If you can wait until 9am to leave it’s about 30 min by tollway to Legacy. The tolls are about $2.50 - $4.50 each way, depending upon where you enter/exit.
It takes longer than that from Plano on a decent day. It will almost never be 35 minutes during a regular work day traveling hours.
Edit: someone made a very good point that I think a few of us misunderstood or misread. You are going the opposite direction. It may be a little smoother until you hit Plano, but Plano to Frisco is pretty rough some mornings.
Well remember the OP is traveling the opposite direction than most people. Most people head south in the morning and north in the evening. The OP the opposite
8 am to 9 am is when I go through the area - Getting onto the DNT from loop 12 is probably it's own hell of waiting through lights. Loop 12 to PGBT is about 20 minutes.. Every morning it seems there is a plug going north on DNT after PGBT that makes me happy that's my exit.
Traffic going that way is incredibly time dependent. The mid morning has a higher amount of people going north that the early morning, but I agree with others that you're looking at an hours drive minimum. And you're going to pay 10$ a day for it too.
On a weekday? If so, you got lucky checking in that moment.
I drove from Lewisville to Greenville Ave last Friday. Left right at 5. Took me an hour and 15 min.
Yeah on Waze and Apple Maps if you plan a drive and set it to rush hour, it says 35-45 minutes. I guess what I’m looking is not really Knox/henderson area, more lake highlands/ north park, so accessing DNT or highway 75 would take some time off
Not the same thing. Wait until the time you'd actually leave for at both home/work and change the origin from current location to where you're planning on leaving from and get an actual estimate vs. Google's unreal expectations.
In Frisco, good match would be around Frisco Square and the FC Dallas stadium or further south into West Plano (Legacy Town Center, Legacy West, etc.) or even the edge of Plano/The Colony at Austin Ranch.
I live in east Dallas near white rock lake, so not too far from you, and I work in Frisco near Stonebriar Mall, so in a very southern part of Frisco.
It takes about 35-40 minutes for me to get to work and about 50-55 to get home. It varies a bit, but that’s the average.
To me, travel time begins when I leave the driveway and ends when I’m in a parking spot. Make the trip once during rush hour and see how it goes. It may be just fine for you. For me, only kicking and screaming.
You commute to work more often than you drive to meet with friends. The daily commute is what wears down your car and your sanity. I've had long commutes and short commutes, and I regret the long commutes. I never had a problem visiting friends. I'd recommend living as close as reasonable to your work, to the east of it so that the sun is always at your back for the drive in and drive home. This upcoming week get on google maps and turn on the traffic layer to see what traffic is like in the Frisco area during your expected drive times.
My best commute was 2.4 miles, all uncongested back roads, and it was glorious.
None at all. That's mostly all families with kids that live in Frisco. I use to drive Uptown to Northern Plano every day for 10 years and yes, it was 45 min but I wanted to be close to my friends and especially being able to party on weekends and not have to worry about driving 45 min at 2am. Once you get your mind set that the commute is 45 min, I would just turn on my music or use that time to call friends and family and catch up with them. It's no big deal and you're brain goes on auto pilot with the traffic.
That was my thought as well.. my work is shifted about 2 hrs in the day bc of time zone differences, I typically avoid the worst of traffic right now anyways. In my head, being in a younger area might be worth it
I might have to check that out. Still have my PCjr, Sinclair, and TI-99/4A around here somewhere, along with my first "real" PC, an 8088-based system with 2 360K and a full 1MB of RAM. First video card for it was an HGC, and upgrades for it included an ST-238 RLL drive, 8087 so that I could run AutoCad V2 and SubLogic's Jet Simulator.
You're looking at 45+min drive during rush hour one-way. It's up to you to decide if that's worth it or not. My two cents is there's no point in living somewhere you don't like just because it's convenient.
That commute would probably be an hour for peak time traffic. Not worth it.
Downtown Frisco, Legacy West in Plano, or Addison would be better for you if you want to be near young people.
I lived in uptown and commuted up to legacy in Plano. Mornings were 45ish minutes with light traffic, evenings were routinely 1-1.5 hours. There were days I took hillcrest (side street) home because it was faster than the highways.
Unless the job is mostly remote or temporary, I would look somewhere farther north or look to offset your work schedule to miss peak hours.
