Houston is the main port of Texas, a state in the USA. Texas is one of the largest producers of oil and other petrochemical products on the whole planet, and it is also the home to the famous Lyndon Johnson Space Center.
Texas is famous for farming, mineral production and oil.
The USA has lots of different states. In fact, it has 50 of them! The USA is one of the largest nations in the world and it is generally seen as the most powerful. Its companies (such as Coca Cola, IBM, Microsoft, Pepsi, MacDonald's, etc) are some of the biggest and richest in the world. The USA rocks!!!
You hear from some informants that Jimbo was definitely in town - and not too long ago. He has left, however, but you are told that he was talking a lot about Gaelic football and visiting the home of Saint Patrick.