City Shift

Houston’s Hottest Neighborhoods Aren’t in Houston Anymore

Data reveals how affordability, housing supply, and climate risk are reshaping where Houstonians can afford to live.

City Limits?

Living in the Sprawl: What Counts as Houston?

From Montrose to Katy, the question of where Houston begins—and ends—has never been harder to answer.

12/18/2025 By Erica Cheng

H-Town Till We Drown

Why we’re still totally in love with (and committed to) the Bayou City.

Dept. of Fact Checking

Everyone’s saying it, so it must be true...right?

Urban Planning

Four of Houston’s think tanks square off.

essay

Why do so many Houstonians flee the city for the suburbs? Cort McMurray has a few ideas.

09/16/2014 By Cort McMurray

City on a Hill

New meaning for a once-dirty word

10/31/2013 By Robb Walsh