Review of Plano, Texas

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Plano is a nice place to earn money, but not much

- 8/29/2006
I moved to Plano, TX (a Northwestern suburb of Dallas)in 1992 from St. Louis. It's 2006, I guess I must like it. It's nice for working and shopping but the cookie cutter everything makes it a boring. If you want a big house and shopping malls at every other turn, you'll like Plano (west that is). Got a young family? Come here; schools are good (used to be better)and the world revolves around the kids. All public schools (even in the worst ghetto) are air conditioned. Yes its hot but some like it hot and I'm one of them. Every other house in West Plano has a pool and for good reason--you can swim from April through mid-October most years. Gone are the days of mourning the sun in September, never to see a glimpse of it again until April (like in St. Louis). Jacket weather is as deep into winter as it gets. So you know what that means: ONLY ONE WARDROBE! Of course perhaps a sweater and some long sleeves here and there but throw on a windbreaker or a nice suit jacket and you're everyplace you want to be.-----Now for the downside (there's always one of those). Dalls is the biggest country town I've ever seen and I travel for a living so I've seen a few towns. Can't buy liquor on Sunday. Plano has 'wet' and 'dry' areas and it's not posted anywhere so you never know if you can buy liquor in a particular part of town or not. Theatre and arts are all but non-existent. Plays come to town for a weekend at most and not often at all. Women if you're planning on coming here, expect to be alone or sharing (whether you know it or not). The men here are spoiled and stuck on themselves. The women have black belts in competition for male attention--and there are so many of them! It's crawling with so many women; like Atlanta (minus the flies!). There are no Black talk radio stations here. I quit going to the clubs long ago because I value my life. The driving is horrible. Some places they drive poorly and some places they drive fast; here they drive fast and bad which equals horrible (which makes it particularly interesting when one considers the number of illegals). All and all, if you want to make money, shop, eat out, and live in a big house with no basement--Dallas/Plano is the place to be!
STL-DAL | Plano, TX