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Charming San Antonio neighborhood is the best place to live in Texas for 2019

Terrell Hills has been named 2019's best place to live in Texas.

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Spring is here, which means it's home shopping season. A new report from real estate review site Niche might just help narrow down your search.

Niche compiled information from its users and data from the U.S. Census Bureau to grade neighborhoods and suburbs on factors including quality of schools, crime rates, housing trends, job market, amenities, and more. After all that calculating, Terrell Hills was named the best place in all of Texas to live for 2019.

Terrell Hills, which has a population of almost 10,000, gets an overall A-plus rating from Niche. The Alamo Heights-adjacent 'hood scores mostly As (in public schools, housing, nightlife, being good for families, diversity, weather, health and fitness, and commuting); a couple Bs (jobs and cost of living); and one C (outdoor activities). The neighborhood's median home value is $486,313, and median rent is $746. The median household income is $126,622.

In addition to being No. 1 in Texas, Terrell Hills appears as the No. 11 best place to live in America.

"Living in Terrell Hills offers residents a suburban feel and most residents own their homes," Niche summarizes. "In Terrell Hills there are a lot of bars, restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. Many retirees live in Terrell Hills and residents tend to lean conservative."

The Texas top 10 list includes five Dallas-Fort Worth neighborhoods: Timberbrook in Plano (No. 2), Preston Highlands in Dallas (No. 3), Richardson's Canyon Creek South (No. 4), Richardson's Clear Spring Place (No. 5), and Richardson's Canyon Creek North (No. 9).

Nearby Austin has one shining spot with the Triangle neighborhood at No. 7. Three Houston suburbs claim the other top 10 spots: Greatwood (No. 6), Cinco Ranch (No. 8), and New Territory (No. 10).

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Viral TikTok food critic Keith Lee is now a Texas homeowner

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TikTok food critic Keith Lee is now a Texas resident.

Social media sensation and food reviewer Keith Lee has packed his bags and made the big move from Las Vegas to Texas.

The famous food critic "let the cat out of the bag" officially in a recent post on the social media platform TikTok, where he posts all of his restaurant reviews. But he'd already previously revealed that he and his wife, Ronnie, became homeowners in a different video posted in mid-October.

"Not only have those food reviews played a pivotal role in changing me and my family's life, [but] over 150 families' lives across the nation in less than a year's time," Lee said in the video. "And on top of that, I just became the first person in an entire generation to own a house."

Though Lee didn't share which Texas city he and his family moved to, posts on X (formerly known as Twitter) tipped off that he'd moved to Dallas, while at the same time urging fans to give the guy some privacy.

"If you’ve met Keith Lee in Dallas recently don’t be weird and post what area," one X user wrote. "He’s still human & he’s new here. Let’s not ruin it."

Lee is no stranger to Dallas, after having spent a week in Dallas-Fort Worth in February 2024. He visited local restaurants like Brunchaholics, Thunderbird Pies, Halal Fuzionz, and more.

He also made a special visit to Taste Project in Fort Worth to donate $4,000 to support the nonprofit's mission to fight food insecurity.

In June, Lee swing back through Dallas to partner with Microsoft in a project called "The Reheat," to show how the tech company's AI products could help three Black-owned restaurants deal with business surges.

Most recently, Lee returned to Dallas to review the classic and buzzy food offerings at the Texas State Fair, such as a steak kabob, cotton candied bacon, turkey leg tacos, and much more. Maybe the State Fair is what clinched the win over Houston, which he visited in November 2023.

It looks like Lee hasn't spent any time visiting restaurants in San Antonio, but there are discussions on Reddit and the San Antonio Restaurants group on Facebook discussing where users would like to see him stop by one day.

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