Relocating from Houston; work is near Galleria (DNT/Spring Valley Rd)

[BigDGeek]

Originally Posted by Shipresa

*This* is what we wanted to avoid. Hubby had 7 mile journey to Energy Corridor and at rush hour, it could take 40 minutes. He did work off hours to avoid - 6:30 left home for 15 minute ride, but if he left at 7, it would be 45 minutes. We know the location of this new office isn't ideal (corporate office is in Longview, darn it!) - so we are stumped. We don't want to simply trade "nice" but not great housing at $$ for the same thing just 4 hours north.

Granted, we are quite finished with Houston traffic and humidity, so to lose one problem would be nice...

Any thought to live out of town? And commute in?

I cringe at the people saying, "Oh I'm moving to Houston and see it is a straight shot down the 290 so I'll live 30 miles north and simply commute." (It would take them 1.5 hours to downtown...)

So now I see, oh, Denton is nice, can he commute in? Or farther north/east?

You're kidding right?

[TheOverdog]

So to avoid rush hour you want to move where everything is a solid 30 minutes of driving away? Fine, but avoid Denton because I35 is one of the most crowded roads in DFW.

[SouthernBelleInUtah]

Anything out of town will be an hour plus commute. In good traffic.

[Shipresa]

Okay, I like Denton but that won't work. (I knew that, but you know how maps are.)

We are now looking in the Richardson ISD (leaning toward Northwood Hills and Prestonwood) and areas of West Plano.

We aren't coming up with much that could suit outside of Dallas with a 30/40 minutes commute to Galleria. Our realtor put out Murphy and Wylie as possibilities from the east and the Colony or Coppell from the West/North.

I see no straight shot to DNT/Spring Valley from the east.

Any thoughts?

[HP48G]

Why are you overthinking this ? The western section of Plano adjacent to the Tollway (either side) is where you should search.