Like any inner city neighborhood, Oak Cliff has a variety of neighborhoods ranging from high income areas to poorer, higher crime areas. From the posts I ve read on this site, some people seem to believe that there are no nice areas south of the Trinity River or that the only nice suburbs in this metropolitan area of over six million people are limited to a few communities like Plano, Allen, Frisco, and Richardson �C places which they try and steer everyone to on a daily basis. Neither of these two assumptions are completely true, however, as there are some beautiful neighborhoods (Kessler Park, Winnetka Heights, etc.) in the southern sector of Dallas and thriving suburban areas that are not all located north of the city.If you are looking to purchase or rent a house in the Mountain View College area, I would advise you to visit the area to get a better feel for it. There are also some very nice, increasingly vibrant neighborhoods in North Oak Cliff that have a strong sense of community. If those areas aren t what you are looking for, you might want to look into the southern suburbs of Cedar Hill, DeSoto, Duncanville, Lancaster, Glenn Heights, and Grand Prairie. There are terrific neighborhoods in each of those communities. If you plan on renting an apartment, I would strongly suggest looking at complexes outside of the city in nearby suburbs like Duncanville, Cedar Hill, or Grand Prairie.
Ok im a blk girl from dallas and all of my family is in oak Cliff right now i m currently in Grand Prarie. Anyways you have to check out how quiet the neighborhood is at night and in the morning. Plus you have to check out the conditions of the houses and if there s a bunch of kids out hanging out in the streets(see if there up to any good or bad). Anyway OakCliff can be bad but it depends what area ur in. My great grandmother lives in a pretty decent neighborhood in OakCliff but my cousin lives like 5 mins away and her neighborhood is pretty bad.
I ve avoided Oak Cliff because of it s reputation, but since I ve never actually gone there I can t speak from experience. I do know it s not the safest area of town, nor the most dangerous. Since you have a cousin who lives there you should ask him to give you the facts about it. You d trust what he tells you more than anything you hear from us anyway.
ahhhh... your in luck. im a native texan and had this same question....whatever place your thinking of moving call the local police dept. and talk to statistics...you will get a great idea..also do not think of living in oak cliff(pronounced; O CLIFF) its a texas thang.....