From: davidc@wa-wd.com   
      
   On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:00:30 -0000 (UTC), Louis Epstein   
    wrote:   
      
   >David Carson  wrote:   
   >> Galveston was Texas' most populous city until the hurricane of 1900   
   >> devastated it. It was decided to rebuild the port in Houston, which led to   
   >> that city's explosive growth. If not for the hurricane, the first word on   
   >> the moon may have been derived from the name of the 49th viceroy of New   
   >> Spain, Bernardo de Galvez.   
   >   
   >Since the followup devastation of Hurricane Ike,   
   >Galveston is not even the most populous city in   
   >its county.   
      
   That isn't because of Ike. The mainland of Galveston County has grown   
   along with all of Houston's other outer suburban areas, while the city   
   of Galveston has been in a slow decline since around 1960.  League   
   City surpassed Galveston in population by 2005. The reasons are   
   economic, not weather-related. The mainland of Galveston County is   
   predominantly Republican and prosperous. The city of Galveston is a   
   longtime Democrat stronghold, and we all know what happens to those   
   places.   
      
   David Carson   
      
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