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Downtown Dallas shop endorses print with new international newsstand

Flowers on the left, printed things on the right.

Photo courtesy of Tenoversix

Downtown Dallas boutique TenOverSix fills a cavity we did not know was empty: a need for international printed titles.

The Tim Headington shop has installed a newsstand, available in-store and online, filled with more than 50 independent magazines for sale, in categories of architecture, art, fashion, beauty, culture, design, entertaining, fashion, food, feminism, music, and travel.

Selections range from i-D to the Paris edition of Vogue to Paris Review.

According to a release, each title is hard to find and is hand-selected by TenOverSix president and creative officer Kristen Cole.

Cole hatched the idea while on a buying trip to Paris, which as we all know is where the best ideas always happen.

"I'm always lugging these publications home," she says in the release. "Why? I should be stocking great titles!"

Having these titles on hand would not only make Cole's trips to Paris less cumbersome, they would put Dallas in a league of other big cities, which is something Dallas always aspires to.

"When I lived in New York and Los Angeles these magazines were largely easy to access at good newsstands," she says. "Since moving to Austin, it's been a challenge to find the ones I love. I realized there was a similar hole in Dallas for curated content and wanted to fill that—pronto."

Pronto is how you do things in the Headington world.

TenOverSix is part of the Headington Companies' retail portfolio along with Forty Five Ten. It's the place to go if you are a lover of beautiful and original things including fashion, accessories, art, home design, beauty, music, books, films — and now international publications.

Cole makes a bold proclamation that goes against everything we've been told in recent years about media.

"Print is not dead!" she says. "There are people who’ll always appreciate the tactile quality and community aspect print brings to culture. The pendulum always swings back."

This is food for thought for CultureMap, which is an online digital publication only. Some might say the best online digital publication in all of Dallas and even Texas. Is it time to think print? Time will tell.

Meanwhile, the Joule's blog @1530Main is holding a contest where you can win a full year of magazines. All you need to do is follow them on Instagram.

Here's a list of the current international print titles they're stocking:

032C
Alla Carta
A Magazine Curated By
Another Magazine
Another Man
Apartamento
Broccoli Magazine
Cactus
Collectible Dry
DAMN°
Dapper Dan
DASH
Fantastic Man
Flash Art
Garage Magazine
Girls Like Us
Highsnobiety
i-D
L’Officiel 1000
L’Officiel Art
L’Officiel Voyage
L’Officiel Homme
Love
Lula
Mastermind
Monocle
Ms. Magazine
Nomad
Openhouse
Please!
Purple Fashion
Puss Puss
Quoted
Record
Resist!
Rika
Riot of Perfume
Romance Journal
Self Service
Strange Plants
Tar
The Gentlewoman
The Gourmand
The Happy Reader
The Paris Review
The Plant
The Travel Almanac
Toiletpaper
Under The Influence
Vogue Paris
Wonderland

In addition to the new newsstand, TenOverSix stocks a mix of designers and brands such as Acne, Tome, Nomia, Opening Ceremony, Maison Kitsune, 3.1 Phillip Lim, and Ryan Roche. In addition to the Dallas store, there's a new store in Miami’s River Oaks district.

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Texas is not a great state to live in for 2025, study finds

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Texas' livability has taken a nosedive in 2025.

Texas' livability has taken a nosedive: After plummeting toward the bottom in WalletHub's 2024 ranking of the best and worst states to live in for 2024, Texas has continued its downfall and now ranks as the 38th "best" state to live in for 2025.

To put it another way, Texas is now considered the 13th worst place to live in the U.S.

WalletHub ranked all 50 states using 51 metrics to measure their affordability, economy, education and health, quality of life, and safety. Factors that were considered include housing affordability, the median debt per median earnings, income growth from 2019 to 2023, high school graduation rates, access to public transportation, and more.

Massachusetts once again claimed the No. 1 spot as the best place to live nationwide, followed by Idaho (No. 2), New Jersey (No. 3), Wisconsin (No. 4), and Minnesota (No. 5).

The Lone Star State fumbled in four out of the five categories, but at least its quality of life ranking (No. 9) still managed to nab a top-10 spot.

According to WalletHub, Texas has the 10th worst economy and the 10th worst education and health, ranking No. 40 in both categories. Confusingly, a separate WalletHub study claimed Texas had the 8th best economy in the nation.

Texas' affordability is only the 34th best in the U.S., and it ranked 38th for safety.

Here's how Texas fared in other rankings in the study out of all 50 states:

No. 30 – Income growth
No. 31 – Housing costs
No. 40 – Percentage of population in poverty
No. 50 – Percentage of insured population
No. 43 – Percentage of adults in fair or poor health
No. 46 – Homeownership rate
No. 49 – Average weekly work hours

Local foodies can at least be satisfied that Texas ranked No. 1 in the category of states with the most restaurants per capita. Texas entered a four-way tie for the top spot with Florida, New York, and California. But having numerous restaurants doesn't make up for the failures in other living standards.

Meanwhile, New Mexico landed as the worst state to live in 2025. Joining the so-called "Land of Enchantment" at the bottom of the list are Louisiana (No. 49), Arkansas (No. 48), Mississippi (No. 47), and Alaska (No. 46).

Before one makes any final decisions on where to live, WalletHub suggests considering other factors than how a state ranked based on a single study.

"You’ll need to balance things like the cost of living with job opportunities, quality of education and safety," the report's author wrote. "Personal preference also comes into the equation, as you’ll want to live somewhere with the types of attractions, recreational opportunities and weather that suit you."

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