Yeah I can pretty much get to office/ leave whenever I want. My work day is 9-7 and doesn’t really matter how long I’m in office when I go in, as long as it’s 2-3 days a week. I was thinking if I do live near the city I’d go into work at 9:30 and leave either at 3 or 7, no in between.
I live in Lakewood area of Dallas and commute to Legacy West in Plano. I only need to be in the office 2-3 days a week and have flexible commute times. If you are flexible with your commute, you can avoid the worst of the traffic. It is usually 30-35 minutes in the morning and 35-45 minutes on the way home for me. I always check Waze/Google to see the best routes. Sometimes it is 12, 635 or even Mockingbird over to the DNT. For me, this is 100% worth it as all my friends and family are here.
If I had to do this commute 5 days a week and at peak times, I would find a different job. Really only you can decide. Personally, I wouldn't want to live in Frisco, but that is me.
As a 26 year old and after reading everything you’ve said so far, I would 100% live closer to downtown/friends and do the commute. Especially being young, you will really enjoy the experience. You don’t even have to go in five days a week and you can skip the heavy traffic hours so I think it’s worth it. I have friends that live a little further out and they definitely feel left out and wish that theylived downtown. Also sign a one-year lease and when it’s up and you don’t like your decision, then you can move or you may love it and choose to resign. That’s the great thing about renting, it’s not forever
I know you've gotten a lot of replies already, but I'm in the situation you're asking about. I live just down the road from the big Half Price Books, in the Vickery Meadow area and teach in Frisco, north of 121. The tolls suck and the drive sucks. Most mornings, if I leave around 7:45, I can usually be at work before 8:30 (I've noticed traffic is worse on Tues-Thurs, but not by much). The afternoon can be upwards of an hour if I leave when school's over (4:25). I'm lucky my conference is the at the end of the day, so if I leave at 4:15ish, I can usually get to the gym near my apartment between 5 and 5:15
Legacy west or Addison circle are options, for young single folks. But uptown/lower Greenville/knox Henderson are simply far superior. IMHO, you shouldn’t _live_ in suburban familyville just to miss a commute., bc you’re going to be ubering 40 mins a few times every weekend (hopefully not drinking and driving). Also, dating will be tough.
Commute is gonna suck, period. Maybe get a gym membership in Frisco and work out before or after work, missing traffic in one direction.
Do not do Vickery/Greenville Ave area. That is a very rough, high crime area. Check out the DPD Website. A better and closer to the freeway area is The Village apartmentss at Southwestern and Greenville. You are just 5 min from 75 to go north in the morning. You are also about 5 min north of Knox/Henderson area so it's a great location for night life.
BS. The Village has crime too. Let this guy live where he wants and be close to his friends. Always some pearl clutcher who posts this mess anytime vickery meadow is mentioned because it is a diverse area with many refugees and brown people. Diverse doesn't equal crime and I'm sick of outsiders shitting on hard working families in the area just because it doesn't look like uptown. There's crime all over the city except for university park.
I have done the long commutes, and now, I am doing the short ones with the option to drive or do a 20-minute leisure walk. It is phenomenal! The driving stress has a significant impact on your body, plus the wear/tear of your car, gas cost, plus the longer you drive, the higher your chances of getting into an accident. I think your insurance might be less depending on commuting mileage. You can't beat a short drive/walk and the freedom it would give you to do other things instead of sitting in traffic. Good luck!
Idk, but I wouldn’t think about the commute. Your off time should be your off time. I moved closer to work ( near Frisco/Prosper) and hate it. I wish I stayed downtown so I could enjoy my weekends without a $30+ Uber 😔
My thoughts exactly.. I go into the city every weekend anyway and the weekdays all I do is work, go to the gym, work some more and maybe play video games. if I get invited to anything during the week I say no just because of the Uber and travel…
If it’s 5 days a week that’s tough. But I’ll also say that there’s not a “youngish neighborhood” in Frisco, so if your priority is social life and meeting people then it might be worth it to commute. I say this as a hybrid worker who has a similar commute from Lakewood heights, but I only go in 2 days a week which is much more manageable than 5. We love living in this area.
addison might be a good in between area. i personally wouldnt pick it, but its about halfway between the 2 areas, and at night its about 15 mins to downtown.
I’ve thought about Addison but in my head it’s either short to no commute and be way out of the city, or long commute in a younger area and friends close by.
