"Northeast Dallas" is the most popular Zillow search area in the U.S. (Plano: apartments, homes)

[Walter Benjamin]

According to this study of Zillow searches, "Northeast Dallas" is the most popular area in the U.S. to search on Zillow, beating out the Hollywood Hills, La Jolla, Camelback East in Phoenix, and the Upper East Side of New York.

Note that Zillow's "Northeast Dallas" includes everything from Deep Ellum to Casa View - much more than "Northeast Dallas" means locally.

NY Times: America's Most Popular Neighborhoods

Zillow: Northeast Dallas

[rabbit33]

Boundaries are kind of bogus, for example cutting right through the middle of city blocks.

[75214Dad]

Deep Ellum is NE Dallas, but not the M Streets?

[RJ312]

I didn't even recognize the term Northeast Dallas.

According to Google Maps, Northeast Dallas are the area immediately to the east and the south of the The Village Apartments. Mockingbird Lane is the southern and eastern border.

That's a unremarkable area of Dallas with mainly 1950s-1970s style single family homes.

[casimpso]

Go to Zillow to find the true boundaries of Northeast Dallas. Google Maps drills down to micro neighborhoods. I live in Northeast Dallas, near Richland College, which Google calls North Lake Highlands.

https://www.zillow.com/northeast-dal...oom%22%3A12%7D

My home was built in 1979, using quality materials. When I go in my backyard, I hear the roar of traffic from the busiest intersection in Texas, LBJ and 75 (Central Expressway). The street I live on gets a lot of "cut through" traffic. But when I go in my bedroom, I hear nothing. It's quiet as a mouse.

And I'm in the middle of the city, where it's dense, not in some far-flung suburb or exurb in the middle of nowhere. The best of what Dallas has to offer is minutes away.

You can have Frisco and Plano.

[RJ312]

Originally Posted by casimpso

Go to Zillow to find the true boundaries of Northeast Dallas.

That's a much different definition than Google Maps' definition, with a lot of differing areas. Still, most housing stock in the Zillow boundaries is pre-1980.

Originally Posted by casimpso

My home was built in 1979, using quality materials.

A lot of the 1950s-1970s homes had quality materials in the builds and better construction. Around the 1980s is when materials and labor quality started to decline.

Originally Posted by casimpso

And I'm in the middle of the city, where it's dense, not in some far-flung suburb or exurb in the middle of nowhere. The best of what Dallas has to offer is minutes away.

You can have Frisco and Plano.

Recently, I was driving through a neighborhood within the Zillow boundaries of Northeast Dallas. Google would call where I was driving Lake Highlands. That neighborhood was suburban in nature. There are plenty of suburban style neighborhoods in Dallas city limits. I can see how a suburban experience within Dallas itself could be desirable. Dallas offers things that aren't as easily accessible in the suburbs.

The housing stock where I was driving was older. The suburban feel of Lake Highlands seemed like it would have been similar to a feel of a Plano or Frisco, except the housing stock is newer there and the schools are likely better. Newer housing stock and the ratings around the school system are what attracts people to far flung suburbs.

[hbdwihdh378y9]

Originally Posted by RJ312

Recently, I was driving through a neighborhood within the Zillow boundaries of Northeast Dallas. Google would call where I was driving Lake Highlands. That neighborhood was suburban in nature. There are plenty of suburban style neighborhoods in Dallas city limits. I can see how a suburban experience within Dallas itself could be desirable. Dallas offers things that aren't as easily accessible in the suburbs.

It is awesome.

[Walter Benjamin]

Stipulating that Zillow's exact definition of "Northeast Dallas" is ridiculous, I think the real news here is the incredible demand for housing and the popularity of the local area.

[AlecZTexan]

Originally Posted by Walter Benjamin

Stipulating that Zillow's exact definition of "Northeast Dallas" is ridiculous, I think the real news here is the incredible demand for housing and the popularity of the local area.

This is wonderful news. While NE Dallas ranks #1 in the list, other top ranked Dallas communities include Preston Hollow and Far North Dallas in this NY Times article. It just makes sense - these three areas are all good locations and reflect demands from diverse groups of people. Keep in mind this is a nationwide ranking.

[Walter Benjamin]

Gotta chime in once more: There are only two places I've read anyone use the term "Northeast Dallas," outside of Zillow.

1. For the Dallas Police department, "Northeast Dallas" includes, in addition to Lake Highlands and Far East Dallas, Lakewood and the neighborhoods north of Mockingbird (but *not* Lakewood Heights, Lakewood Hills or the rest of East Dallas).

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/...fig1_227155414
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/...fig1_283324192

2. For the Dallas Morning News, "Northeast Dallas" is the area between Lake Highlands, Lakewood and US-75.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/the-of...7083043138592/


But I don't think it's a very commonly used term in general.