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Greater Houston is part of the Texas Triangle megaregion along with the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Greater Austin, and Greater San Antonio. Greater Houston also serves as a major anchor and economic hub for the Gulf Coast. Its Port of Houston is the largest port in the United States and the 16th-largest in the world. [12]
The Houston Texans YMCA, serving the Third Ward, is located in Palm Center. [132] The previous YMCA facility in the Third Ward was the South Central YMCA, between the two universities. [133] This YMCA, in the era of de jure racial segregation, was open to African-Americans. Civil rights activist Quentin Mease found a previous facility and ...
YMCA of Greater Seattle turned its former residence into transitional housing for former foster care and currently homeless youth, aged 18 to 25. This YMCA operates six transitional housing programs and 20 studio apartments. These services are offered at their Young Adult drop-in center in Seattle, Washington. [17]
The following is a complete list of 25 metropolitan areas in Texas, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget. The largest two are ranked among the top 10 metropolitan areas in the U.S. Some metropolitan areas contain metropolitan divisions. Two metropolitan divisions exist within the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington MSA.
This is a complete list of all incorporated cities, towns, and villages and CDPs within Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area defined by the U.S. Census as of April 2010. Cities with more than 2,000,000 inhabitants
Houston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County, as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the ...
The Moody Family YMCA is in University Park. [32] It was formerly known as the Park Cities-North Dallas Branch YMCA. [33] Circa 2014 its previous building was to be demolished, and the YMCA leased 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m 2) in Preston Center for the period until its new building would open. [34]
The city has various YMCAs under the YMCA of Greater Houston. [58] Additionally there is a YWCA, the Gateway Branch. [59] The YWCA opened the Masterson YWCA in 1981. It had 50,000 square feet (4,600 m 2) of space. [60] Located near the Houston Heights, it was named after a donor, Carroll Masterson, and designed by Taft & Associates.