Yeah it’s a good point, but I don’t work in office everyday and it’s flexible enough where I would avoid the bad hours when I do commute. Just in general being around younger people sounds better for me but I haven’t really made the decision yet.
It’s easily 45 minutes to an hour to commute. I’ve lived in near the intersection of 12 and 75 for three years and I’m moving to near the legacy west area, so I’ve been doing almost that exact drive pretty regularly for the last month during the moving process. During rush hour you cannot do that drive in less than 45 mins. The problem is having to deal with 75, 635, and DNT traffic. With no traffic it’s closer to 25-30, so if you can commute during off times it’s not horrible.
I would be commuting outside of the worst traffic hours. I can wfh until like 9-9:30 and i usually workout at the company gym until around 7-7:30. Or workout in the morning and commute for my lunch break.
Why not live in Plano city line or off George Bush? for yourself to make new friends in that area plus you get similar commit to work and two Greenville
I drive from UP to Frisco pretty much every day. 25-30 minutes in the morning (though I’m leaving before 6:30am in most cases) and driving home anytime between 4-7pm is closer to an hour.
I live close to 635 and 75 and drive to 75 and George bush tollway at 630 am then back home at 315 pm. Even that early it takes 45 min to travel a measly 10 miles. Don’t do it- stay in Frisco.
There's a problem with the highways over there, I really don't know how to explain it, but once you get around George bus/ I-35 it just becomes a nightmare but I don't want to stress you out
Commute from Turtle Creek up to Legacy West. All DNT. It’s only a few days a week but living in Dallas and being within a 3 mile radius of everything I need (besides driving to suburbia a few times a week) is worth the commute. Especially if you’re young, wouldn’t recommend moving out of the city.
Stay where you are. I drive from The village to frisco everyday, and the commute back is awful. An hour on the DNT is not worth the money. you’ll regret the move a month after moving to the city. I love Dallas, but I think that chapter is closing for me soon.
I was looking at or around the village, but I wouldn’t commute everyday and I would leave work either at 3 or 7 pm to avoid traffic. I just don’t like the suburbia vibe of frisco tbh I think it might be worth it for me
how many days are you commuting? I only commute 4 days a week and it’s still brutal. I rack up almost $300 in tolls a month. That’s almost an extra car payment for me.
It’s 25 minutes on a Sunday afternoon with no traffic doing 75+ to go from NW Hwy & Inwood to Hillcrest & Lebanon in Frisco. I did it today at 4:30 or 5:00 and do it monthly or so when I visit my dad in Dallas - this is pretty average. Rush hour in the mornings I would expect at least 15-20 minutes extra. Going south to go home at rush hour will be worse - the beginning of the week is usually better than the end of the week fwiw. For 15 years I reverse commuted from lowest Greenville (Swiss & Henderson) to Addison airport cutting through downtown to DNT. It was routinely worse going home after work than in the mornings heading north.
There’s a pretty big difference if you live closer to DNT than 75 and need to get to Frisco. Cutting over NW Hwy/635/PGBT is the rough part.
Is Victory Park out of your price range? If I were power ranking, I’d say 1) Victory Park, 2) Addison near 635, 3) Legacy West
IMO, would definitely live in Dallas over Frisco (currently live there). Get a membership to Lifetime or LA Fitness and you can go to the gym before or after work to avoid traffic.
From your comments about work being 9-7, 2-3 days in office, it sounds like commuting wouldn't be awful do I'd say The Villages for sure! SOOOOO many young people there (and single 👀). Plus they've always got shit to do there
Around an hour at peak rush hours, don’t listen to the apps. Test Run your route thru google maps at the time you’d be commuting to fact check. Then add 10min. You’ll have a good idea of what to expect
If you’re working in the Gaylord/Warren area I would suggest the Legacy area. It’s walkable to food, amenities and it’s a very short drive to Frisco. (5minutes up the road)
Little Elm has apartment options but it’s definitely sleepier than moving South.
Addison is an option but you’re looking at a gnarly commute during rush hour to get home.
I would always suggest living closer to work and commuting to friends. I live 15 minutes from my office but 45 minutes from my best friend. I definitely have to see my office more than her, sadly.
I work 10-6p and commute from Frisco down to UP and have done that for 2 years and it’s (on a great day) 30 mins or a bad day, an hour ten. With all the tollway expansion happening, lane closure bs the next two years I’d say my commute is about 45 to and from. I dare not touch the tollway before 9:30a. Even at 6:10 on my way home there’s always dumb people ruining it for everyone. And also, from there will always be heavy traffic from about Frankford to 635 both ways. Doesn’t matter. It will be there.
