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My company is relocating me to the north Dallas area, and I'm looking at houses in Frisco/Plano or perhaps closer to the airport. I was born and raised in Chicagoland, and this is going to be a major change for myself and my family.
I already know that there is one (ONE) Italian grocery/deli in the entire city, called Jimmy's, and thank God they have Italian beef. I also know that the north suburbs kind of look and feel like any other suburban area (read: my current stomping grounds).
So...does anyone have any advice to share? Anything from house hunting tips to things to do would be most welcome! I've got 4 kids, first grade through sophomore year of HS so I'm interested in pretty much anything and everything age-wise.
Things I know so far:
TIA
Will answer yours!
GLL peas
I already know that there is one (ONE) Italian grocery/deli in the entire city, called Jimmy's, and thank God they have Italian beef. I also know that the north suburbs kind of look and feel like any other suburban area (read: my current stomping grounds).
So...does anyone have any advice to share? Anything from house hunting tips to things to do would be most welcome! I've got 4 kids, first grade through sophomore year of HS so I'm interested in pretty much anything and everything age-wise.
Things I know so far:
- They get hail and ice there. If I can find a house that recently had to replace the roof due to hail damage that's a good thing, since that way the insurance company pays for the new roof instead of me.
- They don't have basements there. Seriously! WTF am I supposed to put all my crap?!?
- Swimming pools don't include diving boards or deep ends. The one thing I have to bribe my kids with to "smooth the transition" and now they can't even break their necks having fun.
- Lots are super tiny/houses are super big. It seems the only thing Dallas has more of than land is stubborn ranchers not willing to sell.
- Traffic is not bad but they think it is. This is true of pretty much everywhere I've traveled. Everyone thinks they have the worst traffic ever but unless you've lived in Chicago, NY, or LA, I'd say you haven't really seen traffic so don't sweat it.
- It's hot, but it's more humid in Chicago. I was there on a couple of hundred degree days there a month ago and it was more miserable in Chicago over the weekend because of the humidity.
- There are a ton of transplants there so I won't be alone in my culture shock.
- There are Bears fans everywhere.
- Dallas appears to be in the middle of nowhere.
- Illinois is not nearly as flat as I thought it was.
TIA
Will answer yours!
GLL peas