[trackbird]

I'm starting to consider moving to Dallas to attend school. I've had a few of members of the Texas crowd try to get me to move down there in the last few months or so, but now I'm starting to think it's a good idea.

A bunch of you missed all the fun, but in a nutshell, I got divorced not too long ago and am back to trying to see what I want to be when I grow up. I think I want to go back to school for a Mech E degree and I have a "friend of a friend" who's a professor in Dallas (as is his wife). So, I'm starting to give this some thought.

I'm guessing I'd be bringing the Camaro and the truck (need the truck to move and I can't afford to sell it, and the Camaro is paid for).

Anything I need to know about considering a move to Dallas?

[mitchntx]

UTD is in the northern burbs of Dallas ... Irving, Las Colinas area.

800-ish is probably doable, I would think, for a small home, not an apartment with a garage. The home would be in a middle class neighborhood ... nothing fancy.

DFW has felt the housing slump, but not as severe as other parts of the world. So, value is still there.

UT-Arlington has a very well respected Engineering school as does UNT in Denton.

Hill college in Granbury is High School with an ash tray ...

And Texas has a ban on out of state cats.