Houston
Rank: 22
Population: 2,131,940

Houston checks in as Texas’ second-best city to live in. The nation’s fourth-largest city holds its own with its food and drink (steakhouses are a staple), but its large areas of public parks help put it over the top. Houston’s residents can enjoy its six professional sports teams and Museum District, but the feather in the city’s cap is, well, rocket science: NASA Mission Control, where the nation hopes Houston doesn’t ever have any problems.

Bars: 549
Restaurants: 5,549
Museums: 58
Libraries: 63
Pro sports teams: 6
Park acres per 1,000 residents: 22
Colleges: 17
Percent with graduate degree: 6.6
Median household income: $48,889
Percent unemployed: 7.6