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West Des Moines, IA vs Pearland, TX

#2 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)

#6 The Best Cities to Relocate to in America

#12 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#19 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Large Metros)

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

#35 Best Block Party Places

#52 2005 Best Places to Live

#54 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#67 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#88 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#93 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#145 Best Green Cities

#2 Most Irritation Prone Cities

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

#4 Riskiest Places for Natural Disasters

#6 Hurricane Hotspots

#9 Most Congested Cities

#9 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#10 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#11 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

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

#15 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#16 Best Baseball Cities

#16 2005 High Gas Prices

#17 Most Energetic Cities

#17 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#18 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#19 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#20 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#21 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

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

#22 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

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

#24 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#25 Sleepless Cities 2011

#26 Stressful Cities 2012

#29 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#30 Failure To Lunch

#32 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#33 Best Block Party Places

#34 Hypertension Hot Spots

#35 America’s Least Manly Cities

#35 Gloomiest Places in America

#36 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#36 Healthiest Cities

#39 America’s Manliest Cities

#39 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#40 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#40 America's Top Hygge Cities

#41 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#43 America's Most Playful Cities

#44 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

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

#48 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

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

#74 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#82 The Most Single Cities

#95 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#96 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#99 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#105 2005 Best Places to Live

#158 2005 Best Places to Live

#248 Best Green Cities

I just moved here from out-of-state a few months ago and have been pleasantly surprised by the broad range of activities and amenities available in this medium sized IA  More

Am contemplating a move to WDM from the East Coast (NYC). Might there be anyone out there that may have experienced this and could offer guidance or comment. Thanks.   More

We just moved to West Des Moines and we love it here! We moved here three months ago and every weekend we have been able to do something different and fun. There is  More

Pearland is truly the epitome of suburban planning gone wrong. Roads are curved for no reason, especially the ones near HEB. Piecemeal planning of retail, dining, etc.  More

I've lived here for 7 years now. It's one of the most boring places I've ever lived. Yes, it's great for kids since it has good schools, but that's about it. If you want  More

Safe and growing suburb, with quick access to downtown Houston. Excellent restaurants, school districts, and parks for the kids.  More