Wife got offered a job in Dallas. Time to sit down and do some pros and cons. Is there any way to have a small ranch outside of Dallas and commute into town? How bad is the morning commute? I'll have more questions as we try and think our way through this decision.

Not for all the money in the world.

That bad?

I'm biased living in Fort Worth, but I see no upside. It may be a small step up from S.A. depending on how you look at it. too many people, the government is horrible as is the schools. just my opinion mind you.

I work in both Dallas and FtWorth. The suck equally. Traffic is terrible in both. Depending on exactly where the job is it could be not as bad.

Are you a city dweller in San Antonio? If you are looking at the under $300k home range you may have a commute on your hands. If I left the house in rush hour it would be 1.5 hours each way.

I moved here over 30 years ago. I'm still amazed at how traffic has gotten so bad. way too many people moving here.

What part of Dallas is it? 5 days a week in the office? 9 to 5? Many factors. I have been here my whole life outside of college. If I had a million cash I would have a condo in the city and a ranch. Ranch 4 nights and condo 3 nights a week would be ideal.

Where will she work in Dallas?

It sucks but its probably no worse than San Antonio.

I commute 67 miles one way from East of Dallas. I get into the office at 6:30 - so I miss the majority of traffic. Takes me about an hour to get to work on a normal day. Some days a little less, some days a little more. Coming home - usually about an hour and a half. There are bad days where it is much worse.

I am biased to East Texas - but I wouldn't live any closer to Dallas than Edgewood/Canton area (basically anything East of Wills point). Land and homes are fairly expensive out this way - but it is because the school districts are pretty good. I'd avoid areas that are real close to the lakes out here...it's changing for the better, but slowly. This area puts you halfway between Dallas (east side - Rockwall, Forney, Mesquite etc) and Tyler for shopping/eating out/etc on the weekends. I prefer going to Tyler.

Feel free to shoot me a PM if you have any questions. I grew up in eastern Dallas county. Parents still live in Sunnyvale - but there is nothing "affordable" in Sunnyvale anymore.

You can stay with me until you get settled.

Traffic doesn't sound too bad if you can "avoid the majority of traffic" by leaving for work at 6:30am

You aren't avoiding any traffic in the Houston area at 6:30

Part of Dallas is important.

Define “Ranch”.

2.5 acres.

Commuting to and from dallas is ok between 8:45 am and 3:45 pm max, and thats riding the expensive 114 toll.

During normal business hours, the commute is 1/2 houston nightmare, and thats if it dont rain.

A decent 2.5 acre ranchette plus a downtown condo will run you well above a million, but u get to ride hobo limescooters during lunch

I ain't ever getting a condo downtown. I lived at Knox/Henderson many years in a 3 story I owned. Wish I still did but rolled the profit into a house... You can get a nice condo for around $400K so leaves $600K for a place 2 to 3 hours away.

I have a friend from Idaho that has a nice condo for sale in the downtown Dallas area ... might be worth a look for week nights if anywhere close to where your wife's potential job location might be.

Y'all act like Dallas is New Delhi with a population of 30 million people.

It ain't that bad. Certainly not bad enough to put your wife up in a condo during the week.

Way less traffic than Houston or Austin.

OK, he can stay with you and the wife can state with me.:)

If you decide to move you wouldn’t have to worry about selling your house, my wife and I are still drooling haha!

What's there to think about...............JUST DON'T DO IT!!

The real question is will you be closer or farther to your deer lease?

Ill second that and ill have fries with it