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Sunnyside is a community in southern Houston, Texas, United States, south of Downtown Houston. Sunnyside is outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8 off State Highway 288 south of Downtown Houston and is predominantly African American. The community's slogan is "Sunnyside Pride." Sunnyside included a landfill, an adjacent garbage incinerator, and several salvage yards; the incinerator has closed.〔"(Sunnyside )." ''Houston HOPE''. Retrieved on December 12, 2008.〕 The city of Houston describes Sunnyside's housing as "suburban-style."〔"(Sunnyside )." ''Houston Hope Homes''. Retrieved on May 2, 2009.〕 As of 2007 Sandra Massie-Hines is the honorary mayor of Sunnyside.〔"(Volunteers brought Thanksgiving to them )." ''KTRK-TV''. Thursday November 22, 2007. Retrieved on April 22, 2009.〕 ==History== Sunnyside, the oldest African-American community in southern Houston, was first platted in 1912.〔Longoria, Rafael and Susan Rogers. "(The Rurban Horseshoe )." ''Cite 73''. The Rice Design Alliance, (Northern Hemisphere) Winter 2008. Page 20. Retrieved on February 24, 2010.〕 When the community opened in the 1910s, H. H. Holmes, the founder, gave the land the name Sunny Side.〔"(School Histories: the Stories Behind the Names )." ''Houston Independent School District''. Accessed September 24, 2008.〕 By the 1940s area residents established a water district and a volunteer fire department. The City of Houston annexed Sunnyside in 1956.〔 From the 1980 U.S. Census to the 1990 Census, many African-Americans left traditional African-American neighborhoods like Sunnyside and entered parts of Southwest Houston.〔Rodriguez, Lori. "(Census tracks rapid growth of suburbia )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday March 10, 1991. Section A, Page 1. Retrieved on October 23, 2011.〕 Sunnyside lost 30% of its population in the decade prior to August 20, 1992.〔Roth, Bennett. "(Convention '92/Sunnyside feels little warmth from GOP )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday August 20, 1992. B10. Retrieved on October 23, 2011.〕 Between 1990 and 2000 the Hispanic population of Sunnyside increased by between 5 and 10 percent.〔Rodriguez, Lori. "(SHIFTING DEMOGRAPHICS / Latinos bringing change to black neighborhoods / Newcomers are finding acceptance comes gradually )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Monday May 2, 2005. A1. Retrieved on February 4, 2009.〕 As of January 2007, according to a ''Houston Chronicle'' article, Sunnyside has many issues with recreational drug use. Phencyclidine (PCP) is cited by the article as a drug popular in Sunnyside.〔Crowe, Robert. "(Destructive force mars Sunnyside's rebirth )," ''Houston Chronicle'', January 27, 2007. A1. Retrieved on July 14, 2010.〕 On August 30, 2007, the ''Houston Chronicle'' published an article about a syphilis outbreak in Houston. Marlene McNeese-Ward, the Houston Health Department chief of HIV/STD and Viral Hepatitis Prevention, stated "We're really looking at Acres Homes especially, and Sunnyside, but there's not too many ZIP codes ... where we're not seeing any (cases)."〔Grant, Alexis. "(Houston targets syphilis increase )," ''Houston Chronicle'', August 29, 2007. B1 MetFront.〕 In 2010 a zip code including much of the Sunnyside area had 118 registered sex offenders; it has the highest concentration of sex offenders of any zip code without facilities designed to house registered sex offenders. While some other Houston areas have higher concentrations of sex offenders than Sunnyside, those areas have specific facilities housing sex offenders. Travis McGee, the president of the Sunnyside Civic Association, said that the Sunnyside area was a "dumping field for anything that’s negative" and that he felt fear for area children.〔Russell, Rucks. "(Sex offenders cause nervous neighbors )." ''KHOU-TV''. January 4, 2010. Retrieved on January 21, 2010.〕 A 2013 NeighborhoodScout crime study that analyzed data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) concluded that Sunnyside was #6 in its list of the 25 most dangerous neighborhoods in the United States. According to the ranking, every year each Sunnyside resident had a 1 in 11 chance of becoming a victim of crime, and the violent crime rate was 91.27 out of 1,000.〔Stanton, Robert. "(Two Houston neighborhoods called most dangerous in U.S. )" ''Houston Chronicle''. April 30, 2013. Retrieved on March 16, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sunnyside, Houston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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