Why Houston, not Chicago, deserves to be third in the Census
Emma Balter,
Staff writers
"Why have a beautiful river by your skyline (Chicago, right) when you can have a beautiful spaghetti of highways (Houston, left)."
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Not sure if you've heard, but they say everything is bigger in Texas. Everything except the state's largest city, apparently.
According to the just-dropped 2020 U.S. Census, Houston is still the fourth most-populous city in the country, behind New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. For years, there has been speculation about when — not if — Houston will take the Windy City's third place.
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