[MissAmericanPie]

Welcome to Texas. I don't know much about Houston, in Dallas try to stay in the Plano/Addison area. Avoid anything in S. Dallas, Oak Cliff, the crime rate worsens the farther south you go in the city.

There are bedroom communities, Garland, Mesquite, Arlington, Irving. While there are sections in some of these places that are good, I would avoid them for the most part because they are over run with illegals, and they can make your life miserable. If you can afford private school, take the opportunity.

[sinkspur]

There are bedroom communities, Garland, Mesquite, Arlington, Irving. While there are sections in some of these places that are good, I would avoid them for the most part because they are over run with illegals, and they can make your life miserable.

I beg your pardon.

The "Mid-Cities" area of Grapevine, Colleyville, Hurst, Euless, Bedford is not overrun with illegals. In fact, to avoid the high Dallas county taxes, Tarrant County is far superior as a place of residence. The traffic is lighter, the arts are better in Ft. Worth, and housing is much less than in Plano or Addison.