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The Woodlands, TX is an affluent suburb of Houston located in Montgomery County. It has been ranked as one of the top places to live in the US according to reviews from BestPlaces.net. The Woodlands offers a variety of amenities such as excellent public schools, plenty of shopping centers, and outdoor recreational activities, making it an ideal place for families and professionals alike. Additionally, its high median home value and cost of living make it a desirable area among those looking to settle down in Texas. With low crime rates and a comfortable climate year round, The Woodlands provides residents with some of the highest quality of life among all US cities. It has consistently ranked as one of the best places to live in Texas and is sure to continue being a highly sought-after location for many years to come.

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#2 Most Irritation Prone Cities
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#4 Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster (Highest Risk)
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#4 Riskiest Places for Natural Disasters
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#6 Hurricane Hotspots
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#9 Most Congested Cities
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#9 Americas Manliest Cites 2011
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#10 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers
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#11 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas
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#13 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)
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#15 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking
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#16 Best Baseball Cities
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#16 2005 High Gas Prices
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#17 Most Energetic Cities
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#17 Most Competitive Private Colleges
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#18 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#19 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections
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#20 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List
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#21 Wrinkle Ranking Cities Most at Risk for Skin Damage by 2040
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#21 Best Cities for Seniors 2005
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#22 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft
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#24 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings
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#24 Best Airports to Make a Connection
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#25 Sleepless Cities 2011
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#26 Stressful Cities 2012
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#29 Cities on the Edge of Greatness
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#30 Failure To Lunch
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#32 America's Riskiest Online Cities
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#33 Best Block Party Places
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#34 Hypertension Hot Spots
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#35 Gloomiest Places in America
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#35 America’s Least Manly Cities
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#36 Healthiest Cities
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#36 Fiscally Fit Cities Report
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#39 America’s Manliest Cities
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#39 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
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#40 America’s Manliest Sports Cities
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#40 America's Top Hygge Cities
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#41 Best Cities for Board Gamers
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#43 America's Most Playful Cities
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#44 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement
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#46 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?
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#48 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep
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#72 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating
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#74 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities
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#82 The Most Single Cities
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#95 America's Migraine Hot Spots
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#96 Drought-Riskiest Cities
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#99 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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#105 2005 Best Places to Live
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#158 2005 Best Places to Live
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#248 Best Green Cities
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I moved to The Woodlands in 1993. Then it was a safe place to live and great place to raise children. Today however beautiful forest, restaurant's and shopping it's not  More

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Over 9 years ago

Some parents rave about the education system here but more and more parents are home schooling in our area. The ones that rave about it are the ones who are enjoying  More

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Over 10 years ago

Great place. Multitude of things to do here. We even have an iceskating rink during the Holidays. The Pavillion regularly attracts national talent and is second to  More

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