Where to live between Denton and DFW?? Need good schools (Dallas: for sale, lease)

[beingstuck]

Hello all,
My family will relocate to Dallas area in July. My job will be in Denton while my wife will be around Dallas/Irving.
We have two kids who are going to school. So we will need a place with good schools.
Our budget is 400K for the house.

At begining, we were looking at Flower Mound, but I heart gas drilling is a quite heated issue over there. Is the gas drilling a big issue? Actually, how deep will the gas drilling affect those involved cities?

Please give us any suggestions! Thanks a lot.

[5stones]

Flower mound, Lewisville or Coppell shouldall be good places that are "in the middle".

Schools, I would rank in this order:
1)Coppell
2)Flowermound
3)Lewisville

Housing prices most $$ to least$$
1)Coppell
2)Flowermound
3)Lewisville

Flowermound puts you closer to Denton and Coppell puts you closer to Dallas.

[beingstuck]

Thank you for your help!
Will Coppell has the gas drilling issue? How about Southlake?

[5stones]

Southlake has blocked it for now.
I don't think there is any in Coppell.

But really as others have said it's not that big of an issue. Be careful where you buy, know that if you back up to an open field, it could one day have a walmart or a gas well on it.

[beingstuck]

Will there be high social pressure in Southlake?

[loves2read]

there is high social pressure in many towns around here--
for adults and their kids--even in smaller towns with less expensive housing--
there is heirarchy of expectations and judgements

Some people are effected by it more than others I guess--
400K is going to put you in the low end of housing in Southlake==
check out the other side of CD where the demographics of the towns are shown

[5stones]

^ 400k is lower end of housing in Southlake.
Most will be 500k and up.

There is alot of keeping up with the Jones' in Southlake. But as Loves2 statedthat is everywhere it seems. It really doesn't come into play too much until MS and then HS it is very competitive. Cars, clothing, vacations etc...

[imjustsayin]

Originally Posted by beingstuck

Will there be high social pressure in Southlake?

I would suggest that there is no community in Tarrant Co where this type pressure would be higher than in Southlake (actually, make that very few communities in all of N. Texas?. If this is a concern for you, Southlake is the one community you should avoid at all cost - again, IF this is a concern of yours.

Listen to 5stones above, that post is dead on accurate. I think you could perhaps add NorthWest ISD to that short list as well.

[adixyz]

Originally Posted by beingstuck

Will Coppell has the gas drilling issue?

There is drilling site approved by City of Coppell on Fellowship Church property.

There is a Coppell Westside Gas Coalition consisting of 20 Sub divisions who collectively bargained with the drilling company.

Sendero Energy paid a $637,000 signing bonus for 150 acres of the Coppell city property west of Denton Tap Road. Coppell city will receive 20 percent of the royalties.

Coppell ISD signed a gas lease with Chesapeake Energy on 160 acres of their school property. The deal will give the district $724,000 up front and royalties following drilling and production. Not sure when this lease is expiring/ due for renewal.

Lot of land in Coppell has been drilled in DFW airport but its not regulated by the City of Coppell.

This is not an issue for most people.

[loves2read]

for what it is worth--there are approx 20 houses in MLS for sale in Southlake between 330K and 400K--most of them were built in the 80s--some of them are on larger lots like acre or more--and the degree of "dated" interior varies by house
and yes--that is the tip of the iceberg as far as housing in Southlake goes--but so what--
it is much better to own the least expensive house in subdivision usually than the most

for most of them putting money into the house for things like removing wallpaper, updating baths/kitchens is something that will carry over when it is sold again--depending on your choices and your time line

I don't think that Southlake is as pervasively materialistic as it is described by people on this forum who don't live there
any area can be materialistic and have peer-pressure--
much of society--especially teens/young adults--can be VERY affected by advertising/merchandising and their peers
no matter where they live