Originally Posted by
MissJoeyDFW
Can you give us some more information about what this person is looking for? There are many areas around the DFW airport to live, it is surrounded by suburbs that have easy access. Also there are tons of apartment complexes that will give airline employees discounts.
What items are important to your family member? Gated community, short commute, amenities, what kind of community do they want to live in?
I lived in Coppell for 5 years and Valley Ranch (Irving) for a year and loved the MacArthur corridor. I don't work at the airport so I don't know where the employee parking lots are, I suspect they are south though. If that is the case then the Grapevine, mid-cities (Hurst-Euless-Bedford) is closer, also a lot of people who work at the airport live in the North Arlington area. I can say I do not recommend the South Irving area around 183, I do like North Irving known as Las Colinas and Valley Ranch. Grapevine has a lot of new apartment communities and also has a downtown with restaurants, clubs and shopping.
It is my son (25) and single who is moving. He currently lives in Nashville, and lives about 3-4 miles from the airport where he works.
The important things for him, probably in this order.
1. Commute time and ease.
2. Safe area
3 Price
Ammenites not really important at the apartment complex. But Ammenities like close grocery store, Walgreens etc..
He currently works 50-60 hours a week, so he needs a quiet, safe close town. He does not want to be stuck in freeway traffic.
I have been to Dallas, all three times spent LOTS of time going round and round lost!
Thanks for the great imput so far!