Texas ladies – can you help us pick a city to live in?

Oh…just saw what you were looking in driving time, etc. Sorry…but I am a bit clueless on the distance thing sometimes. I only venture out as far as Cedar Hill, Midlothian or Arlington.

We used to live in Burleson and Cleburne.  We loved it down there!  I had a patient I had to see in Mansfield and all towns surrounding.  But, you are looking at a 40+ minute drive to any of those.  I only headed north when necessary.  I’m not much of a city gal.  Prefer to stay home. I have an aunt in Grand Prairie.  She has never talked about any crime around her. There are definately areas of every town to avoid.  The area around John Peter Smith County Hospital is NOT an area I would want to live.  You can call the police and the county sheriff’s office and talk to them.  The last two times we moved, when we found a place we liked we called the police to ask about the safety of the area.  They have been happy to tell me of any calls for that road and area.  It has been very helpful.  Happy house hunting.  I know it is a stressful thing.  We just moved about 2 months ago and the house was not fixed as we expected or is the owner willing to do anything, so we are moving again this Friday.  Thankfully we never unpacked much.  I hope your search and move goes smoothly.

I’m rolling on the floor with laughter about not living in Oak Cliff. We lived there for 18 months! ha! Granted my hubby was in Bible school, and we lived on the campus grounds, so it wasn’t like livin’ in the ‘hood, if you know what I mean. No, you most definitely do not want to live in Oak Cliff, a.k.a. “the ghetto”. 

However, we LOVED Cedar Hill, which is about 10 minutes away, down Hwy. 67. Cedar Hill is a small town with big city amenities like Super Target, Sheridan’s (the best frozen custard ever), and a new shopping center with splash fountain. There are some upscale restaurants there too. If we ever had to move back to the DFW area, Cedar Hill is where I would want to land. De Soto and Duncanville (most parts) are also very nice, and the city of De Soto has done a very good job of sprucing up the town. Both towns are 5-7 miles from Cedar Hill.  One great thing about this area of Dallas is that there is almost no traffic congestion on Hwy. 67. That is, until you get to I35, and then you run into problems. We have family who live in the White Rock Lake/Highland Park area, which is very nice and many of the lots are large. It is expensive, however. And off Hwy 75 and 635, traffic is CRAZY. Midlothian was a nice town too, but definitely adds to a commute.

Hi. I’m in north Fort Worth, just south of the Alliance Airport area. I don’t know much about Justin, but Argyle is VERY expensive. There is land there, but the cost is outrageous. You could look at Roanoke. It’s just north of Keller and has easy access 114 which heads out towards Irving. Even driving from my area to Irving is not too bad. I used to drive my son out that way for fencing…it took us about 30 minutes or so in that 5pm to 7pm traffic time frame. I’m east of IH35W…the Fort Worth IH35. There is a lot availabe in my area. And yes, traffic is horrible, but we get out pretty often and it’s awful everywhere in the DFW metroplex. Some areas are newer and have great new house incentives. My neighborhood is about 20 years old now…but our house is 12 years old…our section was the last one built. I think our house would probably go for about 160,000 now…although I could be way off…just thinking about some other houses that have sold. Our house is two-story, four beds/2.5 baths/2 car garage/2400 sq. ft…nothing fancy, but nice. One-story houses go for a lot less…maybe $120,000.

You could check a website called Hot On Homes for new houses.

hth,

Robin

I also sent you a PM 🙂

Nice to “see” so many in the DFW area! We might have to have a CM party sometime 🙂