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Through friends or through hobbies. Join a sports league, a gym, a climbing wall, something. The apps are a wasteland everywhere, not just here.

Following this thread. Want to hear more takes.

I met my girlfriend at a trivia night at a local brewery. Go to recurring social events where you see the same people week after week. That's how actual connections form.

We've been in Liberty Grove since 2003. Raised three kids here. Best decision we ever made. The neighborhood is safe, the neighbors are good people, and our kids had friends on every block. It's not fancy but it's home.

Different districts, different realities. Which part of Houston are you in?

The Flonase-two-weeks-early tip is the single best piece of allergy advice I've ever gotten. Started it in February this year and March was actually bearable for the first time in a decade.

add Main Street Boxing and MMA in Mansfield — they do open mat Saturday mornings. smaller crew but really good training partners and the coach is welcoming to visitors

My concern is long road trips. I drive to other parts of the state regularly and charging adds 30-45 minutes to the trip. Not a dealbreaker but it's not nothing.

The distance thing is the real killer. I refuse to date anyone more than 20 minutes away. In Texas that eliminates like 80% of the population.

My neighbor in Princeton Park had three packages stolen in one week in January. She installed a Ring camera and a motion-activated floodlight. Zero thefts since. These people go for easy targets.

trained at Octagon Arlington for a year. the BJJ was good and the coaching was legit. agree that the quality varies by location. i dropped in at a different Octagon location once and the coaching was noticeably weaker. always visit the specific location youre considering

Texas Property Code 92.056. Send a WRITTEN notice (certified mail or email with delivery receipt) describing the condition and giving them reasonable time to fix it. If they don't, you have options including repair-and-deduct.

Local politics affect your daily life more than national. Worth paying attention.

bro go get an xray. a cracked rib that doesnt heal properly can become a much bigger problem. i trained through a "bruised" rib that turned out to be cracked and it took 3 months to heal instead of 6 weeks because i kept aggravating it

finding a good coach who will honestly tell you if youre ready is crucial. some coaches will put you on a card too early to promote their gym. a good coach will hold you back until youre actually prepared

One homicide in a year for a city of 68,000 is remarkable. I lived in Garland before moving to Rowlett and the difference in how safe I feel is night and day. The numbers confirm the feeling.

This has been on my mind too. Living in San Antonio gives you a different perspective on it.

Liberty Grove resident. My Ring camera caught a guy in a silver sedan following the Amazon truck last month. He waited two streets over and then drove back to grab packages off three porches in under two minutes. Shared the footage with Rowlett PD.

watching Golden Gloves at the local level is one of the best kept secrets in DFW sports. $10-15 for a full night of live boxing. the energy is unreal because every fighter has their entire family in the crowd screaming

If you have a kid and the indoor temp is dangerous, call 311 and explain the situation. Some cities have emergency housing resources or can expedite code enforcement.

THIS. i spent my first year of boxing trying to punch harder. then my coach made me shadowbox with no punches for a month straight — just movement. when i added the punches back in my power doubled because my weight transfer was finally correct

Real estate agent here — the GISD/RISD price gap in Rowlett is real and consistent. I always tell buyers to check school zoning FIRST before falling in love with a house.

The Facebook group "Lost & Found Pets — Rowlett, TX" reunited me with my cat in 6 hours. Someone two streets over had taken her in thinking she was a stray. Post there FIRST.

I was here for the tornado. Christmas night 2015. The sound was like a freight train that would not stop. We hid in the bathroom with our kids. When we came out, half our street was gone. The rebuild has been incredible to watch.

Not something I expected to read today but glad I did.

The fish photo thing is real and I will never understand it. What message is that sending? "I have patience and access to a lake"?