Plano, TX

Hello and welcome to the greatest city in America, Plano, Texas!

As a lifetime resident, I have traveled to many other cities and states as well as other countries, and Plano just makes life better. From the around the corner conveniences, high academic standards and pools and parks make it hard to beat.

Located in Collin County, it is a wealthy northern suburb of Dallas. The population was 222,030 at the 2000 census, making it the ninth largest city in Texas. According to a 2007 census …

Hello and welcome to the greatest city in America, Plano, Texas!

As a lifetime resident, I have traveled to many other cities and states as well as other countries, and Plano just makes life better. From the around the corner conveniences, high academic standards and pools and parks make it hard to beat.

Located in Collin County, it is a wealthy northern suburb of Dallas. The population was 222,030 at the 2000 census, making it the ninth largest city in Texas. According to a 2007 census estimate, Plano had grown to 260,796 making Plano the sixty-ninth most populous city in the United States. Plano is within the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, colloquially referred to as the Metroplex. The city is home to many corporate headquarters, including Countrywide, Raytheon, Ericsson Inc, Rent-A-Center, Crossmark, Perot Systems, Electronic Data Systems(EDS), JCPenney, Frito-Lay, Cinemark Theatres, Dr.Pepper and UGS.

In 2005, Plano was designated the best place to live in the Western United States by CNN Money magazine. In 2006, Plano was selected as the 11th best place to live in the United States by CNN Money magazine. In addition to its many industries and good-quality living, Plano has excellent schools that consistently score in the top few percent of the nation, and has been rated as the wealthiest city in the United States by CNN Money with a poverty rate of under 6.4%, and a median income for a family was $106,335. In 2008, Forbes.com selected Plano along with University Park and Highland Park as the three "Top Suburbs To Live Well" of Dallas. Plano was also declared "Most Affluent City" in 2008 by the United States Census Bureau.

Plano has many celebrities and atheletes that call this great city home. The list includes Troy Aikman, Lance Armstrong, Steve Harvey, Michael Irvin, Nick Stahl, Ross Perot and even talk show host Jerry Springer.

Plano's parks feature many playgrounds, several bicycling trails, and a nature preserve. The bike trails take advantage of several contiguous parks to extend their range, many of them on power line right-of-ways. One runs northwest-southeast, beginning at Legacy Drive east of Independence in Chisolm Trail Park and running to Alma Drive south of Parker at the terminus of the park. The trail diverges near Spring Creek Pkwy & Custer Rd leading to another outlet on Alma, this time north of Spring Creek terminating at High Point Park. Another trail originates in Carpenter Park which is north of Spring Creek on Coit Rd running both east-west and north-south. The north-south path terminates south of Park Boulevard just west of Coit Road, while the east-west path terminates at Bronze Leaf Dr in Lone Star Park.

Bob Woodruff Park, which has its north-west corner at Spring Creek Pkwy & Parker Rd and extends south of Park & east to Los Rios Blvd, features one of the largest playgrounds in Plano. Oak Point Park is Plano's largest park, in area.

The Arbor Hills Nature Preserve is located west of the Dallas North Tollway on Parker Rd. It features a shared pedestrian and bicycling trail which highlights the assets of the preserve, and the woods within the preserve are traversed by several unpaved trails.

High School Sports in Plano are unbelievable. From Plano Senior High's 7 State Championships in Football, Plano West's State Tennis Team and Plano Basketball's State Title in Basketball. Also, Plano is home to the world's greatest gymnastics with Carly Patterson and Nastia Luikin training here.

There is only a couple of chances left to build a new home in Plano, but there are many great pre-existing communities to choose from.

We welcome you to Plano, Texas the best city in the nation!