In 2006, Richardson was ranked as the 15th best place to live in the United States by Money magazine. This ranked Richardson the 3rd best place to live in Texas.[13] In 2007, the Morgan Quitno 14th Annual America’s Safest and Most Dangerous Cities Awards pronounced Richardson the 69th safest city in America. In the same study Richardson ranked the 5th safest city in Texas.[14] In 2008, Richardson was ranked as the 18th best place to live in the United States by Money magazine. This ranked Richardson the 4th best place to live in Texas.[15] In 2009, Business Week’s annual report on the “Best Places to Raise Kids,” ranked Richardson in 2nd place in Texas.[16] Richardson was the first North Texas city recognized as a best workplace for commuters by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Department of Transportation in 2004. As of 2010 the city has continued to be recognized every year since 2004.[17] In 2011 the Texas Recreation and Park Society awarded Richardson with the Texas Gold Medal for excellence in the field of recreation and park management.[18][19] In 2014, Richardson was called the “5th happiest mid-sized city in America” by national real estate website and blog, Movoto.com, based on a number of metrics, such as low unemployment, low crime, and high income.[20] In 2014 Richardson was named America’s 17th Best City to Live in by 24/7 Wall St., based on crime, economy, education, housing, environment, leisure and infrastructure.[21] D Magazine ranked Richardson Heights as one of the top 5 neighborhoods on the rise in 2014.[22] Richardson ranked number 2 on SmartAsset’s Boomtowns of 2015.[23] In August 2016, Safeco Insurance listed Richardson as the 9th safest midsized city in the nation based on overall property crime rates.[24] In November 2016, The Dallas Morning News ranked the Breckinridge Park neighborhood as the 6th best neighborhood in Dallas-Fort Worth.[25] In 2016, Richardson ranked 2nd on SmartAsset’s healthiest housing markets in American[26]and 6th best college towns to live in.[27] USA Today and 24/7 Wall St. ranked Richardson the 3rd best city to live in for 2016.[28][29] 100.3 Jack FM ranked Richardson the 4th best place to live in Texas in 2016.[30] Movoto ranked Richardson as the 3rd best Dallas suburb for young professionals in 2016.[31] During August 2016, Richardson made Thrill-list’s “The 7 Stages of Living in Dallas”[32] and was named the 3rd overall best real-estate market in the United States by WalletHub.[33]  (source wikipedia)