On the move

8 Dallas-Fort Worth cities rank among top Texas magnets for movers in 2022

Roanoke is a popular place to move.

Dallas-Fort Worth leads the state’s major metro areas for popularity as a moving destination, a new report shows.

Eight DFW cities rank in the top 20 in moveBuddha’s new list of the Texas cities where the share of people seeking to move in outweighs the share of people seeking to move out. The survey spanned January 1-July 5, 2022.

The cities and their rankings are:

No. 1 Prosper, 253-to-100 ratio for move-ins vs. move-outs
No. 5 Euless, 211-to-110 ratio for move-ins vs. move-outs
No. 6 Roanoke, 204-100 ratio for move-ins vs. move-outs
No. 7 Forney, 202-to-100 ratio for move-ins vs. move-outs
No. 12 Frisco, 180-to-100 ratio for move-ins vs. move-outs
No. 13 Dallas, 170-to-100 ratio for move-ins vs. move-outs
No. 19 Plano, 154-to-100 ratio for move-ins vs. move-outs
No. 20 Addison, 151-to-100 ratio for move-ins vs. move-outs

Prosper, whose population soared more than 200 percent from 2010 to 2020, is prospering as the state’s most popular destination for movers so far this year. Living in the Collin County city does come at a hefty price. According to real estate brokerage Redfin, the median sale price of a home in Prosper jumped to $905,000 in July, up 37 percent from the same time last year. However, Redfin notes that half of the Prosper homes on the market in July had dropped their list prices.

Why is Prosper attracting so much interest from homebuyers?

“Prosper offers an ideal place to raise a family. Besides ticking the right boxes with its outstanding school system, Prosper is renowned for its magnificent master-planned communities with resort-style amenities,” according to VIP Realty.

Just one Tarrant County city makes the list: Buzzy, buzzy Euless, landing at No. 5. A November 2021 New York Times article suddenly shot Euless to superstardom as the best place to live in the U.S. But it was cited as the Dallas-Fort Worth city with biggest sticker shock for renters last year.

The growth continues in the city between Fort Worth and Dallas, with new restaurant and bar openings, and a new innovative hotel on the way.

On Euless' heels is the booming, highly desirable Denton County city of Roanoke, at No. 6 in the survey. Known as the "Unique Dining Capital of Texas," Roanoke continues to welcome run new businesses, such as the recently opened Anderson Distillery and Grill.

Other major-metro cities in Texas are represented on the moveBuddha list were:

No. 4 Leander (Austin), 224-to-100 ratio for move-ins vs. move-outs
No. 8 Tomball (Houston), 200-to-100 ratio for move-ins vs. move-outs
No. 9 Montgomery (Houston), 198-to-100 ratio for move-ins vs. move-outs
No. 10 New Braunfels (San Antonio), 191-to-100 ratio for move-ins vs. move-outs
No. 14 Katy (Houston), 169-to-100 ratio for move-ins vs. move-outs
No. 15 Georgetown (Austin), 166-to-100 ratio for move-ins vs. move-outs
No. 17 Conroe (Houston), 162-to-100 ratio for move-ins vs. move-outs
No. 18 Hutto (Austin), 158-to-100 ratio for move-ins vs. move-outs

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Death Penalty

Tarrant County man gets death for murder of convenience store owner

Tarrant County Sheriff's Office

Christopher Turner

A man received the death penalty for his 2020 cold-blooded execution of a convenience store owner.

According to a release from the office of Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney Phil Sorrells, a Tarrant County jury sentenced Christopher Karon Turner, 48, to death on November 20 for executing convenience store owner Anwar Ali during a robbery. Tarrant County Assistant District Attorneys Charles Boulware and Allenna Bangs represented the state.

On March 27, 2020, at around 6:15 am, Turner, a convicted felon, wore a surgical mask and a glove and entered the Super Big Country Mart in an unincorporated area of Tarrant County south of Fort Worth. There, he held a gun to the back of Anwar Ali, the 62-year-old store owner, and walked him through the store.

Ali did everything Turner demanded, including opening the cash register to give him money. And yet Turner forced Ali into the bathroom and onto his knees, and shot him in the neck. Ali was discovered, dead in the bathroom, about an hour later.

Turner fled the store in Ali's Toyota minivan with the money from the register and Ali's wallet. In the van, he found more than $50,000 cash in a black bag. Over the next few days, Turner went on a shopping spree, buying cars, jewelry, drugs, clothes, and more. He and others used cash and a credit card that belonged to Ali.

Turner fled to Colorado where U.S. Marshals arrested him. On his body they found a firearm which was determined to be the murder weapon.

"This was a premeditated, cold-blooded murder," Boulware told the jury. "From the moment he was charged with this crime, he has tried to escape responsibility."

Bangs noted that before this trial began, Turner obtained the names of jurors and their telephone numbers, and gave them to an inmate charged with murder. At the trial on November 20, as Bangs addressed the jury, Turner tried to hold up a sign to the jury but was handcuffed by Sheriff's deputies who removed him from the courtroom, while he yelled out "she lied."

Ali came to the United States from Pakistan decades ago to pursue the American dream. Ali's son, Hussein, spoke in the courtroom after the death penalty was announced. "Thank you for giving us justice," Ali said. "I hope there are no more devils like this person."

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