Which town gets your vote? Schools being a factor in the discussion.

DFW almost reaches Oklahoma (slight exaggeration), so... Durant?

Granbury

I'd vote Granbury or Aledo. Both have pretty quick access to Fort Worth. FTR, I don't live in either town.

cc_ag92 said:

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How far outside? How small is small?

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Hour or so out. Smaller school - 4A or smaller.

Quinlan

I like the Poetry area

I know a couple people who commute to dfw from muenster. Also not cheap but land is available. Far enough from dfw/I35 that it won't get the population boom of many closer towns.

I'm still guessing a little because I'm not sure where to start counting that hour (downtown Dallas or the outskirts of the suburbs), but I pulled the most recent [url=https://realignment.uiltexas.org/alignments/2020/4AD1FB2020.pdf]UIL basketball alignment[/url] for 4A.

I would consider Anna, Argyle, and Melissa to the north of Dallas.

Athens might be a little further away than you wanted, but it depends on where you start that hour.
Community ISD is east, but on the fringe.

You need to do some research on projected growth, though, if you want the town/district to stay small. You might start here to see if TEA designates the district as fast growing.

Argyle is wonderful as a big 4a now but they will be 5a in the next 4 years.Gunter has become popular for anyone working Plano/Frisco corridor, Brock is a great city if you work in FW, You have towns like Ponder and Krum as well. Not a bunch of great options south of Dallas maybe Grandview for south FW. Also have towns like Melissa and Celina but I have a feeling they will eventually get to 5a status in the next few years. I have known others who lived in Paradise, Boyd, Aubrey, Pilot Point and Springtown as well while working in the Metroplex but I don't know a bunch about those schools though.

Thanks for all of the replies. We actually have some cousins that live in Grandview. It's a consideration.

Do people not like Midlothian anymore?

We're building a home in Grandview. Haven't spent much time there yet but anytime we tell someone they say we'll love it and the schools are great. I think the location is pretty good being at 35 and 67.

Glen Rose, Granbury, Brock

That's what I did! Really hope that toll road gets built up by me soon.

Gunter, Muenster, Grandview, Brock are all solid small towns with great schools.

Outside of that I would look at Quinlan, Van Alstyne, Crandall, Pilot Point, Godley, and Joshua.

SuzyQ06 said:

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Glen Rose is fantastic.

But what is your criteria for "small" and "outside"?

Godley is pretty good too. They've come a long way from 2A back country hicks to I think a large 3A with great schools.

Joshua has made huge improvements too. Cleburne, is my hometown, and when offered the chance to move back, I went to Mansfield.

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Are youth and/or HS sports a factor?

Brock or Glen Rose. Although Brock will explode like Aledo did in no time at all.

cadetjay02 said:

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I live near Rolater, what's the correct pronunciation?

A strong O with a strong A like Roe-later
Or a soft O and soft A like rahl-Uh-ter

Or something different altogether?

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It's Rahl-uh-ter. It's funny that you mentioned that because Claiborne told me about going into a 7-Eleven in Frisco, shortly after the street was named, where the two clerks were discussing how to pronounce Rolater. He tried to correct the one who was using the Roe-later pronunciation but the guy wouldn't believe him. That is, until Claiborne wrote him a check and he saw his name. He just said, "oh, I guess you do know how to pronounce it".

Claiborne was the Accounts Payable Manager at E-Systems in Garland where I worked as a Facilities Engineer. He was a very nice guy who never regretted giving all that land to Frisco, which is now both residential and commercial properties.

WestTexasAg said:

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Which town gets your vote? Schools being a factor in the discussion.

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I love Glen Rose, but it's going to be >1h30m away during commute times to Dallas proper.

Also completely depends on where you are working in DFW. Where are you commuting to assuming that's the premise here?

That would completely change where you should look.

Glen Rose
Stephenville
Dublin
Weatherford (for now)

Do you want towns or suburbs?

A little more expensive to live in and closer to Dallas than a lot of the other towns mentioned, but I think Sunnyvale could fit the bill. Lots of new homes being built and some new shops/restaurants going in but barely a 4A HS and will probably always be in that classification. Kind of a mix between a suburb feel and a rural feel depending on what part of town you're in. Not everybody's cup of tea but just wanted to put it out there since I haven't seen it mentioned.

there are none. look in houston.

I guess it depends on which part of Granbury. My folks live in Pecan Plantation and I would put that up against any of the high tone areas like Southlake and Highland Park. They have their own runway and golf course among many other things.

Let me also add its tough to get through the gates unless you are verified by someone who lives there with no exceptions.

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aggiepanic95 said:

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there are none. look in houston.

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I would think the exact opposite. Houston is a much larger, homogenous metro area than DFW. I can't think of any small town outside of Houston with a short enough drive worth living in

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Um, dude? Beaumont?

120k is about 118k > small town