Updated: Six North Texas cities make Forbes‘ “America’s 25 Best Places to Move” list

Updated 02:37 p.m., July 13, 2009

by Staff of McKinneyNews.net

Michael Bordenave

McKinney was recently named as one of the 25 Best Places to Move in the country by Forbes.com, coming in at #9. Out of the list of 25, six cities are in the Dallas metropolitan area, including Flower Mound at #6, Frisco at #7, McKinney at #9, Carrollton at #12, Allen at #19, and Plano at #25.

In compiling their list, Forbes.com considered factors in cities with populations of 25,000 + and data taken from the 2000 to 2005 Census, including the number of residents who were born out of state, number of residents who moved to a city to take a job, the number of people who moved from long distances or abroad, and the number who moved to a location within 1 and 5 years. Also considered were factors like number of professional jobs, population growth, income averages, home price and age and proximity to large companies.

No. 9: McKinney, Texas

Population: 108,356.

Big city: Dallas, 32 miles south.

Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth, 37 miles southwest.

Global employers nearby: Raytheon, Orthofix, Blockbuster

White: 80.5%, Black: 10%, Asian: 2%, Hispanic: 16.5%

Adults with bachelor's degree or higher: 42%

Born in different state or abroad: 50%

Came from out of state within five years, 2000 Census: 23%

Median family income: $87,193

Median home value: $180,900

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OK you have the list wrong. Flower Mound is at #6, Frisco is at #7, McKinney is at #9, Carrollton at #12, Allen at #19, and Plano at #25.

texrunner Anonymous

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Just because you move to some city to take a job doesn't necessarily make it a great place to move. It might have just been the option that sucked least, especially when the alternative is unemployment, starvation, death.

Pavel Lishin Verified

4 months, 1 week ago
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You're absolutely right, texrunner. We've updated!

Sarah Blaskovich Staff

4 months, 1 week ago
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They obviously didn't factor in things like weather.

Scott Miller Verified

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5 years ago I left Northern VA (list has 2 cities very close to where I lived for 20 years, Centreville and Leesburg) for McKinney by choice. If you look at the details of the cities, you will see the median home price more than double in those cities. Having lived there, that description doesn't do it justice. A $400k house in Northern VA is more like a $125k house in North Texas.

I hear people in North Texas complain about traffic. I'll admit, it's bad at times, but it's NOTHING like Atlanta, Washington DC, NY, Chicago and LA and San Fran.

Now factor in the fact that Frisco, McKinney, Allen and Plano all border each other -- not a bad choice!