We not only left the city, we left the county. Mind you, my parents bought their house in the neighborhood due to the elementary school only a few blocks from where we lived. They then found out because of the idiot federal Judge Sanders, we would be bussed from SE Dallas clear across to W Dallas. Two little six year olds being sent on a bus for over an hour, all in the inane pursuit of ‘diversity’. My dad said ‘He!l no’ and picked us up and left Dallas. Good move.
And look at DISD now. We went to parochial schools so weren’t in danger of being trucked across town, but my parents bought our house because of the reputation and the quality of the neighborhood elementary school. They rightly assumed things would go to hell in a handbasket and property values would follow. They moved far enough north to get out of DISD and the northern suburbs were a much better real estate investment. They stayed in the northern part of the county for years, but now most of my family is in Collin County. I don’t live in the metroplex anymore but do drive up frequently to see family. So you are a twin?