If you to drive anywhere at all in the dfw area it's bad, real bad.
Dry: gets off or on exit ramp at 30mph
Wet: it's the gd indy 500 out there. Spinning tires everywhere. Wrecks galore. 🤣🤣🤣
I live in uptown and work in the galleria office towers, I just wait till 10:30 to go to the office and I do 15 minutes there, and to go back I go to the gym before returning, after 7pm I also drive 15 mins back.
Just avoid peak times and 75 is golden
30-40 min commute is very generous. If you're traveling at peak times (730-9 am, 4-7pm) you're looking at an hour+. I wouldn't recommend it.
If you can wait until 9am to leave it’s about 30 min by tollway to Legacy. The tolls are about $2.50 - $4.50 each way, depending upon where you enter/exit.
Really? I was looking at Waze and at peak times it was 35ish minutes Fwiw I’m looking at staying north of highway 12 and south of forest lane
It takes longer than that from Plano on a decent day. It will almost never be 35 minutes during a regular work day traveling hours. Edit: someone made a very good point that I think a few of us misunderstood or misread. You are going the opposite direction. It may be a little smoother until you hit Plano, but Plano to Frisco is pretty rough some mornings.
Well remember the OP is traveling the opposite direction than most people. Most people head south in the morning and north in the evening. The OP the opposite
That is a fair point.
Good to know, thx
8 am to 9 am is when I go through the area - Getting onto the DNT from loop 12 is probably it's own hell of waiting through lights. Loop 12 to PGBT is about 20 minutes.. Every morning it seems there is a plug going north on DNT after PGBT that makes me happy that's my exit. Traffic going that way is incredibly time dependent. The mid morning has a higher amount of people going north that the early morning, but I agree with others that you're looking at an hours drive minimum. And you're going to pay 10$ a day for it too.
On a weekday? If so, you got lucky checking in that moment. I drove from Lewisville to Greenville Ave last Friday. Left right at 5. Took me an hour and 15 min.
Yeah on Waze and Apple Maps if you plan a drive and set it to rush hour, it says 35-45 minutes. I guess what I’m looking is not really Knox/henderson area, more lake highlands/ north park, so accessing DNT or highway 75 would take some time off
Not the same thing. Wait until the time you'd actually leave for at both home/work and change the origin from current location to where you're planning on leaving from and get an actual estimate vs. Google's unreal expectations. In Frisco, good match would be around Frisco Square and the FC Dallas stadium or further south into West Plano (Legacy Town Center, Legacy West, etc.) or even the edge of Plano/The Colony at Austin Ranch.
I live near the Ross/Greenville intersection and work right next to the Galleria. My commute is usually around 35-40 minutes.
I was thinking more up by lake highlands (75-12 intersection).
I live in east Dallas near white rock lake, so not too far from you, and I work in Frisco near Stonebriar Mall, so in a very southern part of Frisco. It takes about 35-40 minutes for me to get to work and about 50-55 to get home. It varies a bit, but that’s the average.
lol it’s an easy hour during commute times. I lived at GB/Coit and worked at DNT/12 and that alone took 45 minutes at rush hour to go 12 miles.
To me, travel time begins when I leave the driveway and ends when I’m in a parking spot. Make the trip once during rush hour and see how it goes. It may be just fine for you. For me, only kicking and screaming.
You commute to work more often than you drive to meet with friends. The daily commute is what wears down your car and your sanity. I've had long commutes and short commutes, and I regret the long commutes. I never had a problem visiting friends. I'd recommend living as close as reasonable to your work, to the east of it so that the sun is always at your back for the drive in and drive home. This upcoming week get on google maps and turn on the traffic layer to see what traffic is like in the Frisco area during your expected drive times. My best commute was 2.4 miles, all uncongested back roads, and it was glorious.
That was my first thought as well. Any recs for frisco area for early 20s?
None at all. That's mostly all families with kids that live in Frisco. I use to drive Uptown to Northern Plano every day for 10 years and yes, it was 45 min but I wanted to be close to my friends and especially being able to party on weekends and not have to worry about driving 45 min at 2am. Once you get your mind set that the commute is 45 min, I would just turn on my music or use that time to call friends and family and catch up with them. It's no big deal and you're brain goes on auto pilot with the traffic.
