RE: Having lived in Houston for awhile in the 60s, I can tell the author that that is not something they realized—it’s been that way for a hell of a long time. It was a bit chaotic insofar as zoning, but it was gangbusters for the economy.
Is Houston conservative or liberal?
I know that Texas is a conservative red state but HOUSTON?
This is the city that voted REPEATEDLY for that idiot, tea party hater, Sheila Jackson Lee.
Texas District 7 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves a small area of western Harris County. As of the 2000 census, District 7 comprises 651,620 people.
One of the wealthiest districts in the state, District 7 includes several upscale areas of western Houston, wealthy enclaves of Houston, one incorporated suburb, large areas of unincorporated suburbs, and the heavily Democratic Neartown area. The district was one of the state's first to elect a Republican to office and is now one of the most Republican districts in Texas. It has not elected a Democrat to office since 1967, before districts of equal population were required. Republican John Culberson has represented the district since 2001.
However, the suburbs are about as conservative as you can get, exceeded in this only by the outlying rural areas. Needless to say, it is in the suburbs where the most active growth is occurring.