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  Dallas Is Building a Great Wall to Keep Out the … Noise

  February 26 at 4 a.m.

  What are we gonna build? “A wall!” Who’s gonna pay for it? “Mexi … er, TxDOT!” Residents in Lake Highlands are getting some long-sought peace and quiet, thanks to the construction of a giant, gaudy wall. Not the one at the heart of President Donald Trump’s controversial national emergency, but...

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  Dallas' Hottest Suburbs for Renters

  February 12 at 4 a.m.

  Another report, another batch of research showing DFW is one of the nation's hottest rental markets, whether one is looking at the region's anchor cities or the surrounding suburbs. New data from RENTCafe, a rental market analysis website, shows that four of the 20 fastest-growing suburbs for renters nationwide are...

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  East Dallas Community Gardeners Are the Marines on a Beachhead of Misery

  February 11 at 4 a.m.

  Who has a crime problem? Not me anymore. I don’t see crime outside my front door, and I sure used to see a lot of it. The new young people on my block in old East Dallas don’t believe me when I tell them, but in the old days when...

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  New Student Loan Data Highlights Dallas Gen Xers' Precarious Spot

  January 21 at 4 a.m.

  Frequently, when we write about Dallas' lack of affordable apartments, stagnating median wage or unattainable mortgages, we're talking about those costs in reference to Dallas' quickest growing demographic — millennials. They're the generational cohort, roughly ages 23 to 38, that can't afford their student loans, can't buy a house and...

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  City Hall Gets It Right and Wrong About Poverty and Crime

  January 7 at 4 a.m.

  If it’s anything, the Ridgecrest apartment complex, located almost all the way to Mountain Creek Lake in far West Dallas, is proof that in the last half-century most local and national government programs designed to end poverty have been stupid. The good news is that Dallas is beginning to figure...

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  Dallas Apartments Getting Smaller, More Expensive

  Friday, December 7, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  Anyone renting or looking to rent in Dallas won't be surprised by this news, but the confirmation is nice at least: Apartments across DFW have gotten smaller and significantly more expensive over the last 10 years, according to new analysis from RENTCafé, a rental listing website. Between 2008 and 2018, the...