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West Des Moines, IA vs Plano, 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

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

#1 Riskiest Places for Natural Disasters

#4 The Best Cities to Relocate to in America

#4 The Best Cities for Thanksgiving

#4 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#7 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#7 Most Congested Cities

#8 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#9 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#9 Best-Rested Cities 2011

#9 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

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

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

#11 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#12 Most Energetic Cities

#13 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#13 Best Block Party Places

#13 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#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 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#22 America’s Least Manly Cities

#22 Best Baseball Cities

#22 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#24 2005 High Gas Prices

#28 Failure To Lunch

#28 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#29 America's Most Playful Cities

#29 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

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

#32 America's Top Hygge Cities

#32 Hypertension Hot Spots

#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

#209 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

I had lived in Plano for over 30 years. It is where I bought my first home as a single woman, where I married, and where I raised my children. I was fortunate enough  More

We have lived in Plano for 20 years. It has been consistently rated very highly in surveys of best places to live in the US. Pros are the parks system; which includes  More

I've lived here for a while now. It's wonderful here. There's a ton to do, great jobs, great parks, and pretty good school. It's the perfect  More