If I have to live in town, do I want to live on the south side?
most people do, unless you like living in the ghetto.
we're in whitehouse, it's very close to south tyler. i went to HS in bullard, it's a little bit farther south, but tyler and bullard are expanding towards each other.
lindale is a nice area. a bit farther from tyler, but good schools and most of the stores you would need are right there in lindale. its also very close to the interestate if you like that.
Particular schools?
some people try to avoid stewart middle school but i dont know really, i went to elem. and MS in plano. and if you're in south of tyler you probably wont have to try to hard to avoid john tyler unless you are on the west side of 155. bullard, lindale, and whitehouse all rank better than tyler isd.
bullard isd
lindale isd
tyler isd
whitehouse isd
Areas to avoid?
for what? crime? nothing to crazy around here. even north tyler's not that bad.
Child care?
sorry, i dunno, my wife stayed home with our girl til she started pre k this year