Sadly, Plano's golden days are over
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6/22/2022
I had lived in Plano for over 30 years. It is where I bought my first home as a single woman, where I married, and where I raised my children. I was fortunate enough to do all of that when Plano was a growing, wonderful city and it was an amazing place to live. However, some city leaders through the years made decisions that did not benefit the citizens of the city, and as a result it's not the place that it once was. They are constantly changing zoning, despite strong citizen objections, and stacking people on top of each other. Infastructure is hurting. School system used to be one of the best in the country, and although still okay, it doesn't even make top 10 lists of best schools in the state anymore (and it's not even one of the best in DFW anymore). For people just moving in from out of state, they don't realize how great Plano used to be compared to now. People are leaving (school enrollment is down..city leaders blame that on housing costs, but the truth is other affluent areas still have strong school student population) and according to the latest census, Plano's population is decreasing (despite apartments popping up on every available space of land possible). I think it's still an okay place to live, but it's no longer the great city it used to be. We left b/c there are many other options in the DFW area with a better quality of live. With many people having the option to work from home, you no longer have to live in a place like Plano to have easy access to the rest of the city and people are moving to Prosper, Gunther, Celina, Lucas, Fairview, etc. where the communities remind me of what Plano used to be. It's sad, I loved "my" city, but too many poor decisions by city leaders over the years had decreased our quality of life so much that we said "we're out".
Joyce | Allen, TX