Most people commute 30mins. to work. The furthest distance I commuted was to and from TWU it is 59mi. from garland to denton. Richardson is safe,McKinney is safe, it would be a 30min to an hour drive in traffic, Murphy is closer and so is Wylie. Saxsie is close, cheap and a small city. Here is a website that has a list of ll of the cities in TX and there population. You can click on the city and view houses for sale, the link shows Richardson.http://www.city-data.com/city/Richardson��http://www.exitadvantagerealtytx.com/sea��
If Richardson is too expensive I d suggest McKinney. It s 20 miles north of Richardson on 75.McKinney is a growing community of about 125,000. Housing is very reasonable and it s a safe town. There s a lot of new shopping and restaurants.
McKinney is a ice place, not too much traffic and it is a growing area. housing and apartments are decent priced, and as far as i know there isn t much crime. I used to live there about 4 years ago. So maybe check out McKinney
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