Does anyone know of any SAFE, fun apartments to live in either near Irving/Las Colinas or Addison/N. Dallas??

Question

I am 22 years old and my roommate and I are looking for a fun, yet SAFE place to live either near Las Colinas or in North Dallas. I know that North Dallas would be a little more fun for us since we're in our 20s, but Las Colinas seems a bit safer. Please give me the names of any specific complexes if you know them. Thanks so much!!!!

Answer 1

It would probably depend on what part of North Dallas you want to live in.  If you live Far North or on the East side of the tollway, it's much nicer, even though the property rates can be the same.  There are still some beautiful properties on the North West side, but I'm not happy with the congestion in the area, and congestion can breed crime.  

You may have to search for a property near the Willow Bend Mall North of 544/W. Park near the Tollway.  Or just simply stay closer to the Tollway if you decide to move off Rosemead, Frankford, etc.  Most of the affordable apartments in Addison are older less desirable properties. They have some nice apartments on the east side of the tollway, in that genral area, but I think that is city of Dallas.  As you can tell, I like living close to freeways as it makes for easy access. LOL. In these areas, they are all a bit congested, so the closer you can get to 190 or the tollway the better.

Living in an expensive area, or property doesn't always guarantee less crime, because criminals will drive there to commit crimes and some can even afford to live there. Just be diligent, do your research and find a place where you will feel comfortable, gated preferably, with good amenities, like an alarm system and covered or garage parking. If those things are included in your rent then that's a plus. You can request crime stats on the apartment community that you are interested in before you move in as well.  The property should release this info, or tell you how to get it.

I included some apartment search sites and other useful links like City of Dallas Police Department Crime search site.  The dallas.apartments.com is a nice site.

A link with an interactive Map of Dallas, so you can get a perspective on where the areas are that you want to live.

Last and best, I also added an interactive site for the City of Dallas. You can type in perspective addresses where you'd like to live and it will give you additional information for that area and or property, police department info, garbage pick-up, housing and census info specific for that apartment property, etc. It's pretty cool.

Good Luck with your search. ~J~

Answer 2

Well, you're not giving us enough information really. Basicly, we would need to know how much you are willing to spend.

Try www.apartments.com.

Here's a link with all the info put in besides the things I really dont know about you.

http://www.apartments.com/rent.aspx?page...

Goodluck:)

Rian.