SperlingViews - Mesquite, Texas

Mesquite, TX will not even enforce their own documented travel policies against violators consisting of some former and current (2009) council and staff. Although notified in 2005 of a possible irregularity, it took the recent release of an SEC investigation of their bond firm to force repayment of travel & entertainment of family members and extended duration the members forced the company to accept on their behalf and treat as expenses of the sale of bonds. Just perform a search on "mesquite tx council travel". The citizenry was so engaged, they just reelected the Mayor and a councilmember who were required to repay![read more...]

Mesquite, TX has a Low cost of living compared to the rest of the US as a whole.[read more...]

I kindly disagree with the Australian writer. I have lived in Austin, San Antonio, San Marcos, Georgetown, Dallas and New York City. My neighborhood is VERY safe, in fact, I feel safer in Mesquite than any of the above cities. My neighborhood is composed of police officer, bankers, medical professionals, pilots, small business owners and school teachers. I can walk my dogs in my neighborhood at 2 a.m. and feel completely safe unlike any of the above mentioned cities. I have the best neighbors as well. I haven't found any problem with the air quality--Dallas and Austin are SO much worse. Mesquite is composed of unpretentious, hard-working Americans. I feel it a good place to live. [read more...]

We recently moved from Mesquite, TX to Newcastle, Australia for a year or more. We enjoyed the proximity to work and recreation in Mesquite, but felt uncomfortable with the amount of crime in the area. There are pockets of medium to high value houses in the area that are surrounded by low value houses which means that crime is not confined to a specific area of the city. We were also really turned off by the excessive power that the property management holds for certain housing areas, specifically ours.[read more...]