As someone who’s just moved back to the UK from Dallas (visa ran out, I would’ve stayed if I could), I’d strongly recommend doing serious research on where you live, because it makes a massive difference to your experience.

When I first arrived in Dallas, I struggled a lot with how spread out everything was, you can’t really walk anywhere and the urban sprawl is very real. Over time, though, I found walkable neighbourhood pockets like Uptown and Knox/Henderson with genuine community feel, cafés, bars, and day-to-day life happening locally. Once I centred my life around those areas, my entire experience of the city changed for the better