Austin, we have a problem

Article Abstract:

Austin, Texas collected 35,000 new residents in 1999, and is now the center of a metropolitan area numbering one million people. Its booming high-tech sector has produced great wealth and luxurious suburbs, but also higher overall housing prices that are forcing its artistic and musical community out of town.

High technology industry, Housing policy, Growth, Urban policy, Austin, Texas, Middle classes, Middle class

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Armandina Solis Payen, Odessa, Tex., May 5, 2001

Article Abstract:

An elderly woman admits that the factory four blocks from her home pollutes the air, makes her fear explosions, hurts her eyes, and makes it hard for her to breathe. Still, she would never move to a city, because the 9/11/01 attacks make it 'dangerous'.

Column, Pollution, Public opinion, Disasters, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001, Odessa, Texas

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Deep in the heart of Houston

Article Abstract:

A return to Houston, Texas, after an absence of several years is described. The city remains a welcoming, but underrated , tourist destination.

Description and travel, Museums, Houston, Texas

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