Reviews & Comments
Little Elm, TX
The place is getting better -
7/26/2007Little Elm is a suburb town about an hour north of Dallas. The main atmosphere in the town is very suburban and people are friendly. Cost of living is somewhat low compared to the rest of the nation. I have lived in the area for 14 years and have seen the population go from 1,200 to over 25,000. Most of the boom occurred after 2000 when neighboring city Frisco turned into boomtown.
Pros:
-Small Town Atmosphere
-Cheap Housing Cost
-Improving School District
-Close to big city atmosphere (1 to 1.5 hours to downtown Dallas or Ft. Worth)
-45 to 1 hour drive from the nations 2nd largest intl. airport
-Economy is booming around the area, plenty of work
Cons:
-Traffic nightmare around rush hour (morning and afternoon)
-Limited retail nearby
-Limited activities nearby
-Snobby people moving in and showing off their leased BMW
This zone has its pros and cons however if you want the big city felling this area isn't for you unless you feel like driving an hour. Most of the area's highways are becoming more and more crowded, but still not as bad as SoCal and New York, ect. Most of North Texas is filled with honest, hard-working people. There are still plenty of illegals but this is Texas. Overall the surrounding communities of The Colony, and Frisco have plenty of retail shopping, especially Frisco. If that does not satisfy you then you have many large shopping malls within 30 minutes drive. Overall its a great place to live you may have to get used to the traffic problems for such a small town however those will get better when they increase the road capacity by %300 to meet the current demands.