I agree with the above. I'd MUCH rather live over in Ft Worth or the mid-cities area (Hurst/Euless/Bedford, North Richland Hills etc etc) than in Dallas.

If you're serious about moving here - you need to come down and spend a few days driving around... each little suburb/area has its own flavor and there are definitely some that are better than others (for instance, if you find a great deal on a house in Oak Cliff (south Dallas)... don't take it. You might wake up dead.). Traffic is pretty bad (at least in Dallas) - so you'll want to live pretty close to your job... or at least keep the drive to work in mind when searching. This shouldn't be quite as big a deal in Ft Worth.

I grew up (through high school) in Bedford and liked it pretty well.

Oh - he's also right about the offroading. We have some parks to go to - and they're making more - but it's not like AZ and Cali where there is just wheeling everywhere. There is no real public land here.

It's a pretty good place to live, though... cost of living is relatively cheap, no state income tax etc. We usually get one or two winter weather events per year where it'll snow a couple inches or sleet for a day or two. It's hot as hell during the summer - but that's what Willis Haviland Carrier invented the air conditioner for.