| The top five upscale neighborhoods in Dallas, | | | | DFW. |
| Texas are not really debatable. Everyone knows, | | | | Preston Hollow - Nestled between Preston Road |
| where the hoighty toighty dwell: Highland Park, | | | | and Forest, Preston Hollow is another sought-after |
| University Park, Preston Hollow, Turtle Creek and | | | | Dallas socialite community. This area has been |
| Kessler Park. These areas are hard to get into, | | | | heavily rebuilt. Old houses are being demolished |
| and filled to brim with politics, politics, politics. So, if | | | | and new homes are cropping up, faster than you |
| you're game for playing with the rich and | | | | can say "humongous lots." The wealthy inhabitants |
| sometimes famous of Big "D," put on designer | | | | of this area enjoy the world famous Cooper |
| duds, squash your big hair (that's so--yesterday), | | | | Aerobics Center and the kiddos attend St. Marks |
| and don your fake smile for life in the pristine | | | | Academy, Hockaday and Ursuline Acadamy. |
| communities of Dallas, where old money rules. | | | | Turtle Creek - Highrises abound along the |
| Highland Park - Officially part of the Park Cities, | | | | picturesque landscape of Turtle Creek Boulevard, |
| which encompasses Highland Park and University | | | | located on the edge of Highland Park and |
| Park. Highland Park is the center of Dallas socialite | | | | Downtown Dallas. This area is ripe with retirees |
| activities. Good luck finding a home in Highland | | | | disinterested in tending to huge yards, young |
| Park for under $1 Million. The homes, while | | | | executives ready to party at newly hip Dallas |
| crammed next to each other like sardines, are | | | | hotspots. |
| opulent in acutriments and historical architecture. | | | | Kessler Park - This neighborhood is tough to get |
| Much new construction is underway as new folks | | | | into as the old guard still reigns supreme. It might |
| move in and refurbish old homes that can be | | | | not matter to you anyway, as the old |
| purchased for a meager $656 per square foot as | | | | mansion-style homes are old as methuselah and |
| opposed to luxury homes in other upscale Dallas | | | | are sure to have issues. |
| neighborhoods going for $143 per square foot. | | | | So, if you're looking for prestige, you know where |
| University Park - A sister city to Highland Park, | | | | to go in Dallas, Texas. Highland Park, University |
| University Park has all of the social pomp, without | | | | Park, Preston Hollow, Turtle Creek and Kessler |
| the high price. This area surrounds Southern | | | | Park offer all you need in shopping, socializing and |
| Methodist University (SMU) and Highland Park | | | | soirees. If this type of life doesn't tilt your hat, |
| Village on Mockingbird Lane. In University Park, | | | | you can always join the rest of us to north, |
| you can rub elbows with the attorneys, | | | | south, east or west of Big "D. |
| investment bankers and real estate moguls of | | | | |