Burleson, TX Reviews

Centennial High School - 1/21/2014
Small Country School with Small Country Thinking-VALUES! ***WARNING*** DO NOT REGISTER/MOVE YOUR CHILDREN TO THIS SCHOOL. ATHLETICS ARE FULL OF GOOD OLD TOWN POLITICS! THE COACHES ESPECIALLY SOFTBALL, BASEBALL AND VOLLEYBALL HAVE HUGE PARENT INFULENCE, AND THEY JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT WHO HAS TALENT! JUST ABOUT JOE BOB AND HIS FAMILY THAT HAS LIVED IN THIS AREA SINCE THE EARLY 1900'S!  Read More

Living in Burleson - 2/8/2009
Having lived here for over a year, Burleson is experiencing rapid growth and the folks who have lived here a long time are very tight-knit and wary of strangers. Bubba politics rule. Police seem unfriendly, in fact at the station you enter a small room and have to speak thru a microphone and be "buzzed" in after you are screened to even just say hi. After people see you around a while, they slowly warm up. Housing is cheap and abundant. Crime is low. Town has a reputatio(even among the neighboring towns) of being closed minded and racist in past, but growth is forcing that attitude out. Schools are mediocre.

The town does put out a good monthly magazine, the library is outstanding and except for a car, you can buy pretty close to anything here and they have a good variety of places to eat without venturing into Fort Worth too often. The doctors are not that great, the good ones have closed their practices to new patients. The local hospital is poor quality- go into Fort Read More

RACISM IN TEXAS - 12/19/2007
This is not just my view but my experiences as an African American male married to a Mexican female - for more than 25 years. We have been been here in the D/FW "metroplex" for nearly two years and have made few good friends, Black, Hispanic or White. Being both Pentecostal Christians, we have found as much, or more, racism in the churches as in the work and public places. At least in the work placs your associates feel obligated to work with each other and in the public places they only care about the color of your money. But in the churches, which are nothing more than religious social clubs, hatred and prejudice is open from the church leaders to the pew warmers - in both the Black churches and in the others. We live in middle class neighborhood and know the names of only one of my neighbors; all attemptes to introduce myself to others is greeted by a turning of the back and then walking away. However, people here do mind their own business and tolerate each other - because Read More

Lived in Burleson in 2001 and 2002 and loved it - 11/14/2006
I lived just outside Burleson in the East Renfro area about 2 miles out of town and there is a very friendly close-knit group of people out there that I miss terribly. The entire neighborhood just seemed to take me under their wing and into their hearts. I grew up in a small town in WY where I was related to 3/4 of the town and I never felt at home there as much as I did in Burleson. If small neighborhoods where everyone knows everyone else is not your cup of tea then live inside city limits, not out on E. Renfro. Or try one of the larger Fort Worth suburbs instead. Burleson is just 6 miles south (touches it actually). By the way, most of Burleson is in a dry county meaning no alcohol sales unless you join one of the private clubs. Suited me just fine but not for everyone. Jobs pay reasonable and housing costs at the time were still reasonable but on the rise so I doubt that the info above is acurate anymore. Good school system, especially since my son had learning problems, Read More