Unfortunately I am not familiar with Frisco specifically. North Dallas has a lot of nice areas to live though. Cost of living is better than Denver for certain. Plenty of things to do in the Dallas area, it just depends on your tastes.
Also not for nothing, Texas has no state income tax.
Plus if nature is your thing there are plenty of surrounding areas you can get to quickly and if you don't mind commuting many people live like an hour out of town in rural areas and drive in at least here in Houston. I am not crazy familiar with rural areas around Dallas but I can almost assure you there are plenty of people commuting from rural areas relatively close to the city the same as they do here.
Sorry I’m late to this, haven’t been on the general chat, I’ve lived around Plano/allen my entire life, I am very familiar with Frisco. 1. You should 100% move there. It was one of the fastest growing cities in the us, I know it was ranked for it for a few years recently as well. Collin county in a whole is a phenomenal county, you can’t go wrong with any city but the prime time is Frisco/prosper/the colony area. Dallas cowboys the star opened more recently and the PGA headquarters just moved there too I believe(may actually be Plano but west Plano). The absolute best perk in my opinion is safety/school districts. By far one of the better places to raise a family. I by no means am just trying to promote it, I have nothing to gain. If you haven’t been you should 100% visit. The absolutely only knock I have on Texas, is the Nature/outdoors. We don’t have much. Texas is for sure about the people/economy. I will add, it gets cold here, my wife didn’t realize that moving from south Florida. Yeahhhh we had a feels like negative 2 a few weeks ago with wicked winds.
Texan*@ironviking did you ever move here, dying to know. Sincerely, an obviously overly proud Texas
Not yet, still on the fence really but leaning much more toward moving. Denver is great but it still hasn't recovered from the pandemic and people out here seemed to have forgotten how to interact with other people. The rudeness is astounding.@ironviking did you ever move here, dying to know. Sincerely, an obviously overly proud Texas
Plano has one of the original Metroflex’s, the one branch Warren and johnnnie Jackson liked! Brother you can bang and clang as loud as you want. Hope in the wall little warehouse. Also I’m in the same boat, I move to south Florida in January. Never planned on moving, but my wife’s family lives there and their support system it 20 fold better than mine. So while I want to live here forever, I know it needs to be done for them. But back to your trip, I’ve got you covered on food too, frisco does have new places opening up all the time though, so it might be a little dated. I have like 50 things going on in my head cause I’m excited you replied, there’s also destination Dallas but I’ll be honest, all the young influencers go there But has a bunch on new equipment, Metroflex Plano is literally like from back in the day on musclemag type ****.
I learned to powerlift there from the owners who used to train at Westside Barbell I'm a far cry from those days but I'd still love to train at a gym like that than these fitness centers now days...they have their place and have some serious dudes training but sometimes there's just as much jabber going on as working out. I'm going to try and hit Metroflex on Saturday and Destination Dallas on Sunday. Thank you for sending over!!
Looking at the map, Frisco seems too far from the salt water (Galveston) for me, my wife and I are salty people. but I do see a lot of large interesting lakes in the Frisco area. could make for some great fishing or water sports..... and the weather is always going to be nicer lol
Agree with Metroflex Arlington but it’s gonna be a drive from Frisco, that’s the one Ronnie was at! Food wise, you have to try BBQ the closest best bet is Lockhart in McKinney,(there’s normally a line wrapped around the building) but my favorite is pecan lodge in Dallas but I’m trying to keep it within a good driving distance. You also need to try covens in Plano. You have to get the lasagne (best I’ve ever had by far) and their smoked chicken ravioli with basil crème sauce. Literally game changer. Also legacy west in Plano on the edge of Frisco has a food hall, with about 8 to 10 little food truck style restaurants, it’s all inside and they have an outside patio, def worth it because it’s close and you get a crap ton of options, it’s not far from the star in Frisco. And yeah I know Florida will be good overall, but my biggest concern is professionally. I work for a fire department here in dfw, one of the better higher paying ones. I thought with Florida being twice as expensive to live, the departments would pay more. It’s looking like I’m wrong and the best case scenario, I take a 21k pay cut. Not only that, but I’m looking at annual run reports and across the board, the call volume is higher. It’s also the geriatric capital, which most of our calls is elderly. So I’m taking a huge pay cut and increasing my workload. Which obviously doesn’t sound fun. The goal is always to make more while working less lol. Oh, also I’m not sure if you’ve been to a Buc-ees before but it’s a gas station and kinda an experience everyone loves here. Their bathrooms have 24/7 attendants that clean the toilets literally after every use. So its like a relief when you know you have to take a **** because the toilets can be eaten off of lolDANG!!!! Been checking both of those out online. They remind me of the old days about 17 or 18 years ago when I trained at a place called BIG (Black Iron Gym). It was an old auto service station, sometimes you could still smell the oil
I do hope your move to Florida goes well and you enjoy it there. I spent a few years just north of Jacksonville and loved it out there. That was close to 30yrs ago so I"m sure it's changed but FL is just a cool place anyway.
