All the oil money sloshing around houston has been a boon to the city's cultural sector with wealthy donors supporting a range of artistic and musical institutions there's the museum of fine arts the contemporary arts museum the mental collection and the blaffer art museum to name a few if you prefer the work of up-and-coming artists the city has its own arts district on washington avenue which is home to the studios and workspaces of over 300 artists and creative entrepreneurs.

According to the US Census Bureau between 2010 and 2015 the population of houston grew by 8.9 percent, between july 2014 and july 2015 houston added over 40 000 residents. Living in a city that's booming is exciting and the optimism in houston is contagious.

The median home value in houston is around 150 thousand dollars it's a relatively affordable housing market which is part of why it has managed to attract so many new residents unlike cities like new york and san francisco which haven't supplied enough housing tokeep up with the demand from new residents. Houston's housing market has grown with its population preventing the kinds of real estate bubbles other cities have seen.

Houston is a diverse city with a large number of residents from other countries that's part of what makes it such a great place to live moving to houston will give you the opportunity to explore the many cuisines and languages over 90 are represented in the city that make houston what it is today.

Houston boasts more than 40 colleges universities and Institute's offering higher education options to suit all interests. It is also home to the Texas Medical Center the largest Medical Center in the world with a local economic impact of 10 billion dollars more than 52,000 people work within its facilities which encompass 21 million square feet altogether 4.8 million patients visit each year. Plus, fortune 500 companies are headquartered in Houston and of the world's largest non US corporations, 63 of them have a presence in Houston.