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Southwest Houston is a region in Houston, Texas, United States. South West Houston is considered to be the area from around Beltway 8 to Highway 6, south of Interstate 10. Many low-income apartment complexes are located in Southwest Houston.〔Turner, Allan. "(Evacuees landed in high-crime ZIP codes )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Friday January 20, 2006. Retrieved on October 18, 2011.〕 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.〔"(North Houston Has Highest Crime Rate )," ''KPRC-TV'', February 16, 2005, updated February 17, 2005. Retrieved on August 17, 2011.〕 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.〔"( A Little About HFD Fire District 68 )," ''Houston Fire Department District 68''〕 About 1/5 of Houston's homicides in 2005 occurred in this area. The Houston Metropolitan Chamber, formerly the Greater Southwest Houston Chamber of Commerce, serves several neighborhoods often identified as "Southwest Houston."〔"(Houston Chamber Re-Invents Itself after 61 years with a New Image )" ((Archive )). Houston Metropolitan Chamber. January 7, 2011. Retrieved on April 23, 2014.〕 ==History== From the 1980 U.S. Census to the 1990 Census, many African-Americans left traditional African-American neighborhoods and entered parts of Southwest Houston; areas of Southwest Houston received from more than 1,000 African-Americans per square mile to more than 3,500 African-Americans per square mile. Many Asian-Americans moved into Southwest Houston during the same period. They were mostly Chinese American, Indian American, and Pakistani American; some pockets of Cambodian Americans, Korean Americans, and Vietnamese Americans appeared during that period.〔Rodriguez, Lori. "(Census tracks rapid growth of suburbia )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday March 10, 1991. Section A, SOUTH WEST HOUSTON GULFTON. Retrieved on October 18, 2011.〕 On May 31, 2013, the Houston Fire Department suffered its largest casualty in a single event, the Southwest Inn fire, with four firefighters killed and 13 others were injured while fighting a 5-alarm fire at Southwest Inn,〔 〕 located in the Greater Sharpstown district of Southwest Houston.〔"(Contact )." ((Archive )) Southwest Inn. Retrieved on June 6, 2013.〕〔"(Map Major Roads )." ((Archive )) Greater Sharpstown Management District. Retrieved on August 15, 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Southwest Houston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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