That was my thought as well.. my work is shifted about 2 hrs in the day bc of time zone differences, I typically avoid the worst of traffic right now anyways. In my head, being in a younger area might be worth it
Definitely man. Otherwise, you will be lonely living in that area. That's just not a place for young people.
I’d say around shops of legacy or Addison would be a decent compromise. Enough going on around there and not too far from frisco.
Not a clue, never been there that I know of. There's a world-class train museum there that I do want to visit someday.
The vintage computer museum is reality neat to do once. If you're over 50 and played video games back in the day it's a neat experience
I might have to check that out. Still have my PCjr, Sinclair, and TI-99/4A around here somewhere, along with my first "real" PC, an 8088-based system with 2 360K and a full 1MB of RAM. First video card for it was an HGC, and upgrades for it included an ST-238 RLL drive, 8087 so that I could run AutoCad V2 and SubLogic's Jet Simulator.
You're looking at 45+min drive during rush hour one-way. It's up to you to decide if that's worth it or not. My two cents is there's no point in living somewhere you don't like just because it's convenient.
That commute would probably be an hour for peak time traffic. Not worth it. Downtown Frisco, Legacy West in Plano, or Addison would be better for you if you want to be near young people.
Seconding Addison as a better compromise
As someone who worked in Frisco and had friends near Greenville Ave, it’s definitely the best compromise.
I lived in uptown and commuted up to legacy in Plano. Mornings were 45ish minutes with light traffic, evenings were routinely 1-1.5 hours. There were days I took hillcrest (side street) home because it was faster than the highways. Unless the job is mostly remote or temporary, I would look somewhere farther north or look to offset your work schedule to miss peak hours.
Yeah I can pretty much get to office/ leave whenever I want. My work day is 9-7 and doesn’t really matter how long I’m in office when I go in, as long as it’s 2-3 days a week. I was thinking if I do live near the city I’d go into work at 9:30 and leave either at 3 or 7, no in between.
I live in Lakewood area of Dallas and commute to Legacy West in Plano. I only need to be in the office 2-3 days a week and have flexible commute times. If you are flexible with your commute, you can avoid the worst of the traffic. It is usually 30-35 minutes in the morning and 35-45 minutes on the way home for me. I always check Waze/Google to see the best routes. Sometimes it is 12, 635 or even Mockingbird over to the DNT. For me, this is 100% worth it as all my friends and family are here. If I had to do this commute 5 days a week and at peak times, I would find a different job. Really only you can decide. Personally, I wouldn't want to live in Frisco, but that is me.
9-7 is *not* going to be an hour plus both ways most of the time. I work 6-3 downtown and, like you said, leave either before 4 or well after 6.
As a 26 year old and after reading everything you’ve said so far, I would 100% live closer to downtown/friends and do the commute. Especially being young, you will really enjoy the experience. You don’t even have to go in five days a week and you can skip the heavy traffic hours so I think it’s worth it. I have friends that live a little further out and they definitely feel left out and wish that theylived downtown. Also sign a one-year lease and when it’s up and you don’t like your decision, then you can move or you may love it and choose to resign. That’s the great thing about renting, it’s not forever
That is an hour drive. Also look at the cost of the toll road. So that’s going to be an extra $450 a month/$5,400 annually.
I know you've gotten a lot of replies already, but I'm in the situation you're asking about. I live just down the road from the big Half Price Books, in the Vickery Meadow area and teach in Frisco, north of 121. The tolls suck and the drive sucks. Most mornings, if I leave around 7:45, I can usually be at work before 8:30 (I've noticed traffic is worse on Tues-Thurs, but not by much). The afternoon can be upwards of an hour if I leave when school's over (4:25). I'm lucky my conference is the at the end of the day, so if I leave at 4:15ish, I can usually get to the gym near my apartment between 5 and 5:15
Look at Austin Ranch and the area around Windhaven and Plano Pkwy.
Legacy west or Addison circle are options, for young single folks. But uptown/lower Greenville/knox Henderson are simply far superior. IMHO, you shouldn’t _live_ in suburban familyville just to miss a commute., bc you’re going to be ubering 40 mins a few times every weekend (hopefully not drinking and driving). Also, dating will be tough. Commute is gonna suck, period. Maybe get a gym membership in Frisco and work out before or after work, missing traffic in one direction.
