Southwest Houston is a region in Houston, Texas, United States.
Many low-income apartment complexes are located in Southwest Houston. The apartment complexes bordered by U.S. Route 59 (Southwest Freeway) and Bissonnet Road, including properties along Bellaire Boulevard and Gulfton Drive, are dense and known for crime. Illegal immigrants came to the apartments, which began attracting low income tenants after the 1980s Texas oil bust. Hurricane Katrina refugees came to the apartments in 2005. About 1/5 of Houston's homicides in 2005 occurred in this area.
The Greater Southwest Houston Chamber of Commerce serves several neighborhoods often identified as "Southwest Houston."
Read more about Southwest Houston: History, Neighborhoods and Communities Considered To Be in Southwest Houston, Economy, Education
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“In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star sign. In Houston you’re told how rich they are. And in New York they tell you what their rent is.”
—Simon Hoggart (b. 1946)