho ye-GDP emikhulu kuneHouston.
Oku kwenzeka ukuba, kungekho nxalenye encinci, kwiinkampani ezinamandla kunye nee-Houston ezihlukeneyo. Isixeko sinezindlu ezingama-26 zeenkampani ezingama-Fortune 500, ezininzi zazo zikhoyo kwishishini leoli kunye negesi. Kodwa amawaka abantu baqeshwe yiPort of Houston, i-NASA kunye ne-Texas Medical Centre-eyona nkampani enkulu yezobugcisa kwihlabathi.
09 we-10
USam Houston akayena umsunguli.
Isixeko saseHouston sasisungulwa ngo-Agasti 1836 nguAgasus Chapman Allen noJohn Kirby Allen. Kungekudala emva kokuba iTexas iphumelele imfazwe yayo yokuzimela, abazalwana baka-Allen bathenga isiqwenga samahektare angama-6,642 kunye neBuffalo Bayou. Bathetha ukubiza igama labo elitsha emva kweqhawe lemfazwe kunye noMongameli wokuqala waseTexas, uSam Houston.
USam Houston wayenempumelelo enkulu eTexas 'imbali yokuqala - kuquka ukuphumelela iMfazwe edumile yaseSan Jacinto - kodwa ukusekwa kukaHouston kwakungekho omnye wabo.
10 kwi-10
Yindlu kwikhaya lokuqala lamaHindu leMarmir yalo hlobo eMntla Melika
Katie Haugland / Flickr I-Shri Swaminarayan Mandir e-Houston ngowona mthonyama woMdabu wamaHindu wohlobo lwawo e-United States. Iziqwenga zithunyelwa zivela eNdiya ziya eUnited States ziza kuphinda zihlangane ngokucophelela e-Stafford, eTexas, kwinqanaba elingaphandle kwe-Houston. Yenziwe ngamaqhekeza angama-33,000 aqoshiwe ngesandla e-Turkish Limestone ne-Italian marble, i-mandir yathabatha iinyanga ezili-16 kunye neeyure eziyi-1.3 yezigidi zokuzibandakanya ukuba zihlangane.
Kalokunje, yintambo yezinto zokomoya, ezenkcubeko nezentlalo kumaHindu kunye neendwendwe ngokufanayo. Isakhiwo ngokwayo siyamangalisa, kodwa ubuncwane bokwenene bubunqamlezo obungcwele bezithixo kunye ne-gurus - efunyenwe ngaphakathi. Njengetempile ngokwayo, i-murtis ibuchukumise ngobuhlungu kwaye imangalisa kwi-vibrancy kunye neenkcukacha zazo.
I-mandir ibaluleke kakhulu kwindawo yokuqala yonqulo, kodwa iindwendwe ziyamkeleka ukutyelela itempile, ngokude nje ukuba zineengubo ezifanelekileyo kwaye zihambelana nezikhokelo ezichazwe yetempile.