Planning On Moving From Fl To Dallas

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Originally Posted by CRIS72

10 minutes to work.. sounds good. It takes me an hour to get to work now but, I have family here. I won't have that luxury when I move to Dallas. Thanks for your help.

I know what you mean....It is always nice to have family close by. We found that out real fast when we moved.

[tallscot]

I don't have a clue what the racial makeup of the communities north of Dallas are because I have been taught race doesn't matter.

Plano has the best schools.

I wouldn't buy in Frisco because the traffic is horrible getting in/out of Frisco. Plano, on the other hand, has four tollway/freeways and a nice grid system of surface streets that move along nicely during rush hour. I shop in Frisco, but I don't live there.

If you work at Frankford and the North Dallas Tollway and live in southern Plano, your commute would be about 20 minutes and you wouldn't have to get on a freeway/tollway.

Plano offers a great after-school program called PASAR that is located at your child's school.

Richardson has good schools and low crime and affordable houses. You would have a reverse commute, going north to your job while most go south (in the morning).

You didn't say what your budget is for a house. Southern Plano is in the mid $100s. The prices go up to the millions in Plano.

McKinney and Allen offer affordable new homes (if you want new), but they are much farther away from that job than Plano.

Other communities on that west side where your job will be located are Carrolton and Lewisville.

I'd recommend staying out of Dallas.

So I'd look at north Richardson and south Plano, if I were you.

[loves2read]

for me--if I were a working person making a daily commute I would try to find something that let me take public transportation--even with a high mpg car I think driving in just not what it used to be
we bought a camry hybrid to offset the tahoe my husband drives and we live in Tarrant co outside FTW so there is NO public transport that is an option for us...

[RE Diva]

McKinney is also growing really quickly and vies with Frisco for fastest growing city in the nation back and forth. You can get a home there and also go to Prosper schools which are excellent and have a really low teacher to student ratio. Some of the moms tell me that there are only like 9 kids in their classrooms! There are a few communities off of 380 and Lake Forest that go to Prosper schools. To buy in Prosper, you're looking at a minimum of 1/4 million. McKinney has an old quaint downtown square and then newer, hipper communities with shops, restaurants with wine and jazz on Friday nights, and other things depending on what interests you.

Frisco would also be a good area for you. You didn't mention price point, so I'm not sure of which subdivisions to mention to be helpful? This is the current ratings of the Frisco schools, so you'll want to focus on the communities that feed into the schools you want.


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Your office is almost right next to ours - 18383 Preston - so I know the distances you're talking about. Wylie and Murphy would be out to the E of your office, too.

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[openrange]

Hi there,

If you're moving to the DFW-area, I would recommend the Valley Ranch-area of north Irving (zip 75063). We have lived here for over six years and we absolutely love it! The schools are great; Freedman elementary is walking distance from our neighborhood (Grand Hills of Valley Ranch) and is one of the highest regarded elementary schools in the area.

Our community offers you quick access to Hwy-635, Hwy-114, and Toll-161. The taxes are lower in Irving vs. neighboring Coppell, yet you're in the Carrolton-Farmers Branch school district. This area is minutes away from the DFW-Airport, Downtown Dallas, and Grapevine Mills Outlet Mall. The city of Irving has a great library with multiple locations and an easy-to-use public transportation system (should you need to). It is surrounded by some of the best shopping (Frye's Electronics, Home Depot, Target, Kohl’s, Wal-Mart, Ultimate Electronics, Sam's Club, Starbucks... to name a few) and they're all within a one-mile radius of the neighborhood.

Some of the houses at the top of the hill (i.e. Rugby Dr and Tioga) have amazing views of the area and can see firework shows from multiple cities, including nearby downtown Las Colinas. You'll find the people in the area are very friendly and I'm sure you'll love living here.

Hope this can be of some help.

Kind regards,
OpenRange

[Clayton1973]

Was in Plano as of March 2008, my mom and relatives live in the Dallas metro. I am too living in Florida and thinking of moving to the Dallas Metro as of Spring 2009. Just what I have seen, I really did like Plano. I am 35 and single wanting a change to a bigger city, more diverse and more things to do. Living here in Lakeland, Florida is not really a place for singles. Its a good town for families who want to settle down. The economy in Fl is a real challenge due to a slump in the housing market, especially for me who is self-employed/paint contractor. The bottom line is, its not happening here in Lakeland, Fl, a town of 90,000 people. Plano is more expensive to live there, but the quality of city life is better.

What I am looking for is a city that has more to do, most of all, a GLBT community that is bigger and more too do than just going to the bars or clubs to meet friends. Is there life outside of bars and clubs? I would think so, but some here in Lakeland, Fl don't see it that way. Does anybody know a Dallas district or communities that caters to the GLBT. Please let me know, I really appreciated it. Thanks!

I am still doing more research through this website on Dallas, so, am sure I will have more question in the future.

[nsumner]

Dallas proper has a large GLBT community. Look into the Oak Lawn, uptown areas.

Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau | GLBT Community in Dallas

There is even a local newspaper that caters only to the GLBT crowd.

Naima

[Clayton1973]

Thank You Naima, I will check it out.

Clayton