Denton: its good and bad
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4/29/2006
We lived in Denton for about 3 years. It is a nice size about 100,000 or so. There is a lot of urban sprawl, which most of TX has. The cost of living is really low. Houses can be just down right dirt cheap. It is a college town, which is nice too. There are several good colleges in the area. Along with some Tech schools. Good places to eat are Chop Sticks. This is near the college, and is a local hang out for the college students, but is really the best place in town to eat. Other then that you can find small mexican places that are very good and very cheap. The big place to live is at the Providence. This is a new neighborhood that has pools, lakes and lots of parks, but expect to pay out of the nose for taxes. Lots of foreclosures in this area due to the overwhelming high heat bills (ours was 620.00 in one month! Not a payment carry over from the last month, this is just one month. Everyone has this to deal with in this area)
People are very friendly and nice. The schools are good. Coming from the North it was hard to get use to the very hot summers. The land is very flat, and there are not a lot of trees. Watch out for those fire ants, and they are everywhere! Cockroaches can be a problem too. In the north they only come around if you are very dirt, here it can be a problem for anyone. We just couldn't adjust to the way of life, and missed the snow. But, for some this is really a place one could really like. I do miss several things; you cannot get good mexican food like this in the north or east. Central Market is a chain food store, somewhat like Whole Foods, but with much more variety. The bakery there is to die for. If you don't mind the heat (tar roads can have a liquid state I read on a joke somewhere, falls true) hate snow, and like new things, you will really like it here.
marie | Little Chute, WI