Houston, Texas
People from all over the world have made Houston home, and each of them knows a different city. Your own chapter of it is worth telling in your own words.
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Where in Houston do you go to escape the summer heat, and what do you do there?
Start where you are. ToldForward sends one friendly question each day, and you answer it typed or with your device's own dictation. Over time your answers add up to a record of your Houston life in your own words, private while you live and ready one day for the people you name.
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Houston, Texas
Houston was founded in 1836 by the brothers Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen, on land near the banks of Buffalo Bayou. A lot has changed since then, and you have seen some of it. What did the city feel like when you first arrived, or when you were young? Tell it in your own words, with the heat, the rain and the traffic included, because those are part of your Houston too.
According to the city, at least 145 languages are spoken by Houston residents. Maybe you grew up speaking one at home and another at school. Maybe your table mixes recipes from more than one place. What did you eat, sing and celebrate growing up, and who taught you? Your own mix of traditions is part of what Houston is. Saved in your words, it can reach the generations after you, whatever language they speak.
NASA's Johnson Space Center, home of Mission Control, is in Houston. Where were you when you watched a launch, a landing or big news from space? Or maybe your story is closer to the ground: a plant shift, a night at the hospital or a small business you built from nothing. Whatever work filled your days, it shaped you. Describe it plainly, so the people you choose know what your days were really like.
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Answer one friendly question a day, typed or with your device's own dictation. With Archive Membership, the people you name can one day ask an AI guide to find your exact words, and it never pretends to be you.