What is your opinion for relocating to Princeton/ Royse at this point? (Lucas: homes, neighborhood)

[rabbit33]

Originally Posted by ThomasCrown

It's been about 3 years, but at one point we were looking to buy more land along the 75 corridor. At the time, prices in Princeton were still lagging the surrounding area due to the stigma, and if you did see a supposedly "good" deal, TurtleCreek is right... that land would be surrounded by registered sex offenders. Definitely not something you want to deal with for development purposes, and I doubt much has changed in just 3 years.

Well, the US 75 corridor is miles and miles away from Princeton.

If you like singlewides with mountains of beer cans as landscaping, go right on ahead. I'd not move to Princeton on a dare.

[MurphyPl1]

Since sex offenders can't be within a certain distance of a school or playground then rural and far flung areas are always going to be where sex offenders live.

[ChristieP]

Originally Posted by RB520

All a neighborhood has to do to keep the sex offenders out is to declare a vacant chunk of land as a public park. It could be a vacant lot or even a tree with a bench next to it. They can't live within 300 yards of a public park. Problem solved.

If the City owns that land, sure. Otherwise, the City has to eminent domain it from the current owner using taxpayer money, which requires a lot of legal work.

Originally Posted by RB520

Princeton is improving. There are many new higher income homes and neighborhoods being built in Princeton, specifically just east of the high school that have parks in the design. Princeton is turning around for the better. We are considering moving there to one of the new-built communities.

Good luck with that.

[TheOverdog]

Princeton the city vs the area around Lake Lavon are kind of separate - the area around the lake still has plenty of trailer homes, but the city itself has grown and is just a normal DFW suburb now, like Allen or McKinney but 25 years ago. Why you would choose to live there over eastern McKinney would be a mystery to me due to the difficulty of getting there down 380. But if the price was right I'd rather throw in with the trailerhouses around the lake - deer, more property, and more isolation rather than the city itself.

[TeamLynn]

Go North vs East.....Princeton while cost effective on housing, is still remote. Long drive on 380 to go anywhere.

I'd look at Anna, Melissa, Van Alystene, Howe, Gunter and even Sherman if you can.

Royse city and those surrounding towns are probably better in a lot of ways. Traffice can be iffy if you have to go West for work, but still decent cities...not naming them all, but Rockwall, RC, Fate, Heath, Crandall, Heartland, etc are options.

[dinooreo]

Centurion American's development plan in Princeton.

https://centurionamerican.com/develo...tewing-trails/

[ChristieP]

Originally Posted by dinooreo

Centurion American's development plan in Princeton.

Brought to you by the same people who developed Travis Ranch near Forney…which is now full of section 8 rentals and frequent shootings/stabbings.

[brock2010]

Originally Posted by ChristieP

Brought to you by the same people who developed Travis Ranch near Forney…which is now full of section 8 rentals and frequent shootings/stabbings.

Are you serious? That sounds absolutely dreadful! Why live in the big bad city when the big bad city can come to suburbia?

[MurphyPl1]

Originally Posted by RB520

All a neighborhood has to do to keep the sex offenders out is to declare a vacant chunk of land as a public park. It could be a vacant lot or even a tree with a bench next to it. They can't live within 300 yards of a public park. Problem solved.

Princeton is improving. There are many new higher income homes and neighborhoods being built in Princeton, specifically just east of the high school that have parks in the design. Princeton is turning around for the better. We are considering moving there to one of the new-built communities.

A neighborhood can't declare a public park. They have to deed it to the city. Then the city has to accept it AND designate it as park land. Which can't be undone unless by majority vote of the entire city.

[ChristieP]

Originally Posted by brock2010

Are you serious? That sounds absolutely dreadful! Why live in the big bad city when the big bad city can come to suburbia?

That’s what’s happened in Travis Ranch. Centurion built big houses that were cheaply priced, and the development now has a crime problem. Lots of it is domestic-related, but it’s certainly an issue. People who would like to move away from it are stuck with their houses there because they have trouble selling due to the crime issues.