Bro I’ll be 100% honest. Galveston is a mud puddle shithole. Nastiest beaches I’ve ever seen, so I can’t recommend Galveston at all. Lake fork is one of the best bass fishing lakes there is tho, but you’d need a boat and all that jazz to do it right.
Covinos** in plano
Gotchya, just had to warn him lol
Austin’s pretty dope too, haven’t been there a lot though. Speaking of round rock, round rock donuts is ranked nationally, best donut I’ve had! The icing is yellow because they used raw unbleached sugar!
That sounds freaking awesome, and yeah there’s a lot of places to visit cause Texas is so damn big. If I were to cherry pick a place for y’all, it’s Fredericksburg and San Antonio. I absolutely love the riverwalk and Hispanic culture, so it might not be your thing as much as it is mine. San Antonio is also dirt cheap, even noticeable with food, you can go make it rain everywhere you go lol.
Also I agree, you come to Texas for the red meat and BBQ
Freaking awesome news! Glad you liked it, the love will continue to grow I promise. Glad everyone was friendly, southern hospitality is huge here for the most part. Holler if you need help with settling in or house stuff, my dad’s a master plumber, and with work, I have connections with pretty much any trade job. Frisco is so new you probably won’t need much fixing though.
You know! I’ve worked out at lockout a few times years back, like 2014. Cool place, where were you at?
I meant which city you lived in, and Firefighter? Which department?
Lived in Mckinney last, Greenville Fire Rescue, I built and moved on 100 acres in Wolfe City 2 years ago.
Damn, you know Kris Anderson? lol. And I know where that is, I live in Wylie and use to work in van alstyne, now I’m in Coppell.
I worked with him part time in Parker briefly, damn, small world lol
To be fair, the beaches themselves are fine for the most part unless you came right after a seeweed dump which happens on occasion, but yeah the waters is a brownish green, or greenish brown color that is not pretty to look at. The Mississippi Delta just drops that river water into the Gulf and it flows this way. So the water definitely has some dirt in it. However, if you just want to go sit by the beach and listen to the waves roll in, or do some fishing then it is just fine. You can still play just the same on the beaches, kids enjoy it and 99% of the time it is completely safe to get in the water just like any other beach. If you are looking for a beautiful pristine looking beach and water you won't find it this side of the delta until you get further South West in the Gulf. You would probably want to check out Corpus Christie beach or something like that. There are plenty of great rivers and lakes around Texas to visit for water based activities too.
Well now I kinda feel like an ass for shitting on Galveston lol
No, I mean if you are used to pretty water then come see the water in Galveston it is going to be a turn off. Especially if you don't know the reason why it looks that way. Then you just think EWWWW what the hell is in this water. So totally and completely understandable.
lol then I found my problem then, I was never old enough for the party spots because It was always family trips while I was younger.
LOL yep moved here in July actually the tag could be misunderstood as i don't like it here i actually do like it here the tag is from the gym i go to now Absolute Recomp
Are they promoting you to Somali Daycare Manager?
, honestly I don't know anything about Frisco other then it's one of the areas where theres Somali communities. Denver to Texas sounds like a big adjustment to the weather!
Weather, people, community events, offroading (there is none here), Denver has way more sunny days, outdoor life is massive in colorado if it's above 40 the parks are packed, no matter what day and how nice it is ain't nobody but me at the parks here, whereas inside stuff is packed all day everyday. It ain't bad I do like it just a big adjustment for me... culture shock. The gym has been helping me keep it together though.
yeah sounds like you may be a little home sick. I’m afraid I’ll get that too. I’m actually road tripping now. It’s legitimately happening and I’m kinda freaking out lol. Yeah the outdoors aspect of dfw isn’t really there unless you know people who live outside the metroplex. I had a few friends in the jeep clubs and they would always drive out somewhere to go mudding, so maybe try that. I’ll be able to type more later. I’m also considering stopping by Barlowe’s herbal elixirs because it’s literally on the way, just thought yall would get a kick out of that
lol really? I wasn’t aware of that,, that might partly be media exaggerating lol.Are they promoting you to Somali Daycare Manager?
Denver sounds great!