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The Texas Medical Center is the largest single employer in Houston , and the largest medical center in the world, with 21 hospitals, eight academic and research institutions, and 50 total related organizations, all not-for-profit.
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There's a spectacular range of ethnic cuisines, fantastic seafood, and great barbecue.
Houston has particularly excellent Vietnamese food due to a massive expatriate population, which was partially drawn by the large seafood industry. There's great Mexican food, and a strong Cajun presence due to the proximity of New Orleans and the many people who came after Katrina and stayed. 
The publication  gave glowing reviews to innovative Houston restaurants Oxheart and Underbelly. Its chief food critic, Pete Wells, wrote that Houston is becoming " one of the country's most exciting places to eat." 
Though it's known for its association with the oil industry, Houston has lots and lots of parks and green space —  50,632 acres in total. That puts it third in the U.S. behind only San Diego and Dallas in acreage per capita.
It's not quite the college town that Boston is, but Houston's higher education system is nothing to sniff at. The University of Houston has some 39,000 students  and was elevated to Tier One status as a research university by the Carnegie Foundation in 2011. 
Houston's Museum of Fine Arts is among the largest museums in the U.S., and one of the best collections of American decorative art and furniture in the house of a former trustee, along with 14 acres of former gardens.  
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The Rockets made it to the playoffs for the second year in a row,  the Houston Dynamo of the MLS have been a perennial t&t calgary playoff contender, and d espite a tough season the Texans look forward to next year after signing 2014's No. 1 draft pick,  Jadeveon Clowney t&t calgary . 
Beyoncé was born in Houston in 1981 , and competed in the area's talent show circuit with her childhood friend Kelly Rowland and LaTavia Robertson as Girl's Tyme, which later became Destiny's Child. 
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