# What's so bad about Dallas? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 10, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-dallas/298685 "2005-04-10T18:48:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-dallas/298685/61 "2005-04-14T16:24:45Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > All in all I find it fairly comfortable here, I don’t have to deal with the new money wannabes, so that’s cool. I just might set up shop here and call it a done deal. Try heading north for that–Richardson, Addison, Plano, the nice parts of Dallas. There’s no shortage of “new money wannabes” in DFW. 🙂 FWIW, if I was moving to the DFW area (I live in a rural area outside city limits NW of Dallas), Mesquite wouldn’t be particularly high on my list. 🙂 Although it’s far enough away from Dallas proper that you could probably find some affordable acreage within commuting distance, if that’s your thing. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-dallas/298685/62 "2005-04-14T16:33:57Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > Try heading north for that–Richardson, Addison, Plano, the nice parts of Dallas. There’s no shortage of “new money wannabes” in DFW. 🙂 I went by that area a few days ago and it just seems to have a concrete maze feel to it, everything seems so far away. I’m sure it’s a bit more upscale in those areas, it’s kind of blue collar down here. I suppose the rent up there reflects its desirability too. Maybe I will give it another shot up there and see what I think. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-dallas/298685/63 "2005-04-14T16:46:26Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > Maybe I will give it another shot up there and see what I think. If you explained what you were looking for in a DFW neighorhood I’m sure the DFW dopers could chime in with some advice. I’m only familiar with a few areas, having only moved here a couple years ago. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-dallas/298685/64 "2005-04-14T17:02:01Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > If you explained what you were looking for in a DFW neighorhood I’m sure the DFW dopers could chime in with some advice. I’m only familiar with a few areas, having only moved here a couple years ago. Thanks. Well I’m not really sure at this point. I think I can pretty much tolerate any area that’s somewhat cheap and safe. It doesn’t bother me to move in a coupe years if I find things aren’t working out in a certain area, but I don’t want to pay twice as much rent just to find out. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-dallas/298685/65 "2005-04-14T18:02:12Z")
Go to Lewisville. It’s outside Dallas proper, just a little ways up I-35. Not too expensive and has easy access to the city. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-dallas/298685/66 "2005-04-14T18:20:30Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > Go to Lewisville. It’s outside Dallas proper, just a little ways up I-35. Not too expensive and has easy access to the city. Well… If he’s working in Mesquite (just guessing because that’s where he is now), wouldn’t he have a fairly nasty commute? 35E can really suck… If he’s working someplace farther north though, Lewisville would certainly fit his “somewhat cheap and safe” criteria. 🙂 I lived there while I was saving up for a house–there’s a pretty big cluster of apartment complexes near and along 121B in the south part of the city. There’s some pretty cheap ones too (I was paying $619/month for a 800-something square foot 2 bedroom) although you certainly get what you pay for… ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-dallas/298685/67 "2005-04-14T19:16:52Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > Well… If he’s working in Mesquite (just guessing because that’s where he is now), wouldn’t he have a fairly nasty commute? 35E can really suck… That’s right, I will be working close to Mesquite. I don’t mind at all trading a bit of ambience in my living conditions for a shorter commute. I just go to the store once a week and spend the rest of my life online anyway. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-dallas/298685/68 "2005-04-15T05:28:07Z")
> [@yBeayf](#): > > Ok, what years were y’all there? ('00 to '02 myself – great school for any subject, as long as it’s engineering) Houston: 1982 Dallas: 1984 Corsicana: 1990 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-dallas/298685.md?page=3)