How the Houston Chronicle is Catching Up to a Changing City

By: Richard Parker | CJR

The biggest city in Texas isn’t just big. Houston is vast, growing, and changing—fast.

The city proper is the fourth largest in the country, and the population of the sprawling metropolitan area is now greater than Philadelphia’s. By at least one account, it’s the most ethnically diverse city in America, too—the home of Urban Cowboy and Billy Bob’s is now a place where over 90 languages are spoken and the kimchi taco is a hit. And while downtown was once deserted when the sun went down, it is now alive with hotels, restaurants, and night life.