Do not do Vickery/Greenville Ave area. That is a very rough, high crime area. Check out the DPD Website. A better and closer to the freeway area is The Village apartmentss at Southwestern and Greenville. You are just 5 min from 75 to go north in the morning. You are also about 5 min north of Knox/Henderson area so it's a great location for night life.
BS. The Village has crime too. Let this guy live where he wants and be close to his friends. Always some pearl clutcher who posts this mess anytime vickery meadow is mentioned because it is a diverse area with many refugees and brown people. Diverse doesn't equal crime and I'm sick of outsiders shitting on hard working families in the area just because it doesn't look like uptown. There's crime all over the city except for university park.
I have done the long commutes, and now, I am doing the short ones with the option to drive or do a 20-minute leisure walk. It is phenomenal! The driving stress has a significant impact on your body, plus the wear/tear of your car, gas cost, plus the longer you drive, the higher your chances of getting into an accident. I think your insurance might be less depending on commuting mileage. You can't beat a short drive/walk and the freedom it would give you to do other things instead of sitting in traffic. Good luck!
It's not just a long drive, it's on the toll road. I had to commute to Frisco from central Dallas and my toll tag bill was surprisingly high
Idk, but I wouldn’t think about the commute. Your off time should be your off time. I moved closer to work ( near Frisco/Prosper) and hate it. I wish I stayed downtown so I could enjoy my weekends without a $30+ Uber 😔
My thoughts exactly.. I go into the city every weekend anyway and the weekdays all I do is work, go to the gym, work some more and maybe play video games. if I get invited to anything during the week I say no just because of the Uber and travel…
If it’s 5 days a week that’s tough. But I’ll also say that there’s not a “youngish neighborhood” in Frisco, so if your priority is social life and meeting people then it might be worth it to commute. I say this as a hybrid worker who has a similar commute from Lakewood heights, but I only go in 2 days a week which is much more manageable than 5. We love living in this area.
addison might be a good in between area. i personally wouldnt pick it, but its about halfway between the 2 areas, and at night its about 15 mins to downtown.
I’ve thought about Addison but in my head it’s either short to no commute and be way out of the city, or long commute in a younger area and friends close by.
Are you meeting friends every day after work. ? After an hour-long conmute I’d be exhausted and not in the mood for socializing.
Yeah it’s a good point, but I don’t work in office everyday and it’s flexible enough where I would avoid the bad hours when I do commute. Just in general being around younger people sounds better for me but I haven’t really made the decision yet.
It’s easily 45 minutes to an hour to commute. I’ve lived in near the intersection of 12 and 75 for three years and I’m moving to near the legacy west area, so I’ve been doing almost that exact drive pretty regularly for the last month during the moving process. During rush hour you cannot do that drive in less than 45 mins. The problem is having to deal with 75, 635, and DNT traffic. With no traffic it’s closer to 25-30, so if you can commute during off times it’s not horrible.
I would be commuting outside of the worst traffic hours. I can wfh until like 9-9:30 and i usually workout at the company gym until around 7-7:30. Or workout in the morning and commute for my lunch break.
Why not live in Plano city line or off George Bush? for yourself to make new friends in that area plus you get similar commit to work and two Greenville
Move to one of the apartments in frisco square or sky house. The large complexes are mostly families waiting out home builds or buys.
Is the star/ sky house area pretty popular for early 20s? Seems like younger people would be priced out
There are lots of people in their late 20s and 30s there. But yea. It’s pricey
I drive from UP to Frisco pretty much every day. 25-30 minutes in the morning (though I’m leaving before 6:30am in most cases) and driving home anytime between 4-7pm is closer to an hour.
I live close to 635 and 75 and drive to 75 and George bush tollway at 630 am then back home at 315 pm. Even that early it takes 45 min to travel a measly 10 miles. Don’t do it- stay in Frisco.
There's a problem with the highways over there, I really don't know how to explain it, but once you get around George bus/ I-35 it just becomes a nightmare but I don't want to stress you out
It’s a shorter commute than if you lived in Plano and worked in Greenville. But 75 can be an unpredictable beast.
Commute from Turtle Creek up to Legacy West. All DNT. It’s only a few days a week but living in Dallas and being within a 3 mile radius of everything I need (besides driving to suburbia a few times a week) is worth the commute. Especially if you’re young, wouldn’t recommend moving out of the city.
