What city and why?

[Acntx]

Due to the rapid growth and expansion of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, many former small towns are becoming more suburbanized. Here are several communities that are located about an hours drive outside of either Dallas or Fort Worth that you might want to look into:

Bonham (Fannin County; population: 10,660)
Commerce (Hunt County; population: 9,238)
Corsicana (Navarro County; population: 26,459)
Decatur (Wise County; population: 6,432)
Dension (Grayson County; population 24,001)
Hillsboro (Hill County; population 8,941)
Gainesville (Cooke County; population: 16,452)
Glen Rose (Somervell County; population: 2,906)
Granbury (Hood County; population 8,620)
Greenville (Hunt County; population: 25,676)
Sherman (Grayson County; population: 38,077)

[pal264]

Thanks FarNorthDallas I will check it out.
I am making myself a little nuts with all this searching.

I am looking from one end of Texas to another.
I really think I would like to concentrate from say Wichita Falls to Mt Pleasant from west to east. And maybe The Sherman to Athens from North to south.
If I could draw a box it would be in that top corner.
Right below Oklahoma.

I have been trying to get opinions about Amarillo and Lubbock. To me those look like huge towns. But they are closer to some friends I have in Oklahoma.
And they may be a little chillier and windier. I did live close to the Oklahoma panhandle yrs ago and know what the wind is like up there. I have been in central Fl now for 10 yrs now, the 2nd time around.

I'll keep on truckin through the web and see what I find.

Thanks

[catman]

Amarillo and Lubbock are chillier and windier as a rule, although in summer they are plenty hot.

My main concern with the 'box' area you mentioned is that the tornado/sever weather threat is high there. My favorite part of Texas is the Trans-Pecos region, although it is isolated. But no traffic jams unless you're in El Paso!

[DANNYY]

Originally Posted by catman

Amarillo and Lubbock are chillier and windier as a rule, although in summer they are plenty hot.

My main concern with the 'box' area you mentioned is that the tornado/sever weather threat is high there. My favorite part of Texas is the Trans-Pecos region, although it is isolated. But no traffic jams unless you're in El Paso!

El Paso is getting really big, really fast!

[James2496]

Of the cities you listed originally, Denton is the best. I lived there several years and loved it. The only problem is, it is really growing and will soon border and touch the built up areas of the Metroplex.

I live in Abilene now and love it, but it seems to be just outside your chosen area.

[DANNYY]

Originally Posted by James2496

Of the cities you listed originally, Denton is the best. I lived there several years and loved it. The only problem is, it is really growing and will soon border and touch the built up areas of the Metroplex.

I live in Abilene now and love it, but it seems to be just outside your chosen area.

Denton is near a lot of large lakes, and that gives it an advantage over some of the other Dallas suburbs.

[bgrn198]

I've always liked Waco not terribly far from DFW either

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