Why is the asterisk before the variable name, rather than after the type?

Question

Why do most C programmers name variables like this:

int *myVariable;

rather than like this:

int* myVariable;

Answer 1

Consider

int *x = new int();

This does not translate to

int *x;
*x = new int();

It actually translates to

int *x;
x = new int();

This makes the int *x notation somewhat inconsistent.