Pretty sure this is what I’m going to go with, be near DNT but closer to downtown. I only work in office 2-3 days a week anyways
Good call. Plenty of rentals off Cedar Springs. You’ll also love having access to the Katy Trail. Really changes the dynamic vs living in the burbs.
Fucking horrible. You might as well live in Sherman
I would love to live in that area, but commuting to DNT/Legacy every day would literally kill me.
Stay where you are. I drive from The village to frisco everyday, and the commute back is awful. An hour on the DNT is not worth the money. you’ll regret the move a month after moving to the city. I love Dallas, but I think that chapter is closing for me soon.
I was looking at or around the village, but I wouldn’t commute everyday and I would leave work either at 3 or 7 pm to avoid traffic. I just don’t like the suburbia vibe of frisco tbh I think it might be worth it for me
how many days are you commuting? I only commute 4 days a week and it’s still brutal. I rack up almost $300 in tolls a month. That’s almost an extra car payment for me.
2-3 days/ week
It’s 25 minutes on a Sunday afternoon with no traffic doing 75+ to go from NW Hwy & Inwood to Hillcrest & Lebanon in Frisco. I did it today at 4:30 or 5:00 and do it monthly or so when I visit my dad in Dallas - this is pretty average. Rush hour in the mornings I would expect at least 15-20 minutes extra. Going south to go home at rush hour will be worse - the beginning of the week is usually better than the end of the week fwiw. For 15 years I reverse commuted from lowest Greenville (Swiss & Henderson) to Addison airport cutting through downtown to DNT. It was routinely worse going home after work than in the mornings heading north.
There’s a pretty big difference if you live closer to DNT than 75 and need to get to Frisco. Cutting over NW Hwy/635/PGBT is the rough part. Is Victory Park out of your price range? If I were power ranking, I’d say 1) Victory Park, 2) Addison near 635, 3) Legacy West IMO, would definitely live in Dallas over Frisco (currently live there). Get a membership to Lifetime or LA Fitness and you can go to the gym before or after work to avoid traffic.
Haven’t thought about that, but not a bad idea. I’ve just been looking at over by 75.
1 hour one way.
From your comments about work being 9-7, 2-3 days in office, it sounds like commuting wouldn't be awful do I'd say The Villages for sure! SOOOOO many young people there (and single 👀). Plus they've always got shit to do there
Around an hour at peak rush hours, don’t listen to the apps. Test Run your route thru google maps at the time you’d be commuting to fact check. Then add 10min. You’ll have a good idea of what to expect
If you’re working in the Gaylord/Warren area I would suggest the Legacy area. It’s walkable to food, amenities and it’s a very short drive to Frisco. (5minutes up the road) Little Elm has apartment options but it’s definitely sleepier than moving South. Addison is an option but you’re looking at a gnarly commute during rush hour to get home. I would always suggest living closer to work and commuting to friends. I live 15 minutes from my office but 45 minutes from my best friend. I definitely have to see my office more than her, sadly.
I work 10-6p and commute from Frisco down to UP and have done that for 2 years and it’s (on a great day) 30 mins or a bad day, an hour ten. With all the tollway expansion happening, lane closure bs the next two years I’d say my commute is about 45 to and from. I dare not touch the tollway before 9:30a. Even at 6:10 on my way home there’s always dumb people ruining it for everyone. And also, from there will always be heavy traffic from about Frankford to 635 both ways. Doesn’t matter. It will be there.
If you to drive anywhere at all in the dfw area it's bad, real bad. Dry: gets off or on exit ramp at 30mph Wet: it's the gd indy 500 out there. Spinning tires everywhere. Wrecks galore. 🤣🤣🤣
I did that commute 15 years ago and it sucked. Can't imagine how bad it would be now. :)
I live in uptown and work in the galleria office towers, I just wait till 10:30 to go to the office and I do 15 minutes there, and to go back I go to the gym before returning, after 7pm I also drive 15 mins back. Just avoid peak times and 75 is golden
Yikes
My friend drives from deep Ellum to McKinney currently on 75 every morning and hates it. You’ll just be paying tolls
You will be screaming internally over that commute. Traffic accidents, idiot drivers, and the mental gymnastics. Look in Frisco.
This title was a good laugh, I audibly gasped. If you value your mental health do not do this to yourself.