Thinking of relocating to Dallas - Hilly areas? (Austin, Irving: new home, employment)

[RQ7]

Hello,

I would like to know what areas are hilly that are within a 30-minute commute of downtown Dallas during rush hour. My fiancé and I are in our early 40’s and are seriously considering moving to the Dallas area from southern California. My brother lives in hill country in Austin, but we have determined that we will have an easier time finding jobs in the Dallas area.

School districts aren’t critical since we do not have kids. However, we want to buy in a decent school district for resale value down the road. We would like to stay within the 250k – 350k range. Also, we are looking for a decent lot size – at least ½ acre and up.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

[Lakewooder]

Lakewood (named for White Rock Lake) and North Oak Cliff are both about as 'hilly' as you can get and have beautiful trees and homes.. And you will only be a few minutes from Downtown. No 30+30 minute commute. You can use that time to sit on your porch swing.

[KantLockeMeIn]

Not quite hilly, but for nice wooded areas with gorgeous homes and larger lots, look in the Lovejoy ISD (Fairview and Lucas).

[socketz]

Wow, that sounds like utopia: Great schools, safe, huge wooded lot, close to work and right around 300k.

Does your fiancé have a job in downtown Dallas ? Note that if he/she is still looking, the jobs are spread out all over the place here, so get the job first, then select the area you want to live. Commutes are all relative. Dallas is not the center of the employment universe in North Texas.

[Texan#1]

Look up the University Hills neighborhood in Irving's Las Colinas. The homes are nice and you can be in downtown Dallas in 15 minutes. The area is in the 75062 zip code.

[turnbun]

Try Lake Highlands.

[Texan#1]

here are some pics I took of some of the homes in the area.... very eclectic mix of designs here.. unlike most cookie cutter subdivisions in the northern burbs.

[jsoto3]

The Mountain Creek area of southwest Dallas County is most like Austin/Hill Country. It's the area around Joe Pool Lake, just west of Cedar Hill and Duncanville, south of I-20, west of US-67. It is developing rapidly with new homes and business. Probably good investment.

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http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/st...07/story6.html

[RQ7]

Great! Thanks so much to everyone who posted suggestions. Lots of good possibilities to research and look into further. :-)

[Guerilla]

You are going to find some very small up and downs all over the Metroplex, but for hilly you have to look at southwest Dallas County and Southeast Tarrant County. It gets flat north of I-635 and flat on west from Grapevine.