Brand new to this site...and Dallas / Fort Worth! NEED ADVICE!

[Grainraiser]

Originally Posted by Rakin

You need to find where you'll be in GP. North GP is very close to the Irving area and south GP is about 20 miles south.
From Coppell to South GP can be 45 minutes and the traffic on Hwy 360 is very bad.
GP is a long city running north to south.

FYI

"It looks like the office is in the very middle of 183 (Airport Fwy) and I-30. Close to Mike Lewis Park."

[beaches0907]

North GP, just off of 360, on Post & Paddock....just a couple miles North of I-30.

It looks like Coppell would be a good choice. I'd also like to consider Flower Mound. I've read alot of great things about that area, too. Arlington is still in the back of my mind, too, but I realize we'd need to be more mindful of the specific schools that our neighborhood would feed into. I understand we won't know until we get down there and see for ourselves. But I'm hoping that when we do go down to look around, I'll at least have a few areas narrowed down; so we aren't wandering around DFW in a fog.

Thank you all for the great feedback! I've learned more about DFW by reading through these threads than I ever thought I'd know.

[georgiainwyo]

My son's family is moving there at the first of April. Her office is at the junction of the two freeways in Grand Prairie. They found a house (to rent, will buy after they get to know the area better) just to the east of Lake Arlington. Her research shows that the elem school is good and feeds into good middle and high schools. It seems that the drive from where they will be living to where she will be working is about 30 minutes. The home they are renting is a bit older, but remodeled. There are some very large nice homes on big properties just south of their street. We are hoping that is a safe area! It is hard to tell when you are coming from out of state, but places like C-D and the great people who frequent the boards is very helpful.