Top 5 Reasons to Live in Plano

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Wondering why everyone is moving to the charming City of Plano, here we have the top 5 reasons compiled for you-

1. Jobs


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Plano, being the home to many Fortune-ranked companies, brags about an incredible number of high-paying, white-collar jobs. Also, with the soon advent of Toyota and many other brands, this number is seeing no sooner degrade. Plano offers a diverse employment base, with 38% of it belonging to Trade, Transport and Professional Business Services it is readily turning out to be the new hub for job-seekers. HP Enterprises and Bank of America along with their 4,800 and 5,400 employees are the city’s top employers. Unemployment rates in Plano were 5.1% in the year 2014 and with an incredible recession recovery ratio of 1: 5 i.e., for every single job lost during the recession period, the city has come up with 5 new job opportunities.

2. Security


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Accrediting to a violent crime statistics of sheer 1.4 to a thousand persons along with overall crime rate being 37 percent lower than the average among other Texas cities, it is thus regarded as one of the safest city to live. In fact, in 2010 and 2011, Forbes Magazine ranked Plano the Safest City in the Country. The Plano Police Department has about 600 sworn officers and civilian employees very much geared up to Crime Stopper Program.

3.Best Schooling


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Plano School System ranks among the best in the state, comprising of 70 public schools, 16 private schools along with 2 campuses of Collin College and 6 libraries. Its students have constantly secured highest SAT’s amongst all the DFW schools. Also, 93% of Plano ISD students graduated from high school in comparison to 75% of Dallas ISD.
Plano ISD also has two 4-year high school academic programs, one being STEM and the other one focusing on Health Science. In addition to this, Plano has few supplementary schools for the sake of additional Mathematics and Chinese language classes.

4. Location


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Plano’s proximity to Dallas is one key feature to it, which can be accessed easily via DART or the extensive highway system.
Plano also hosts DFW International Airport which is the second largest airdrome of United States, well renowned for being one of the busiest and well-connected airports in the world. It flies to 202 destinations across the globe comprising of 55 international and 147 domestic ones. 
   
5.Cost of Living

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Plano’s high salary opportunities coupled with low taxes and cost of living certainly makes it a priority place to reside in the whole of US. Housing here is the best thing for you with property taxes remaining the lowest amongst all DFW cities plus no income or corporate taxes to worry about.
Although, it being one of the very populous cities in the US, Plano still holds many titles marking itself as one of the Best Suburbs to Live in Texas, US.   


  

See how to self-decorate your Balcony like a Garden

Do you want to spruce up your balcony; a Garden will be a great idea for you. However, if you are not living in an urban location or you don’t have a spacious yard, having a garden might not be like an option. You can make a wonderful garden that will require very little or no floor space and beautify your tiny balcony by a hanging garden.
The concept of hanging gardens is perfect for those who have small yards and balconies because they are highly customizable despite having limited space. You can customize your balcony the way you want and can also personalize it to fit your specific area. Here we are listing some ways to self-decorate your balcony as Garden.

Hanging Pallet Garden

  
A hanging pallet garden is a great idea of utilizing space. As it has to be hanged on walls, it doesn’t take any room space or any floor space, and you are free to keep your furniture or anything you would like to place.
So, if you want to create a hanging pallet garden, get a wooden pallet, a staple gun and staples, sandpaper, landscaping paper, a hammer, nails, planting soil, ¼ inch thick medium density fiberboard (MDF) and a plant of your choice.
First you have to sand the wooden pallet to eliminate any rough spot. You must sand all sides and edges. If your pallet do not have any backing, you must nail the MDF into the back of the pallet. It will prevent of dropping out of the soil from pallet and now staple the landscaping paper to the bottom, back and sides of the pallet.
Now, place your pallet facing upside, Fill soil in it, making sure to pack it down firmly while still leaving room for your plants. Plant seeds of your choice and plant them starting the bottom of the wooden pallet. If your pallet is completely filled with soil, then fill them well with water. Now left them for two weeks and never forget to water them well during these two weeks.
After two weeks, you can place your pallet upright anywhere on walls in your balcony.

Framed Succulent Garden

Now, Framed Succulent Garden is a favorite hanging garden option. It is a very unique of its type. It will beautify you balcony without occupying any floor space at all as it hangs right on the wall like a framed photograph!
To make a Framed Succulent, you first have a selection of succulent. Note that the best succulents to use for a garden should be of smaller verities as gardening expert Cara Meyers says. In order to create one, you will need a medium or large picture frame with the glass, pruning shears and backing panel removed, hammer, nails, a wooden shadow box cut to fit the back of the frame,½-inch hardware cloth cut to fit the inside dimensions of the frame, ¼-inch plywood backing cut to fit the back of the shadowbox, staple gun and staples, soil, and a chopstick or pencil.
Add your shadow box to the back of the frame by the help of hammer and nails. Shadowbox will add depth to the frame, to form a tray that can provide more space for soil and succulents. Place hard wire cloth in frame and staple it along wise frame’s edge to secure it. Now, put the plywood on the top of hard wire cloth and nail it to the shadow box.
Turn the frame and add soil, push it through the hard-wire cloth. Please ensure that the soil is evenly distributed and continue adding soil till it fills the entire box up to the cloth. Once it is full of soil, poke the soil using pencil or chopstick in the soil where you like to place your succulents.
Once you placed the plants to your liking, leave it in the shade for one or two weeks. Avoid to water it for first two weeks. After it you can hang the frame in your balcony wall. Just ensure that hooks should be sturdy.

Hanging Shoe Organizer Spice Garden

Another great way of hanging balcony that provides an opportunity to recycle something that you may have in your home is a hanging shoe organizer spice garden. If you don’t have a shoe organizer you can find inexpensive ones to convert into hanging spice garden
To create a hanging garden, you will require a cloth shoe organizer, compost or soil, rod/hook/nails and herbs or plants of your choice for hanging the shoe organizer.
Select the place where you would like to have your hanging spice garden. Fix the shoe organizer where you’d like it to hang by using screws or nails to keep it secure.
Now, identify the shoe organizers drainage abilities just by pouring water in one of the compartments earlier than putting soil in it. If the fabric does not allow for adequate drainage, poke some holes in the bottom of each pocket.
Fill all the pockets with soil, leaving an inch between the top of the soil. You may then add the herbs seed and spices that you would like in your garden. Enjoy there growing!