 John Nova Lomax of "Texas Monthly" stated that he typically did not adhere to the prepositions for more distant cities of about , and/or at least about one to two hours driving distance, away, especially in regards to east-west travel (for example to the state of Louisiana, the city of New Orleans, and San Antonio), while he continued to use the prepositions for further-out places to the north and south (such as Corpus Christi, Dallas, and the Rio Grande Valley).Houston has a lively music scene and while it can claim no broad genre as its own, it has been fertile ground for the
development of niche styles in American blues and Latin music --- a tradition that continues today with a uniquely
distinctive regional style emerging in Houston's rap music community.Houston's reputation as a mature center for classical music is the product of more than a century of dedication and community support.