Community guides
Moving somewhere new? Start here. Each guide explains what daily life is like, which parts of town to look at, and what to budget for.
Lee County, Florida
Cape Coral
Lee County
Cape Coral, Florida is a large city of mostly homes, built around canals.
Read the guide →Fort Myers
Lee County
Fort Myers, Florida is Lee County's historic river city.
Read the guide →Lehigh Acres
Lee County
Lehigh Acres is one of Lee County's largest communities, just east of Fort Myers.
Read the guide →Bonita Springs
Lee County
Bonita Springs, Florida is a small city between Fort Myers and Naples.
Read the guide →Estero
Lee County
Living in Estero, Florida means a young village of planned communities, parks and shops.
Read the guide →Fort Myers Beach
Lee County
Living in Fort Myers Beach, Florida means life on Estero Island, a barrier island seven miles long.
Read the guide →Sanibel
Lee County
Sanibel Island, Florida is a barrier island city of low buildings, nature preserves, beaches and bike paths.
Read the guide →North Fort Myers
Lee County
North Fort Myers, Florida sits on the north bank of the Caloosahatchee River.
Read the guide →Captiva
Lee County
Captiva Island, Florida is a small barrier island you can reach only through Sanibel.
Read the guide →Pine Island
Lee County
Pine Island, Florida offers rural island life in Lee County, outside any city.
Read the guide →Alva
Lee County
Living in Alva, Florida means rural life on the Caloosahatchee River in east Lee County.
Read the guide →Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas
Dallas
Dallas County (with parts in Collin, Denton, Kaufman and Rockwall counties)
Living in Dallas, Texas means choosing between very different parts of one large city.
Read the guide →Fort Worth
Tarrant, Denton, Parker, Johnson and Wise counties
Living in Fort Worth, TX means a big city with very different parts.
Read the guide →Arlington
Tarrant County
Living in Arlington, TX puts you in the middle of the Dallas–Fort Worth area.
Read the guide →Plano
Collin and Denton counties
Living in Plano, TX means a large, established suburb north of Dallas.
Read the guide →Southlake
Tarrant County (small areas in Denton County)
Living in Southlake, TX means a suburb of mostly single-family homes between DFW Airport and Grapevine Lake.
Read the guide →Irving
Dallas County
Living in Irving, Texas puts you between Dallas and DFW Airport.
Read the guide →Farmers Branch
Dallas County
Living in Farmers Branch, Texas means a compact city of about 38,000 residents.
Read the guide →Carrollton
Dallas, Denton and Collin counties
Living in Carrollton, Texas means an established suburb just north of Dallas.
Read the guide →Garland
Dallas County (small parts in Collin and Rockwall counties)
Living in Garland, TX puts you in an established city just northeast of Dallas.
Read the guide →Mesquite
Dallas County (part in Kaufman County)
Living in Mesquite, TX means an established suburb just east of Dallas.
Read the guide →Grand Prairie
Dallas, Tarrant and Ellis counties (small part in Johnson County)
Living in Grand Prairie, TX puts you between Dallas and Fort Worth.
Read the guide →Lewisville
Denton County (with a small portion in Dallas County)
Living in Lewisville, Texas means a Denton County city on the south shore of Lewisville Lake.
Read the guide →Duncanville
Dallas County
Living in Duncanville, TX means a small, older city in southwest Dallas County.
Read the guide →Frisco
Collin and Denton counties
Living in Frisco, TX means a large, fast-growing city on the Dallas North Tollway.
Read the guide →McKinney
Collin County
Living in McKinney, TX means a historic downtown square and large master-planned communities.
Read the guide →Prosper
Collin and Denton counties
Living in Prosper, TX means a fast-growing town of planned communities.
Read the guide →Grapevine
Tarrant County (small areas in Dallas and Denton counties)
Living in Grapevine, TX puts you between DFW Airport and Grapevine Lake.
Read the guide →Flower Mound
Denton County (small areas in Tarrant County)
Living in Flower Mound, TX means a Denton County town three miles north of DFW Airport.
Read the guide →Denton
Denton County (county seat)
Living in Denton, TX means a growing university city with a historic square.
Read the guide →Little Elm
Denton County
Living in Little Elm, TX means a growing lake town on Lewisville Lake.
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