Any DFW residents current or past?

[tmlowe]

How is living there? I got a wild hair to move to that area in the next few years and just wanted to get some input. I've read of a few other towns in the area with some good and bad but does anyone have suggestions around DFW?

 

[Blake74u]

Northwestern Dallas is a great place to live. Denton. Traffic in Dallas is a nightmare. Not as bad as Houston, but pretty bad during rush hour.

 

[john17427]

+1 on Denton. Dallas traffic sucks bad.

 

[Rooda]

Work moved me here 2 weeks ago. I live in uptown now and enjoying it thus far.

Are there any specific attributes that make or break it for you? Your question is fairly vague.

 

[Jack]

San Antonio is much better IMO

 

[Bayoupiper]

Northwest side of Ft. Worth isn't bad.
Neither is Waxahachie.
Mesquite used to be nice but i hear it has gone downhill.




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[Cat]

Northwest side of Ft. Worth isn't bad.
Neither is Waxahachie.
Mesquite used to be nice but i hear it has gone downhill.




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It's been years since I've been to Waxahachie but the last time I remember it, it was a nice place.

Hands down, I think Austin over DFW is a much better city to reside in.

If I had to pick anywhere in Texas to move to, I'm a big fan of Brenham. Love, love, love that immediate area.

 

[jgreco15]

I lived in Dallas for several years. I loved it and can't wait for the chance to move back. The traffice around 35/635/75 is pretty bad but I had no problem paying for a Toll Tag to take Bush, Tollway and 121. Its well worth it. I lived in North Dallas and Plano. I would never live south of downtown.

 

[blackrussian]

I've been working there (North Dallas) over a year. Have yet to encounter this "horrible traffic" that people complain about. You wont get stuck in traffic if you know your way around.

 

[Col_Sanders]

Need more info on what you want. Country living? City?


Mesquite has definitely gon downhill. It was a pretty quick shift...Happened in 2005. My mom has lived there for ~18 years and I went to school there for several years.

Austin? Full of dirty hippies. Nice place to visit but no way I could live there.

 

[tmlowe]

I am looking for a rural area in a community contained in a good school district with low crime. I would like to find something far enough from the big city so the hustle and bustle isn't an issue, but it's close enough to get there with a short drive.

 

[Crippler7815]

Check out the Keller/Roanoke area, where I grew up. I'm sure it's grown into Fort Worth by now, but there's rural on the other side of the big city for sure

 

[sandman]

Flower mound area

 

[jgreco15]

I've been working there (North Dallas) over a year. Have yet to encounter this "horrible traffic" that people complain about. You wont get stuck in traffic if you know your way around.

Very seldomly did I find that traffic either. I think people who talk about it are referring to 635 mostly.

Flower mound area

or Plano, Allen, Frisco, The Colony, Lewisville, et. al.

 

[tmlowe]

Thanks for the suggestions on areas everyone! I hope to be able to take a road trip out there to check out some stuff