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[quote=Anonymous]Dallas is ugly, politically conservative, anti-intellectual and you have to drive almost everywhere.

But it also has great restaurants and shopping, a surprisingly good cultural scene, a relatively low cost of living and a terrific airport (DFW) that puts you within a three-hour flight of anywhere in America.

You should be able to live fairly well on 300k per year but you may need to live in an area with decent public schools. Best publics are in the Park Cities - Highland Park and University Park -- which are suburbs wI thin the city. Real estate prices will be highest here though, and economic and racial diversity the lowest. If you go farther out to Plano you can get more house for your money and excellent schools. Plano also is home to several big corporations like Frito-Lay. It is very suburban, sprawling and conservative, and a little too self-satisfied if you ask me.
In general, the areas in southern Dallas are poorer, whIle Northern Dallas is middle-class to wealthy with a few lower income neighborhoods mixed in.
Not a.lot of natural beauty in Dallas but White Rock Lake is a real gem.
The biggest changes will be cultural and political. Business is held in high esteem, government is evil to tolerable. Lots of blonde women with big hair and make up. A belief that things Texan are superior to things anywhere else. A visceral distrust of Washington D.C. and the East Coast in general.
It can be a fun town to live in if you don't mind not being able to walk many places and can embrace or tolerate the pro-Republican, pro-business and aggressively Christian culture. (Be prepared to answer the question, "What is your church home?")
Good luck OP.[/quote]

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