Hi everyone, I found out yesterday that I’ll be going to Dallas for my psychiatry residency! Super excited to get started, I’m coming from the northeast. Would appreciate any advice about Dallas including neighborhoods, things to do, food, what’s dart and is it reliable?
Thank you!!
Do you mean Dallas (the exonym for the entire metro area) or Dallas (city of)? There’s a big difference.
There are a couple questions to consider:
Where will your residency be?
Do you have a place to live locked down yet?
Wherever your job is, try to live close enough to keep your commute from going too far over half an hour. I once commuted from west Fort Worth to Grand Prairie. For over three years. I am not smart but I am stubborn.
If your residency is in Plano, may God have mercy on your soul if you live in Fort Worth, because your commute sure won’t.
I’ve never ridden DART buses, but the handful of times I’ve ridden DART rail or the Trinity Railway Express it hasn’t been too painful.
As far as places to eat, shop, hang out, etc, it depends in part on where you’ll be living and working. DFW is a big goddamned place. Supposedly it’s about the size of Connecticut. We can provide more tailored recommendations for dining if you know roughly where you’ll be.
I’ll be at UTSW so Dallas proper (afaik). I do not have a place to live yet (I don’t start until later in June and still have to finish things up here till early May)