Talk:Houston

Good article

It would be great to get the Houston article back to at least GA status. Postoak (talk)

Climate

I think we should highlight somehow, that Houston has a very short winter. And most days throughout February and March has a daytime temperature above 22.

kind of bordering a tropical climate. דולב חולב (talk) 06:07, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Please see Talk:San AntonioPAper GOL (talk) 08:29, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Zoning/flooding comment

Regarding the following sentence "Flooding has been a recurring problem in the Houston area, exacerbated by a lack of zoning laws, which allowed unregulated building of residential homes and other structures in flood-prone areas," this is a subject of controversy among urban planners. M. Nolan Gray states in "Arbitrary Lines" that the lack of zoning actually PREVENTED the flooding from being worse. Here's the relevant passage: "To the degree that the damage of Hurricane Harvey was a story of development run amok, this development was almost entirely in Houston’s zoned suburbs, where regulators callously allowed development in floodplains and without sufficient stormwater infrastructure. Ironically, to the extent that Houston’s lack of zoning made infill development easier, non-zoning likely helped to stem the tide of wetlands development and mitigate the damage." Here is his citation for that sentence (written by himself lol): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-04/how-houston-s-zoning-can-help-hurricane-harvey-recovery Sharpie 928 (talk) 21:50, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

If no one objects, I will add a sentence stating that zoning's roll in Harvey's flooding is disputed after a few days. Sharpie 928 (talk) 21:57, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Hip hop

how the hell is there no brief paragraph on the hip hop scene in houston. The atl page has one. Houston is literally one of the most influential cities in hip hop, with one of the richest scenes. 2605:B100:542:6B85:80AE:5FF4:A0D4:E5E (talk) 22:16, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

You could make a "music" section under "culture" maybe? Then emulate the style of the Atlanta music section. Sharpie 928 (talk) 20:49, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

"Most diverse"?

The source cited for the claim that Houston is the "most diverse" city in Texas and the country only says that Hispanic residents have taken a larger share of the population than previously and that segregation has diminished. Does that really support the claim? 'Diversity' should have to do with the number of significant minority groups, not the relative size of one of them 216.16.137.230 (talk) 13:27, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

"Most diverse" is the exact language used by the source, so yes, it supports the claim. On Wikipedia we generally don't use our personal definitions of what a term should mean (see WP:NOR), we go with what the source uses. MrOllie (talk) 13:34, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

It was the validity of the source that I was questioning; it's a secondary source (riddled with typos) that only discusses one ethnic group in any meaningful depth. Here's an NPR article (still secondary, but it appears the original sociological study is inaccessible) that uses the same "diversity" language but includes relevant statistics for all major groups and would support the sentence on Wikipedia far better: https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/07/01/195909643/tx2020-houston-racial-ethnic-diversity-americas-future 216.16.137.230 (talk) 14:08, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

It seems to me both are worth keeping. I added the source you suggested. Cerebral726 (talk) 14:13, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 November 2024

Change Houston (/ˈhjuːstən/ ⓘ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States to Houston (/ˈhjuːstən/ ⓘ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas in the Southern United States. Just remove the and 2603:8080:D03:89D4:76E7:6E76:D599:24BE (talk) 23:11, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: The "and" is there deliberately to indicate that Houston is BOTH the most populous city in Texas, AND the most populous city in the Southern United States. Removing it would change the sentence to merely provide the information that Texas is in the Southern United States which, while true, isn't really relevant to Houston per se. PianoDan (talk) 18:49, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

I actually meant to remove the in to make it like "Houston is the most populous city in Texas and Southern United States". Sorry about the confusion 2603:8080:D03:89D4:D920:87FA:7437:B2D0 (talk) 22:04, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Ah. That I can get behind. PianoDan (talk) 18:22, 27 November 2024 (UTC)