re: What can you tell me about McKinney Texas ?

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I’m heading from Baton Rouge, thanks for the quick response so far

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I don’t know a damn thing about McKinney, Texas, but I can assure you that you are upgrading.

Tell me who you would have voted for first before I give you any info. Puto or Ted?

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We do but I guess a lot of people on here aren’t qualified for them

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we can't all be in the performance contractors cool guy click

I live in Collin County and you are making a great choice. If your job is in McKinney, you really have a few options to live.

McKinney West of 75 - If living in McKinney, you really want to be West of US 75. East is lower income. West schools are better, but check the school boundries. Some West homes go East for school.

Allen - Just South on US75. Smaller town, but has better elementary schools. I do not know the rankings now, but just a year or two ago they had several ranked in the top 10 for the State and one ranked in the national top 25. I have lived in Allen before and would choose it over McKinney everyday.

Frisco - McKinney is the county seat, but Frisco is trying to knock it off for everything else. Frisco is growing and might be the wealthiest city in the county now. They have really good schools and about everything else there including soon the PGA headquarters. MLS soccer, minor league baseball, home of Dallas Cowboys practice, etc. is all there. Frisco can feel crowded, look carefully when buying a house.

Plano - Once a suburb star, Plano is dated. Most development is old, especially East and Central. Any new development in Plano is far West which would make it the longest drive to McKinney. Stay away from East and most of Central Plano.

Country options - Anna and Melissa - These are North on US75 and going to feel a lot more country. Cheaper homes and more land, but civilization is creeping North constantly. Drive is not bad into McKinney, but you will feel far from everything. Careful around there, the dump is located up there and depending on wind patters, well you know .

You are actually rich option - Fairview and Lucas - Most homes here are 1 acre and up. This also means you should expect to pay well over $500,000. Price per sq/ft is around $180 in fairview. Lovejoy (their school district) schools are solid and some surrounding people actually pay $10,000+ to send their kids to these public schools.


There is probably not a better County to raise a family in Texas, so you really lucked up. It is not going to be as glamorous as NY, LA, SF or Baton Rouge, but it is a very nice place to live. Your kid and any future kids will have a ton of opportunities in education and athletics.

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It has a really cool old downtown square with a ton of local businesses

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That is a good point and nice to offset the no culture people.

The square has really upgraded over the years. Once it was just antique shops, but now there are some real good restaurants/pubs. There are several activities hosted up there for families as well. Oktoberfest is usually pretty good and Christmas. There was also once the best Star Wars store, but it may have completely moved to Allen now. It is called Order 66.

If you like HS football, McKinney just built a $70 million stadium to rival Allen's $60 million.

The Star in Frisco is really starting to come into it's own. Some quality restaurants and football field for the kids to play on.

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There was also once the best Star Wars store, but it may have completely moved to Allen now. It is called Order 66.

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That place is fricking awesome. We stumbled upon it one afternoon and spent an hour there easily.

Tupps brewery is right down the street too and has some great stuff.

My Office is in McKinney, it's nice and was rated #1 place to live in the US by some magazine a few years ago. We live a little south and love it.

The area is growing like crazy.

Cost of living is probably not higher than anywhere else, we have no state income tax but the property taxes are nuts. If you have kids it's worth it though due to the top notch school systems.

It's also a real safe place with little to no crime

Some of my coworkers live in Celina, Melissa, Anna if you are looking for a home these areas are all new and nice.

My son will also be moving there soon. You wouldn't by chance be going to work for Raytheon?

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I have a job opportunity in McKinney. Will be moving with a wife and a four year old. Any areas to avoid? Housing and school outlooks?

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Great area, lots of reasonable housing options, good schools, great neighborhoods

Top relocation area in the country. shite ton of Louisiana folk. Top school district. There’s a Cheaper Than Dirt gun store. 4-5 major lakes within an hour’s drive. Collin County is a dry county but a ten minute drive to the nearest alcohol. Hospitals and clinics are great.