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Southlake, TX
Southlake sits between Dallas and Fort Worth, close to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, and it's developed since the 1990s into one of the wealthiest and most consistently high-scoring suburban school districts in the entire state of Texas, a reputation that's made it a frequent draw for corporate relocations bringing executives and their families to the broader metroplex. Southlake Town Square, a large mixed-use development that opened in the late 1990s, was built deliberately to evoke a traditional small-town Main Street aesthetic — brick storefronts, a central green space, and a town hall — despite being an entirely new, purpose-built development rather than an organically grown historic downtown, a template several other Texas suburbs have since tried to replicate. The city's proximity to DFW Airport has made it a particularly convenient home base for corporate executives and frequent business travelers, a factor real estate agents in the area frequently cite as a meaningful driver of Southlake's continued desirability relative to suburbs further from the airport. Southlake's combination of consistently top-ranked public schools, a deliberately designed town-square commercial center built to evoke traditional small-town character, and unusually convenient airport access has made it one of the most consistently expensive and sought-after suburbs anywhere in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
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Highland Park, TX
Highland Park is a fully independent municipality entirely surrounded by the city of Dallas, and it's consistently ranked among the wealthiest small towns in the entire state of Texas — a status the town has maintained since its founding in the early 20th century as a deliberately upscale, deed-restricted development built specifically to stay outside Dallas's own city limits and taxing authority. Highland Park Village, opened in 1931, is widely credited by architectural and retail historians as one of the first planned shopping centers built anywhere in the United States, designed in a unified Spanish Mediterranean style that's been preserved essentially intact for nearly a century and now houses a roster of high-end luxury retailers. The town sits directly adjacent to Southern Methodist University, and together with its twin municipality, University Park, forms what locals refer to collectively as "the Park Cities" — two small, independently governed towns that function almost as a single community despite maintaining entirely separate city governments, police departments, and school districts. Highland Park's combination of complete municipal independence from Dallas, one of the earliest planned shopping centers in American retail history, and consistently top-ranked schools has made it one of the most expensive and prestigious small-town addresses anywhere in Texas.
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