Texas

[mbacfp]

My wife and I are looking to move out of California. There are some job opportunities in education located in Texas:

Frisco, TX
McKinney, TX
Plano, TX
Celina, TX
Farmersville, TX

Anyone have any opinions or experiences with these areas?

Besides more rain and tornadoes, I am unfamiliar with this general area.

Any info would be appreciated. Hope all is well.

 

[ripcord]

I read "rain and tornadoes" buy my brain saw "rain and tomatoes."

I don't live in Texas, but it looks like you are mostly interested in the DFW area?

 

[mbacfp]

I read "rain and tornadoes" buy my brain saw "rain and tomatoes."

I don't live in Texas, but it looks like you are mostly interested in the DFW area?

Not sure where I'm leaning towards, but the College has campuses in those areas. Funny on the rain and tomatoes .

 

[SZR48207]

Where do you have to commute to? The DFW metro is so huge that there is a reason why all these cities are mashed up together. Also do you want urban or rural living?

 

[mbacfp]

Open to both urban or rural living. Depends on which Campus she gets. Plano, TX has a Costco (which is nice). Schools look good from what I can see in Celina, TX. Have a 6 and 8 year old.

 

[SZR48207]

I'd go rural if you are OK with occasional long trips "into the city" and don't need to go to DFW airport often.

If you live in Plano, Frisco, or McKinney.. you have the entire world at your fingertips but will pay heavily for that in real estate price, taxes, congestion, summer heat (all that concrete just soaks up the heat and releases it at night), and air quality. As you are probably aware, it's extremely popular for Californians to move to TX right now and I predict that the large TX metro areas will eventually just be a mirror reflection of the problems that people left California over.

 

[mbacfp]

I'd go rural if you are OK with occasional long trips "into the city" and don't need to go to DFW airport often.

If you live in Plano, Frisco, or McKinney.. you have the entire world at your fingertips but will pay heavily for that in real estate price, taxes, congestion, summer heat (all that concrete just soaks up the heat and releases it at night), and air quality. As you are probably aware, it's extremely popular for Californians to move to TX right now and I predict that the large TX metro areas will eventually just be a mirror reflection of the problems that people left California over.

Thanks. Texas was where some jobs opened up recently. Not married to Texas per say, just curious about those areas.

 

[OVERKILL]

DFW is nice in certain areas, I worked there for quite a stint. Not too hot near Parkland though, lots of homeless and sketch. Downtown Dallas is very nice.

 

[mbacfp]

DFW is nice in certain areas, I worked there for quite a stint. Not too hot near Parkland though, lots of homeless and sketch. Downtown Dallas is very nice.

I'm 35 miles North-West of Los Angeles, so I know those dynamics well. Appreciate the info all.

 

[skyactiv]

My wife travels for her job and is a senior bussiness analyst. She works for a firm that gets hired to improve a businesses productivity and other aspects. No offense to Texans, she says they are the hardest people to deal with. You can't change their mind, they don't want to hear your opinion and they only want to deal with like minded people.

 

[mbacfp]

My wife travels for her job and is a senior bussiness analyst. She works for a firm that gets hired to improve a businesses productivity and other aspects. No offense to Texans, she says they are the hardest people to deal with. You can't change their mind, they don't want to hear your opinion and they only want to deal with like minded people.

Good to know and I appreciate that. I would be relocating my wealth management business as well. Hoping to grow it in Texas as well...so something to consider on my end.

 

[Kruse]

I have relatives who live in the Los Angeles. I’ve also lived in Dallas for five years and in Plano, Texas (suburb north of Dallas, for those who don’t know) for another five years. While both areas have their good and bad points, I’d pick the Dallas area any day of the week.

 

[JT20]

Anywhere but Austin.

From what I hear.

 

[Hillbilly Deluxe]

Texas. The new California

 

[aquariuscsm]

DFW is a beautiful area. The outlying cities and the mid-cities are my fave areas here. There's also the outlying cities of Ft Worth.

 

[Dave Hess]

Anywhere but Austin.

From what I hear.

45 mins north in Leander and Georgetown is much better.

 

[JT20]

I kind of want to move to DFW. I do.

Now of course I got a job out here..

This always happens..

 

[JustinH]

Dallas gets pretty darn cold during winter. Lots of good job opportunities, and very good paying jobs.

We lived in Austin for 7 years, and now San Antonio for 2.

You are going to like that lack of state income tax.

There is quite a bit to do in DFW but definitely work near where you will be living, and rent something for a year to figure out what areas you like and which ones you don't.

All the California restaurants are there, lots of attractions. Winstar Casino in OK is not too far away.

There is a reason why the people in my subdivision all come here with California license plates.

 

[JT20]

Dallas gets pretty darn cold during winter. Lots of good job opportunities, and very good paying jobs.

We lived in Austin for 7 years, and now San Antonio for 2.

You are going to like that lack of state income tax.

There is quite a bit to do in DFW but definitely work near where you will be living, and rent something for a year to figure out what areas you like and which ones you don't.

All the California restaurants are there, lots of attractions. Winstar Casino in OK is not too far away.

There is a reason why the people in my subdivision all come here with California license plates.

Something tells me that if you're from Jersey.. "Pretty darn cold" is like 30 degrees. LMAO(meaning: Not cold at all.)

 

[raburn2906]

I was born and raised here in North Texas, and have live here all but four years that I was in the Marine Corps.
Of the areas that you listed, Celina would be my choice simply because it's a small town, nice area, great school, great football team, and close enough to DFW to hit the big city when you need to. Frisco, McKinney, and Plano real estate is at a premium; nice areas but expensive and steadily growing into big cities. I don't know much about Farmersville, seems like a nice area, but that's about where my knowledge ends.