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West Side Houston Defines a New Prosperous Suburban Society
In western Harris County Houston the West Side drives rapid growth and a cosmopolitan, middle class boom. Residents include Phil and Laura Keever and John and Barbara Lajoie among others, with diversity in origins, politics, and high incomes from the energy sector shaping a blended suburban culture.
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William K. Stevens
N.Y. Times News Service
Houston
Harris County
West Side
Sun Belt
Piney Woods
Texas
Seventh Congressional District
Department of Commerce
New York
Ford
Bill Clements
Norchester
Phil
Laura Keever
Keever
University of Texas
Oil and Gas
Allied Chemical Corp
Union Texas Petroleum Division
Galveston
Sarah Lawrence College
League of Women Voters
Keevers
Jimmy Carter
John Hill
Clements
Sarah Lawrence
John Lajoie
Barbara
New England
University of Massachusetts
Lajoie
National Supply Co
Armco Steel
Venezuela
American Association of University Women
Lajoies
Ginny Ewald
Spring Branch
Kansas State University
Denver
Ewalds
West
George F. Babbitt