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Plano is a city of almost 300k and is in a different county than Dallas and headquarters many national and international companies.
Saying it is merely a suburb of Dallas demonstrates your lack of knowledge of the area.
However, you bring up the excellent point (however accidentally) that the state policies and nearby amenities/surrounding cities/areas should be considered.
With that in mind, zero income tax, the best airport of the three, the more international fare, better shopping, better cultural options, and in my opinion, better weather (this, of course, is personal) makes the Dallas area the winner.
As for outdoors, my neighbors/friends and I are outdoors 24/7/365.
Plano itself is always in some magazine as the best place for wealth building, healthy lifestyle, kids, schools, safety/crime...but you will pay for it $$$..
I lived in the Metroplex for 17 years. Plano is a suburb of Dallas, and that's not a bad thing.
I lived in the Metroplex for 17 years. Plano is a suburb of Dallas, and that's not a bad thing.
I never said it was bad. Or good.
I am saying it is not merely a collection of dwellings.
It is an economic force in its own right.
With vastly different politics and demographics than Dallas.
I was given the choice between Phoenix and Dallas suburbs and chose Phoenix, I'm glad I did too.
I was in SC last week and would never want to live there because it 1. Wasn't that green this time of year 2. Everyone had a different accent than me and 3. Hurricanes can get to you and flood, plus I don't care about being near and ocean.
I was given the choice between Phoenix and Dallas suburbs and chose Phoenix, I'm glad I did too.
I was in SC last week and would never want to live there because it 1. Wasn't that green this time of year 2. Everyone had a different accent than me and 3. Hurricanes can get to you and flood, plus I don't care about being near and ocean.
Ummm...you do know that Charlotte is in North Carolina and isn't near the ocean right? Although Hugo did some unexpected damage in '89, Charlotte is far enough inland so that hurricanes are not a regular concern.
I never said it was bad. Or good.
I am saying it is not merely a collection of dwellings.
It is an economic force in its own right.
With vastly different politics and demographics than Dallas.
Moving to Plano is NOT moving to Dallas.
Btw, I love Dallas. Dallas is not Plano.
A suburb isn't always just "a collection of dwellings" as there are tons of jobs-rich suburbs in this country. Plano is a suburb of Dallas by definition.
A suburb isn't always just "a collection of dwellings" as there are tons of jobs-rich suburbs in this country. Plano is a suburb of Dallas by definition.
You guys are being really obtuse or maybe you just can't read. I never said Plano was not a suburb. I just said that moving to Plano was not the same thing is moving to Dallas. I was responding to the poster who said that she should actually compare Phoenix to Dallas rather than Plano to Phoenix. Try to keep up OK?
You guys are being really obtuse or maybe you just can't read. I never said Plano was not a suburb. I just said that moving to Plano was not the same thing is moving to Dallas. I was responding to the poster who said that she should actually compare Phoenix to Dallas rather than Plano to Phoenix. Try to keep up OK?
You're pretty unhinged just because somebody called Plano a suburb of Dallas, which it is. Moving to Plano is moving to suburban Dallas, so this matchup is really about metro Charlotte vs metro Dallas vs metro Phoenix. So just calm down and stop making something out of nothing.
I would choose Charlotte although these are some great options. Phoenix I think has worse of a rep than it deserves on CD. As far as having the better airport, I don't know too many people who base their moving decision on which city offers a better airport, that IMO is more of a corporate relocation/HQ reason. Most major city airports offer the population what they need or connect with an airport who does. I would assume that Plano, being in Metroplex, probably has the most amenities it edges out the other two. As far as no income tax, the local governments are getting that money some other way, either sales or property taxes.
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