Best Hosting in US?

if you do some research there is nothing wrong with shared hosting. i could also tell horror stories (cough1and1cough) but i've also had shared hosting accounts for years with different hosts with very few issues or down time. the nice thing about shared hosting is everything is really ready to go, the platform is already proven, and there is free support if you have issues or questions. unless you are immediately serving thousands of concurrent users or your app is processor intensive like graphic editing, its fine to start with shared hosting, and then move to vps if required.