Best Place to Live, Work, Play? Houston

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It's the city of big plans and no rules, beat-the-heat tunnels and loop-the-loop highways, world-class museums and wiry cowboys, humidity that demands an ice-cold martini and the biggest damn dang liquor store on the planet. How could you not love Houston?

You can hardly afford not to. Back with a roar after the oil bust of the 1980s, Houston has reclaimed its title as energy capital of the U.S. and added aerospace, technology and medical companies to the mix, generating more than 100,000 jobs in 2007. Not only does the Houston metro area lead the nation in job growth but its cost of living stands well below the national average. Housing prices run half those of other metro areas its size.

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Best Place to Live, Work, Play? Houston

Houston's comeback didn't happen by accident. "Before the energy business returned, the city made the wise...

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