Plano, Texas
Noticed that JPM has quite a few roles in Plano. I haven’t heard much about the area before. Can anyone comment on the city?
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Trash suburb compared to dallas but gotten nicer recently. JPM campus also very nice
Plano is one of the nicer suburbs in the country if you are looking to live the suburb life. Unless you live in Preston Hollow, I think most families would rather live in Plano than other areas within Dallas city limits.
Agreed but as a young person would not recommend it. As others have mentioned live in uptown
Equities in Dallas
Comments above reminds how Dallas is perceived very differently now than before
Suburb north of Dallas, very nice area with lots of doctors/engineers but definitely not that "exciting." New development Legacy West is by Toyota, JPM, and a bunch of other firms and is like a millennial hotspot. A great place to be if you're starting a family but I wouldn't call it too fun. Mayor does PWM at UBS.
How close is Plano Texas from Austin? What is the social scene for finance guys in Texas?
Plano is like 20 miles from Dallas. It’s a 3 hour drive from Austin, just like Dallas is.
Solid place if you’re over 30-32 and want to start a family. I’d never live there in my 20’s.
Agreed - great city if you're looking to settle down, but not the most exciting place for your 20s. I personally wouldn't mind living there but I'm also 30+
Disagree with that. Dallas in your 20's can be great as its less snobby and pretentious, but definitely live in Uptown and either have co-workers your age or know people from school, otherwise might be tough to break into the finance scene.
Son, there are two things in Texas, steers and queers, and you sure as hell don't sound like a steer.
I'm asking the fuckin questions here Private! Well thank you very much!
Where?
Literally the most boring city on the earth. Everyone hates it here.
Whats the weather like in Plano?
Hot
I read that its in the mid to high 80s this week. does it frequently top 100?
I feel like a lot of people not from Dallas don't really understand it. Outside of like Uptown and Deep Ellum, it's just suburbs. Suburbs as far as the eye can see. Some are newer, some are growing more, some have more things to do, but at the end of the day they are all still relatively quiet suburbs when comparing to things like NYC, Chicago, SF, or Austin.
Plano is one of the older, and most established Dallas suburb. It's not really growing at the speed of like Frisco or Mckinney since it is filled out. It's not all that close to downtown Dallas, but not all that far either. There are some more fun areas like Shops at Legacy, you get things like Top Golf and are right next door to the FC Dallas stadium in Frisco. But if you are comparing against other proper "cities" in the country to live in you will likely be bored.
Is living in Uptown or Deep Ellum and commuting to Plano a reasonable idea? How is the metro in the area ?
lol the metro thing is a joke right? we're talking about texas here. Just pony up the 75 cents to go on the tollway and its like 20 minutes tops.
Lmao, that’s a terrible idea. Not worth the effort at all. There are plenty of nice, up-and-coming areas for younger people if you really want to live in fucking Plano. If you want to live in a city-city, this isn’t the job for you.
@kppw1517" take is pretty spot on. I live in Uptown Dallas for reference. The West Plano/Legacy area has really been built up over the last 5-years, and would be the area to live in if you prefer a short commute to the JPM campus. A lot of bars/restaurants have opened in that development on Windrose Ave off of the tollway, and its really fragmented the bar scene in DFW as a result since people don't need to come to Uptown/Deep Ellum for drinking. If anything it will accelerate the northern sprawl to Prosper and beyond as there really isn't a need for people to come to Dallas unless they are going to American Airlines Arena.
The biggest thing to keep in mind is that DFW metroplex is roughly the size of Connecticut. If you don't live in proximity to where you work, you will be miserable.
As the above commenters have noted, it’s strictly a suburb so again, if you want a city-like experience, DFW is probably not the best place but if you’re ok with a ton of suburbs, there are some niche areas that are pretty fun. The Shops at Legacy is a pretty fun place with a lot of fairly nice apartments, Legacy West is right by the campus and it’s building itself up nicely as a cool place to spend time. The extended area along the highways that run directly by the campus have a ton of shopping and eating, like the area around Stonebriar Center in Frisco. It’s mostly food and shopping though; this really speaks to the whole of the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex, not much to do compared to, say, Austin. If you like a quiet lifestyle and/or are a foodie/shopper, there’s enough to keep you occupied. A quick disclaimer though, you can’t really isolate any one city like Plano in the whole DFW area because everything just kind of bleeds together and looks the same and finding something to do requires looking at pretty much every town within like a 30 mile radius, so that’s another thing to consider. There’s a lot to do in the whole metroplex but you’ll have to drive a lot to get different experiences.
I know plenty of bankers that live in M Streets area of Dallas right off of Greenville Ave. Pretty cool strip of restaurants and bars but the crowd trends late 20’s/early 30’s and up. Also know of bankers in the Lakewood area (East Dallas) which has a nice, balanced city/suburban feel. And let’s not forget Bishop Arts/North Oak Cliff area. Know plenty of attorneys/bankers there too. All three areas I mentioned are pricey for Dallas but a lot of people pick these areas and send their kids to private school because they don’t want to drive to and from the burbs everyday.
You also get Top Golf in Dallas city limits but you’re right, Uptown/Deep Ellum are the go-to neighborhoods for nightlife but the areas I mentioned are decent for things to do if you have a family.
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I live probably 10 minutes from Plano. As the others have said, Dallas really only has like 2 "cool" areas. Deep Ellum, Bishop Arts and maybe Uptown. No one really lives downtown. It's a city of 1000 suburbs.
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JPM Plano is backoffice city
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