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anotherfreak

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especially the folks familliar with the Knox-henderson/east dallas side of town.

I may have an opportunity to relocate around here and I am looking for advice, or directions about schools(I have a soon-to-be 5yr old and a 2.5yr old) Pre schools, good neighborhoods, bad neighborhoods? that sort of stuff.

bill

 
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haven't lived in the dallas area since the late 80's but i am glad to be in NC now. probably depends on where you are from. i lived in the north suburbs of richardson & garland.

 
Funny!

we are looking in the area around UT Southwestern, we'd hope to have @30min commute, but that's looking less and less likely. Looks like we are gonna check it out next month.

any pointers? places of interest?

I havent' seen mush of a music "scene" yet, nuthing standing out yet(which does frighten me a bit)

 
Hey Bill,

I'm too old to truly provide helpful advice about school districts in Dallas, my kids are all grown. DISD constantly is being investigated by the State. The FBI has been involved over missing and/or fraudulent spending of federally funded money for over a decade. You can google the latest debacle. Its all about perceived power and the cash. It appears the average student is left behind - far behind. Texas isn't known for its education system. Most of the blame should be placed on society and the parents, not the teachers and the school district.

Knox / Henderson is a nice area. Your probably going to find you will want to commute from one of the suburbs.

On the music scene, like most parts of the country, it is not as big as it used to be. Deep Ellum was the King, the West End Marketplace used to be the King, before that it was Lower Greenville Ave. Trees, The Granada Theater are probably the two best venues. As far as major acts touring they all stop here at one of the mega venues. Lots of local bars and local talent. It's not Austin but the Dallas Music scene is fairly good. Used to be great but so was Fort Lauderdale in the 80's with rock clubs - nothing stays the same.

Good luck to you and your family on making a decision to relocate.

Best wishes,

Hamerica

 
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The statement "Texas isn't known for its education system" is my FULL understanding of the environment /emoticons/default_sad.png

Right now I live in a fantastic liberal hotbed college town of activist friends and neighbors. I am expecting a culture shock, I'm ok with that. I grew up with a single parent in a poor Oklahoma neighborhood(muskogee, yup, Barney Kessel, Loe Kotke are from here) Dallas is just further south, and a ton more urban. I've never lived in a city this size(i lived in Tulsa for 4yrs)

I do appreciate any comments to/of the area around Dallas

thanks so much!

bill

 
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The statement "Texas isn't know for its education system" is my FULL understanding of the environment /emoticons/default_sad.png

LOL change that to "known".

 
Austin here (well, finally again in two months).

All those flyovers in the Metroplex scare me. However, it is a big place, so I've no doubt if you are looking for better, it is there to be found.

 
Hey... I found my thread!!!

Thought I'd been bumped out without my speech and all......

so it looks like we are going to check out N.E. Dallas(75243) next month. stayin' at a BnB for a bit and decide if we could afford to live there.

we just need something with a reasonablecommute to UT Southwestern(45min/less)

any sights to see, stuff we shouldn't miss out on for decisionmaking

music stores....shhhhhhhhh /emoticons/default_wink.png

 
Texas BBQ is all the reason anyone should need to consider living there.

1) Check this list

2) Find something close

3) Enjoy

4) Repeat as necessary

 
It might help - because everything is bigger there - to look thru binoculars backwards for a few weeks.

 
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