Buying Home - Frisco vs Prosper (both with Prosper ISD) (Plano: new home, high school)

[UnfairPark]

Originally Posted by Katana49

Out of those you mentioned, Prosper still has a small town feel throughout... because it's a small town. It's the only one that is actually called a Town, instead of a City.

Prosper didn't even have a grocery store until fairly recently, and even though the newer housing developments are the typical small lots and cramped spacing between houses, the vast majority of Prosper is not like that. I have to pass three horse farms/ranches to go from my house to McKinney.

Second place is McKinney. It's the only city among those that is known for having a historic downtown area that is pretty unique in the area.

You are right but if you look at ongoing development, future plans, generic subdivisions, commercial and multifamily zoning, growing schools, shrinking lot size and projections then Prosper is catching up with other towns.

McKinney downtown is lovely but Mckinney is too big to pass as a small town.

Neither Prosper nor McKinney are secluded from rest of the suburbs, nothing to tell when others end and these two begin. Its all the same, just longer commute.

[Katana49]

Originally Posted by UnfairPark

You are right but if you look at ongoing development, future plans, generic subdivisions, commercial and multifamily zoning, growing schools, shrinking lot size and projections then Prosper is catching up with other towns.

McKinney downtown is lovely but Mckinney is too big to pass as a small town.

Neither Prosper nor McKinney are secluded from rest of the suburbs, nothing to tell when others end and these two begin. Its all the same, just longer commute.

Prosper's total land area is dwarfed by the cities surrounding it. Buildout is estimated to be about 75k, happening around 2035. That's pretty small, considering every other suburb around here will have 300k+

Adding to that, Prosper has a large portion of its land already built for residential, with 1+ acre lots. From Preston going east to Custer, the majority of homes are 1 acre or multi acreage. That limits population size and density.

I didn't say McKinney was a small town. But the downtown area is full of small town charm, and the historical society has made sure the homes surrounding it are kept looking as they did when built. No other suburb around has that.

As far as seclusion, Prosper still has that, but it's going away rapidly. When I moved to TX in 1986, McKinney was VERY secluded. But time marches on. Hell, even Plano was somewhat secluded back then, the tollway didn't even come up to Plano, there was hardly anything west of Preston, nothing north of Legacy except a brand new development named Deerfield...

[biafra4life]

Honestly the only parts of Collin County that appear to have that small town feel are the following
Lucas
Parker
Murphy
Fairview

They are small and to my knowledge not destined to hit even 30 thousand residents yet are still close enough to all the shopping and jobs in Plano, Allen Frisco etc

[Bluebell123]

Originally Posted by TurtleCreek80

The Lewisville HS zoned to far west Plano and parts of southern Frisco is Hebron HS. It is a very good high school so if you like the homes there and it works for your commute, don't discount that area because of LISD. Hebron is a half-notch or so above Prosper HS and ranks about the same as Frisco Centennial & Wakeland which are among Frisco's best schools. Not relevant to your home search but LISD Flower Mound HS ranks up there with Plano West. I only mention because it seems you're operating under the impression that LISD isn't as desirable.

I had heard about some rezoning; hence did not give it much of a thought.

And for similar reasons we are leaning away from communities in Frisco with Prosper ISD. So far, we like the communities Windsong and Star Trail in Prosper. Any thoughts on these two?

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by Bluebell123

I had heard about some rezoning; hence did not give it much of a thought.

And for similar reasons we are leaning away from communities in Frisco with Prosper ISD. So far, we like the communities Windsong and Star Trail in Prosper. Any thoughts on these two?

Rezoning within one ISD is always a possibility. Rezoning from one ISD to another ISD literally never happens. The residents of both ISD's have to vote to approve the change. You should not pass on Frisco homes zoned to Prosper ISD due to fear of changing ISD's in the future. In Texas, the I in ISD means Independent so the don't follow city or county boundaries.

[Bluebell123]

Originally Posted by TurtleCreek80

Rezoning within one ISD is always a possibility. Rezoning from one ISD to another ISD literally never happens. The residents of both ISD's have to vote to approve the change. You should not pass on Frisco homes zoned to Prosper ISD due to fear of changing ISD's in the future. In Texas, the I in ISD means Independent so the don't follow city or county boundaries.

That's helpful information. Thank you.

[stephwin]

Originally Posted by biafra4life

I could be wrong but I swear I read something where the Frisco portion of LISD was rezoned away from Hebron to the Colony High school which was a major downer for those residents as you could imagine. But perhaps someone can check me on that.

Some of the newer developments going in to Frisco are being zoned to The Colony High School, like the ones around Lebanon/4th Army (and people are paying $$$ too). I believe the existing neighborhoods are staying zoned to Hebron.

[fitness40]

Originally Posted by Bluebell123

I had heard about some rezoning; hence did not give it much of a thought.

And for similar reasons we are leaning away from communities in Frisco with Prosper ISD. So far, we like the communities Windsong and Star Trail in Prosper. Any thoughts on these two?

We are building in Windsong, so there is one vote for Windsong.

[CREW747]

Originally Posted by fitness40

We are building in Windsong, so there is one vote for Windsong.

Windsong is a fantastic subdivision.And there is this...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.yah...060000240.html

[piper04]

We're also building in Windsong! Can't wait!