Plano, Texas

Cloudy_Automation
1y ago
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Dad-type advice here.

The quintessential Texas supermarket is HEB, and one opened in Plano at Preston&Spring Creek. If you haven't visited one, it's worth at least one visit. There are plenty of Tex-Mex and Barbeque restaurants, but there are a number of ethnic restaurants, Indian, Japanese, Korean, German, Jamaican and others.

While the speed limits seem more of a suggestion, once school starts, every school zone is strictly enforced, including handheld phone use. You have to stop for school buses in both directions, even on a 6 lane road. Getting a Texas drivers license takes forever, make an appointment online as soon as possible. You need to have your car insured, inspected, and registered in Texas within 30 days, and this has to be done before you go to your driver's appointment.

From what my daughter told me, the wine walks in Deep Ellum were fun, best to get there on DART and back, with an Uber of one has consumed too much. The DART train is in eastern Plano. It's also a good way to go to the State Fair in September, everyone needs to go once.

Anonymous
2y ago
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A more balanced and accurate view of Plano, for someone that takes pride in thinking accurately. Plano is a dense suburb of Dallas, population near 285K, good mix of residential options but is mostly single family homes, ranging from high end homes mostly in the west side to more modest homes in the east. There are also apartments, garden style and new urbanist style in several locations. The city has excellent parks, bike trails, recreation centers, good restaurants, fairly good cultural amenities (performing arts)for a suburban city in the U.S. The population is diverse. Crime is low. Road infrastructure is good, excellent sidewalks for a car oriented city. Public transportation is good, with rail to Dallas on the east side, fair to good bus transit with routes from train station to employment areas on the west side of town, two park and ride bus centers and an on demand transit system across most of the city not on a bike route. Thus, the comment that public transportation is a joke is not accurate. It is not Paris or London, but good to very good for a U.S suburban city.

sapphirekangaroo
Living in Plano
9mo ago
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Plano is a boring city and expensive BUT it’s an amazing place to raise a family. I have a 4 and 8 year old - there are excellent schools, many parks, lots of family entertainment, and it’s safe and clean. Plano itself has lots of shops and restaurants and is easy to live in. Traffic within the city isn’t too bad, except during rush hour. Dallas and two major airports are nearby. The people of Plano are great - a family member recently came out as transgender and we’ve had no issues and only neutral to welcoming responses.

Thinking about moving to Plano. Have some questions.

hailstorms occur every few years. they happen but too often. summers are brutal - i was born and raised here and still hate going outside; the only time when its tolerable is early mornings and late evenings. winters are ok, mild, rarely snows but it has happened before!

politically conservative but I've never encountered super expressive people. most keep to themselves especially with the more diverse population.

population is pretty diverse as i said before. in recent years, I've noticed more Asians especially Chinese moving in (I'm Asian myself and I grew up with many other Asian peers at school). There's been a lot of new cute resturants and cafes opening that students have been going to but there isnt really that much of a night life going on. We weren't ranked as one of the most boring cities in the States for no reason lol.

Plano is known to be very safe. Gun violence has never been a problem until recent years. You don't NEED one but owning a gun is very common in TX.

Haven't heard of opioid crisis but drugs are a known issue in high school (then again this isnt an unique problem) especially on the West side. i went to a school known as the 'pharmacy' where weed was dealt freely and drugs were found in restrooms so 🤷‍♂️

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