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Houston Is Called the Energy Capital of the World. It's Also Home to the Largest Medical Complex on Earth — 106,000 People on One Campus.
Houston is known for oil, but the Texas Medical Center on its doorstep is the largest medical complex in the world -- 54 institutions, 106,000 employees, one 2.1-square-mile campus. The city's real economy has always run on more than energy; the oil just gets the headline.
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New Orleans Is Known for Mardi Gras. It Also Ships 60% of the Country's Grain Exports and Produces a Quarter of the Nation's Seafood.
The Mississippi River carries 92% of US agricultural exports, and most of it funnels out through New Orleans and South Louisiana -- rough...
Tampa Is Home to the U.S. Military Command That Runs Operations Across the Middle East. It's Also the Third-Largest Financial Hub in the Country.
MacDill Air Force Base, inside Tampa city limits, houses both CENTCOM and SOCOM -- the commands that run US military operations across th...
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