Originally Posted By: coachblalock
Rob, DFW is a HOT place. I grew up there.

I worked construction (framing houses in Carrollton, Grapevine, Little Elm, & Lewisville) during the Summer of 1980. No shade anywhere.

We worked 60-70 hours a week out in it. I made good money but when the economy went bad, I had to find a coaching/teaching job.

Practice fields can get hot but NOTHING like the concrete, asphalt, and traffic haze of Dallas.


I lived in Carrollton (Denton County) from '97 to about 2010, so I knew it well. It's not a bad location, I had some jobs down in Arlington/Grapevine/Irving area for quite a few years. My first house ('03 to '12) was in Carrollton, built in '73.

It needed a whole lotta work when I bought it. It needed a bit of work when I sold it. wink The first thing I did was rip out all of the aluminum wiring and replace it with modern copper nomex. Fortunately for me the copper prices were sane in 2003. All-in-all, I came out ahead, though.
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Rob