There are perfectly good reasons as to why Frisco is a perfect place to raise kids and build a life. Anyone who lives here will tell you that it’s safe and there are great schools. However, I think I’m going to approach a different route in my future due to the experience I’ve had growing up in Frisco.

I’m not in any way saying that Frisco is a bad place to be brought up; I probably wouldn’t have it any other way due to the fact that it’s what I know and what I’ve grown accustomed to. The negative aspects of growing up here, though, have made me determined to get away from the suburbs as soon as I graduate.

Growing up in Frisco had made me assume things about my family’s financial situation that is just not true. As a kid, hearing others talk down on one-story homes and knock-off clothing made me question a lot. It got worse going into high school when everybody started getting cars immediately. I have, in the past, even made comments about it to my parents that I surely regret now. Just because I can’t be a teenager with a Porsche doesn’t mean that we are in any way struggling financially.

This might be just about true everywhere, but growing up in Frisco has made me believe that social media is more than what it is. Posting pictures of gifts and expensive items seems to be a trend, and making our lives come across as extravagant is an even bigger one. It’s like we’re in competition with one another to see whose life is to be envied the most.

I want my kids to have a future of playing outside, being in nature, and being free-spirited. I want anything but their lives to be consumed with apps and being compared to others. I want them to be able to say that they could go outside and see the beach or the mountains. The suburbs are good for certain reasons, but I envision a future away from it.