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Houston is the largest city within the state of Texas, fourth most populated in the United States, and the second-largest urban-economic area of the Southern Great Plains/Gulf Coast region. Houston is world renowned for its energy (particularly oil) and aeronautics industries and for its shipping channel. Houston is the largest petrochemical manufacturing area in the world. Much of Houston's success as a petrochemical complex is due to its man-made shipping channel, the Port of Houston. The Port of Houston is one of the busiest ports in the United States and second in the world in foreign tonnage handled. Houston is home of the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest concentration of research and healthcare institutions. Houston has much to offer, including the lowest cost of living and the least-expensive housing among 27 major U.S. metropolitan areas with populations of more than 1.7 million.
Houston has four major bayous passing through the city: Buffalo Bayou, which runs into downtown; Brays Bayou, which runs along the Texas Medical Center; White Oak Bayou, which runs through the Heights and near the northwest area; and Sims Bayou, which runs through the south of Houston and downtown Houston, merging into the ship channel. The ship channel goes past Galveston and into the Gulf of Mexico.*