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<blockquote data-quote="Nimrod62" data-source="post: 2178331" data-attributes="member: 118165"><p>Public K-12 schools in TX are a mixed bag. US News ranks us #35 of 50. We have some good public universities, but acceptance is pretty competitive. I moved to Fort Worth 35 years ago for work. We live in the city of Fort Worth; the schools in our part of the city are okay, but we have only one child and chose private school. Many of my colleagues chose to live in Parker County to the west for the Aledo schools. Others choose the so-called mid cities between Fort Worth and Dallas. There is explosive suburb growth to the north of both cities.</p><p></p><p>Population growth along the I-35 corridor is significant. Municipalities are struggling to grow infrastructure at a rate to keep up with the growth. Traffic keeps getting more and more congested, and when I venture out I see the multi-car accidents as a result (3 today). We have limited light rail public transportation, though Austin has a long-term plan for expansion of theirs (they will need it).</p><p></p><p>There is very limited public land hunting in TX. There was already a significant demand for property within a reasonable driving distance from the cities. COVID has increased that.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure that there may be some that backpack hunt in Texas, but opportunities for that type of hunting are much more limited than in Western states with more public land.</p><p></p><p>Edited to add: If you like warm weather, we have no shortage of that!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nimrod62, post: 2178331, member: 118165"] Public K-12 schools in TX are a mixed bag. US News ranks us #35 of 50. We have some good public universities, but acceptance is pretty competitive. I moved to Fort Worth 35 years ago for work. We live in the city of Fort Worth; the schools in our part of the city are okay, but we have only one child and chose private school. Many of my colleagues chose to live in Parker County to the west for the Aledo schools. Others choose the so-called mid cities between Fort Worth and Dallas. There is explosive suburb growth to the north of both cities. Population growth along the I-35 corridor is significant. Municipalities are struggling to grow infrastructure at a rate to keep up with the growth. Traffic keeps getting more and more congested, and when I venture out I see the multi-car accidents as a result (3 today). We have limited light rail public transportation, though Austin has a long-term plan for expansion of theirs (they will need it). There is very limited public land hunting in TX. There was already a significant demand for property within a reasonable driving distance from the cities. COVID has increased that. I'm sure that there may be some that backpack hunt in Texas, but opportunities for that type of hunting are much more limited than in Western states with more public land. Edited to add: If you like warm weather, we have no shortage of that! [/QUOTE]
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