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There is an opportunity for me to spend a four year assignment in Fort Worth.

I am wondering what the schools are like?

Any good/bad areas to live?

What are housing prices? (thinking in the neighborhood of a 2000 sf house, although could be less for 4 years)

Appa23 wrote:There is an opportunity for me to spend a four year assignment in Fort Worth.

I am wondering what the schools are like?

Any good/bad areas to live?

What are housing prices? (thinking in the neighborhood of a 2000 sf house, although could be less for 4 years)

A developmental assignment? How about a few details?

I can't speak for OC, but the Contracting Division has some good people working for it.

earendel wrote:

Appa23 wrote:There is an opportunity for me to spend a four year assignment in Fort Worth.

I am wondering what the schools are like?

Any good/bad areas to live?

What are housing prices? (thinking in the neighborhood of a 2000 sf house, although could be less for 4 years)

A developmental assignment? How about a few details?

It would be work related to the border fence authorized by statute.

Appa23 wrote:

earendel wrote:

Appa23 wrote:There is an opportunity for me to spend a four year assignment in Fort Worth.

I am wondering what the schools are like?

Any good/bad areas to live?

What are housing prices? (thinking in the neighborhood of a 2000 sf house, although could be less for 4 years)

A developmental assignment? How about a few details?

It would be work related to the border fence authorized by statute.

I didn't realize the Corps was involved in that.

They're building a border fence at Forth Worth? Sounds like I'll need to apply for Mexican citizenship.

Houses in Forth Worth are pretty cheap, but that's from my perspective in the most expensive city in Texas.

TheConfessor wrote:They're building a border fence at Forth Worth? Sounds like I'll need to apply for Mexican citizenship.

Houses in Forth Worth are pretty cheap, but that's from my perspective in the most expensive city in Texas.

It's to keep the Dallasites over there.

Houses are cheap, and getting cheaper. You would be able to make a down payment on a good size house with the change in your pocket.

Seriously, Ft Worth is like any other growing city. There are indeed good and bad areas, but if you look in the good school districts, the neighborhoods are generally safer. Traffic is worse than miserable at rush hour. I would first find the Corps office (I'm assuming it's downtown), and work from there. Gas is prolly cheaper here than Nebraska (running about $2.75-$2.80 a gallon right now), but I would still want to live relatively close to work, if possible. Schools are mediocre to outstanding in Tarrant County, location of the school district is key.

Depending on the area, you can prolly find a 2000 sq ft house in good condition, in a good neighborhood anywhere from $85,000 to $120,000. Those prices will prolly keep going down, the longer you wait.

If you're thinking about buying a house for a four-year assignment, will the Corps be helping out with the closing costs, etc? Hard to see how'd that'd work out, otherwise, particularly with the shaky real estate market.