re: Good areas to live in around DFW?

In Dallas with Richardson ISD schools for $500k

Zillow

Interest rate and taxes will have you at almost $4000 a month for a mortgage though

There is a train from east Plano. I’ve never taken it so idk how long it takes

unless your budget is relatively huge, moving from oos with no prior experience in DFW (or any similar metro area) and immediately buying is kind of insane to me

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Irish travelers and gypsies are not the same, though similar.

If they are actually legitimate Irish travelers and not gypsies this just got a lot more interesting. I didn’t know there were any in america

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Well, admittedly I have no clue what the difference is. All I know is these were one of the two. Heard them referenced by the two names commonly and once you see them, you know who they are. It's hard to describe what inbred looks like, but they all have a look of inbreeding.

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not a bad idea, gives interest rates a chance to possibly lower

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That will take years to get down to a reasonable rate. I jumped when I got 5.25%. Think it’s at 8% now and likely to have at least two more bumps per analysts

Maybe look towards Waxahachie. I think there are some good school districts down there. Now 35E can be a bear so the commute for her may be rough.

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but once you need to send them to elementary or junior school I don’t get how it’s feasible

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What are you basing this opinion on? DISD has many great elementary schools and their Middle school and HS magnets are some of the best in the country. I've had friends who went private and friends who went public and they are all successful. Are there bad schools in DISD? Absolutely, but those schools are in areas you generally wouldn't buy in anyway. And actually, if you live in those bad areas you have the right to transfer your kid to any other school in DISD.

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There is a train from east Plano. I’ve never taken it so idk how long it takes

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Red Line, I rode it for 2.5 years commuting to my job off of Bryan Street. I lived in Allen near the border with Plano and would drive 10 minutes to the Parker station to catch it. It's worth it in my opinion. It cut an hour off my total commute time and I put way less miles on my car. My company gave me a $100/ month stipend for my DART pass. Most companies downtown do.

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Don’t get me wrong Dallas seems like a great place to be when you’re single and maybe even with little kids but once you need to send them to elementary or junior school I don’t get how it’s feasible unless you make a frick ton or you don’t have to commute to the office every day.

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You're kind of right, it's very hard to live there (especially if you're a newcomer with kids) on anything below $80k. There's takeaways, while real estate and property taxes are ridiculously more, public services are way better. My kids went to high performing brand new schools, our rec center/library was nicer than Red's in Lafayette, cops/firefighters didn't take 20+ minutes to respond to anything, and none of the roads had potholes.

Like I said earlier, it probably has the best white collar job market outside of NY and California. My first job paid me around $50k. I got promotions or moved companies every 2 years and worked my way to 100k after my first 8 years out of college. Companies move to places like Dallas to access local talent.

If all I could afford was a neighborhood in inner city Dallas, I would probably just stay in Louisiana.

I have family in Mansfield, they like it. Lots of growth south on 360 off Lone Star Rd. Nice new homes, businesses, and schools.