How Interesting Would It Have Been If Houston Was Formed on the Banks of the Trinity Bay

I know this is hypothetical and at this point and probably nonsensical..... ..but I've been perusing the geography of Houston lately and when you think about the fact the top 3 largest cities, NYC, LA, CHI all have a clear and massive body of water present, it would be have been perfect (IMHO) if Houston would have historically developed right where Baytown is today.....so that you would likely see a downtown in that area with the water vistas.....and accordingly developed and encompassed the entire bay.

For comparison purposes the Trinity Bay is about 20 miles across, compared to the northern Bronx to southern Staten Island in NYC is like 35 miles across. Hence, Houston could have developed a true waterside community and still be comfortably sized with obvious room to grow outward in whatever county political boundaries would have grown out of that.....

After doing my intensive wiki research :bowtie:, I saw that the Battle of San Jacinto was fought by Sam Houston (the namesake) 25 miles east of Houston, in present day La Porte, TX, right across the river from Baytown, TX. I guess technically, its in close proximity, but if the businessmen that incorporated the city had instead just hung around the area, imagine what a Houston, aqua-centric, would look like today :shocked:.........I assume the area was probably to marshy to start a city and they figured, lets get away from these damn mosquitos, but still have access to the Gulf and Bay via the river.....

Very random I'm sure....just was curious about the Galveston Bay and Trinity Bay and started thinking to hard :lol: :cheers:

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/oceans/oceanviews/slide_31.html


http://www.marydunn.com/waterfront.asp