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10-29-2006, 10:20 PM
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Highland Park Pics
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10-29-2006, 10:23 PM
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Wow...what More Can I Say!
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10-30-2006, 01:11 AM
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Cool pictures!! Thanks! So what is the story for Highland Park? I have seen that it is pretty exclusive, but other than that, not much more.
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10-30-2006, 10:34 AM
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If you have a mil or more to spend on a house then you can afford to live there.  If your budget is nothing over $500K, your left w/ a small, older duplex or townhome. People for about 15 years or so have been buying the older cottages and tearing them down to build the McMansions. There have been efforts to stop such. They have been successful at doing such so that is nice. Otherwise your left w/ huge houses but no yards and that is something that the Park Cities (Highland Park & University Park) both had, LARGE yards. Now there are some that will buy the house that may be the next door neighbor in order to keep someone from doing such. Some neighbors jointly may buy a house between them and then tear it down and subdivide the lot and give themselves an even larger lot all in order to keep someone from bulldozing it and building a mega house that takes up the entire lot.
Schools are good. Close to downtown. Great shopping (Highland Park Village, Snider Plaza, Preston Center, Northpark Mall all close by).
If you like the character of the Park Cities but don't want to fork over the money for the houses try looking at some of the older homes in the Preston Hollow area (Dallas public schools though. The elem right there is good but after that, private). Or even the Lake Highlands area.
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10-30-2006, 12:12 PM
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Those look like the homes in our neighborhood. Really. The red brick one especially.
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10-30-2006, 02:40 PM
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If you have a mil or more to spend on a house then you can afford to live there. |
I was just curious if there was some historic significance.  |
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10-30-2006, 06:44 PM
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Evening Tex, Great pictures. The area is very pretty. Sure do love those homes. Now thats is something I would like to find. Terri |
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10-30-2006, 08:28 PM
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Oooooooo more pix  Looks really nice there, too. I love the trees!!! oh, and of course, thanks for the pix of the stores!
But if you are having a drought there, and water restrictions, how can the lawns be so green? And the flowers so gorgeous?? I don't get it.
I've seen some homes on Realtor.com with lawns that are F R I E D and crispy. All brown. Others are nice & green.
Are there water restrictions?
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10-30-2006, 10:06 PM
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I think I am going to go about and get some pics of my town, Mckinney. I love the architecture of the homes and business's here. It is really neat. Will hopefully share tomorrow.
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10-30-2006, 11:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dorothy1960
Oooooooo more pix Looks really nice there, too. I love the trees!!! oh, and of course, thanks for the pix of the stores!
But if you are having a drought there, and water restrictions, how can the lawns be so green? And the flowers so gorgeous?? I don't get it.
I've seen some homes on Realtor.com with lawns that are F R I E D and crispy. All brown. Others are nice & green.
Are there water restrictions?
How do you get your cars washed? |
The Park Cities were not under any water restrictions up until recently. Big fuss in the paper and media about that. Our yard never dried up and got burnt, it is all in knowing how to properly water in Texas in the first place. Way too many people over water. While some may not be lush like they are in previous years they are not burnt. Recently w/ the cooler weather (no 100+'s anymore) and the rains it has really helped. LOL!!!! Some plants looked like they thought it was spring. 
As for washing your car (a clean car around Dallas is a must  ), some cities totally banned washing it w/ a hose. It is okay to go to one of the MANY full service car washes. They actually use less water and most recycle the water, thru filtration systems of course. Wednesday is the day most full service car washes have specials and you can get it done for about $12.
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