young family looking to move to plano (Frisco, Wylie: home, neighborhoods)

[StEt0417]

We are considering a move to Texas to be closer to family. Work would be in Plano. We are looking into Frisco/plano area. How are the schools, communities there? We are a young family so looking for a community with lots of families.

Do these areas tend to get hit my tornadoes often? How are the winters? We are in ft. lauderdale so I imagine moving to Texas will be a whole new experience.

[BoxCar Willie]

Originally Posted by StEt0417

We are considering a move to Texas to be closer to family. Work would be in Plano. We are looking into Frisco/plano area. How are the schools, communities there? We are a young family so looking for a community with lots of families.

Do these areas tend to get hit my tornadoes often? How are the winters? We are in ft. lauderdale so I imagine moving to Texas will be a whole new experience.

Wylie and Murphy are good areas as well.

[TurtleCreek80]

Plano is perfect if you work there. Lots of families but a more established suburb than Frisco so home prices and neighborhoods are more stable/set-in. Fantastic public schools- much better than Frisco's when SAT scores, quality of college placement, and AP pass rates are considered. Biggest drawback is that there are only 3 high schools which each graduate 1000-1500 students each year (mega schools). Elementary schools are smaller and more neighborhood based.

Tornados are not a big risk. Yes, they are a possibility but remember that tornado devastation is very different than a hurricane. Hurricanes can ruin miles & miles of everything in it's path. Tornadoes will cut through a couple of city blocks and pop back up into the sky. The Tuscaloosa & Joplin tornados leveling a 1/2 mile wide swath of land are NOT "average" tornadoes. They are once in a lifetime tornadoes, if that. Honestly, you have a much better chance of being involved in a bad wreck in DFW than every seeing a tornado. I see wrecks on the Tollroad almost daily.

Winter isn't bad. Maybe a brief snowfall or two each winter on average. Nothing sticks for more than a day or two. Maybe one or two days where the streets ice over and you don't go to work or school. Temps can get into the teens or 20's at night, but usually not for longer than a 1-2 week stretch. Our weather is pretty volatile. You may remember the ice storm we had during the super bowl this year? The weekend before the Super Bowl- in January- it had been in the 70's. So it does get cold, not not for long.