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Houston also has world-class visual and performing arts organizations, along with a dose of homegrown folk art that can't be found anywhere else in the world, such as Art Cars. Houston offers the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Ballet, the Alley Theatre and is second only to New York City in terms of seat concentration. Houston is one of only five cities in the country with these year-round visual and performing arts available, and is widely recognized as the nation's third most important city for contemporary visual art. Less than an hour from the Gulf of Mexico, Houston is close to sunny beaches, one of the nation's largest concentrations of pleasure boats, and tourist attractions such as the Kemah Boardwalk and Galveston Island.Houston has Six Flags Astroworld, one of the larger Six Flags amusement parks. AstroWorld is home to the only pipe-line barrel roll roller coaster in North America. Its other major claim to fame are the Texas Cyclone, which, when built, was one of the largest wooden roller coasters in the United States; the Ultra Twister, which is widely regarded as one of the most unique rides in the United States. AstroWorld is adjacent to Six Flags Waterworld, a water park, which has been incorporated into the theme park, and is nearby the Reliant Park complex.
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