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Houston, TX vs Balch Springs, TX

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#6 Hurricane Hotspots

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#15 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

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#96 Drought-Riskiest Cities

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#248 Best Green Cities

#1 Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster (Highest Risk)

#1 Riskiest Places for Natural Disasters

#4 The Best Cities for Thanksgiving

#4 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#4 The Best Cities to Relocate to in America

#7 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#7 Most Congested Cities

#8 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#9 Best-Rested Cities 2011

#9 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#9 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#10 Most Secure Large Cities in the U.S.

#10 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#11 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#12 Most Energetic Cities

#13 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#13 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#13 Best Block Party Places

#15 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#18 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#21 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#21 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#22 Best Baseball Cities

#22 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#22 America’s Least Manly Cities

#22 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#24 2005 High Gas Prices

#28 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#28 Failure To Lunch

#29 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#29 America's Most Playful Cities

#30 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#32 Hypertension Hot Spots

#32 America's Top Hygge Cities

#33 Stressful Cities 2012

#34 America’s Manliest Cities

#34 Wrinkle Ranking Cities Most at Risk for Skin Damage by 2040

#35 Healthiest Cities

#36 2005 Best Places to Live

#37 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#39 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings

#42 Gloomiest Places in America

#42 Sleepless Cities 2011

#47 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#48 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#51 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#63 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#68 The Most Single Cities

#77 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#82 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#82 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#95 2005 Best Places to Live

#97 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#180 Best Green Cities

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I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

I lived here 14 yrs. It's now the Drug Capital n homeless people than  More

OMG.... that's soo true .... I get arrested for move a Orange Cone 6" (inches) to avoid a accident with it.... THE GARLAND TEXAS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THE MOST IGNORANT  More

Climate: Hot in summer, mild winters, lots of allergens from trees, grass, and  More