The Houston metropolitan area is also noteworthy as being the largest in the United States without formal zoning restrictions on where and how people can build.

作为美国城市中，未对居民聚居地点及分布作出区域规划的最大都市，休斯顿城也因此闻名。

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The city of Houston, the fourth largest in the United States opened a similar warehouse in October 2009.

休斯顿市，美国第四大城市在2009年也设置了类似的仓库。

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And for now, the people of Houston - the fourth-largest city in the United States - are under an overnight curfew due to the outages.

休斯敦是美国第四大城，目前因为断电而晚间实施宵禁。

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In the United States, it's newer because,for example, Houston - being a relatively new city - really was developed around the automobile."

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We have a 90-acre industrial terminal in Houston, which is the busiest project cargo terminal in the United States.

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