Every DFW suburb is perfect just as God built it.

The main areas to avoid are the urban cores in Dallas and Fort Worth. These places have fallen, and you can tell by the uptick in public transit, bike infrastructure, and mixed-use developments.

Suburbs are safe because they dedicate half their land to parking and focus on having enormous housing developments with no other amenities, which creates an inhospitable environment to criminals. They’ll get worn out before they make the trek from one house to the next in Southlake, and then they’re miles away from the nearest fast food place thanks to low density zoning.

Meanwhile, look at somewhere like Uptown or Lower Greenville in Dallas. If you’re a criminal, you can take the bus (!) to these places and rob ten homes in ten minutes because of how walkable the area is. It makes no sense that anyone lives there.

Your best bet is to plan to move to a DFW suburb like Celina or Durant so that you have virtually zero chance of seeing grown men with bicycles or transit riders.

Good luck, new neighbor! Hope you still make it home to roll down your windows and drive the Katy Freeway now and again.