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The Colorado River and the downtown Austin skyline seen from the west Austin

Med Spas

The Best Med Spas in Austin

Five Austin med spas ranked on the one fact you can verify, namely the named physician behind the needle and what the Texas Medical Board file holds on them.

5 picks
Turtle Creek Park seen from the Katy Trail in Dallas, Texas Dallas

Med Spas

The Best Med Spas in Dallas

Six Dallas med spas ranked by the one thing you can check, namely the named physician behind the needle and what the Texas Medical Board file holds on them.

6 picks
Houses in the Hyde Park Historic District in Austin, Texas Austin

Plumbers

The Best Plumbers in Austin

Six Austin plumbing companies checked against the state board's own licence file, because in Austin a plumber needs a city registration as well as a licence.

6 picks
A historic house on Harvard Street in the Houston Heights, the kind of older Houston home with cast iron drain lines Houston

Plumbers

The Best Plumbers in Houston

Six Houston plumbing companies ranked against the state plumbing board's own licence file, so you can see who holds the licence and what it actually covers.

6 picks
A house in the Preston Hollow neighbourhood of Dallas, Texas Dallas

HVAC Companies

The Best HVAC Companies in Dallas

Seven Dallas heating and air companies ranked on a state licence you can look up in a minute, because unlike roofing, Texas really does regulate this trade.

7 picks
A newly built house with a shingle roof in northwest Austin, Texas Austin

Roofers

The Best Roofers in Austin

Seven Austin roofing companies ranked on checkable credentials, with a close look at which ones run their own metal shop and which only order the panels in.

7 picks
Rooflines along 34th Street in the Independence Heights Residential Historic District in Houston Houston

Roofers

The Best Roofers in Houston

Seven Houston roofing companies ranked on credentials you can actually check, because Texas does not license roofers and the storm season sorts the field.

7 picks
Houses in the Swiss Avenue Historic District in Dallas, Texas Dallas

Roofers

The Best Roofers in Dallas

Seven Dallas roofing companies ranked on credentials you can verify, because Texas does not license roofers and licensed and insured means very little here.

7 picks
Downtown Dallas seen across the Trinity River from Oak Cliff Dallas

Web Designers

The Best Web Designers in Dallas

Seven Dallas web and digital firms with a verifiable Dallas street address, ranked, plus the Los Angeles and Nashville shops that rank here as if local.

7 picks
Downtown Fort Worth, Texas, photographed in 2015 Fort Worth

Web Designers

The Best Web Designers in Fort Worth

Seven firms with a real Fort Worth address, ranked, plus the Arlington agency that both big directories rank first here and the dead domain to steer around.

7 picks
Klyde Warren Park in downtown Dallas, built over the Woodall Rodgers Freeway Dallas

Family Fun

The Best Free Things to Do in Dallas

Seven Dallas attractions that cost nothing, each verified free on its operator's own site, from two free art museums to a 1776 Declaration broadside.

7 picks
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