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Grapevine Information
Grapevine is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000
census the city population was 42,059, though the latest U.S. Census Bureau
projection puts the city's population over 47,000. The city is named for wild
mustang grapes prevalent in the area (the high school football team is named the
Mustangs). In recent years several wineries have opened in Grapevine, and the
city has been very active in maintaining its historic downtown area. Part of
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, which serves the cities of Dallas and
Fort Worth, is located inside the city limits of Grapevine. On April 1, 1934
Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker and Henry Methvin killed two young highway patrolmen
near the town.
The first recorded white settlement in what would become the city of Grapevine
occurred in the late 1840s and early 1850s. Growth during the 19th century was
slow but steady; by 1890 the town had about 800 residents, along with such
amenities as a newspaper, a public school, several cotton gins, a post office
and a railroad. Growth continued early in the 20th century, and on January 12,
1914 the post office changed the town name to the one-word title Grapevine,
after the area had been known by several other names.
Population actually fell during the period between the World Wars as the economy
stagnated, though the city was officially incorporated by 1936. Population
growth and economic development resumed to some extent in the decades
immediately after World War II. But it was the opening of Dallas-Fort Worth
International Airport in 1974 that spurred enormous development in the city and
nearby towns. Census figures show the unmistakable and typical pattern for
cities north of the airport: 2,821 in 1960, 7,023 in 1970, 11,801 in 1980,
29,202 in 1990, and 42,059 in 2000.
There were 15,712 households out of which 42.1% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 58.9% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 22.2% of all
households were made up of individuals and 3.7% had someone living alone who was
65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average
family size was 3.14.
In the city the population was spread out with 29.2% under the age of 18, 7.5%
from 18 to 24, 36.6% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 4.8% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there
were 100.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $71,680, and the median income
for a family was $84,940. Males had a median income of $53,786 versus $38,844
for females. The per capita income for the city was $31,549. About 3.1% of
families and 4.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.7%
of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.
Most of Grapevine is served by the Grapevine-Grapevine Independent School
District. Other parts are served by Carroll, Coppell, Hurst-Euless-Bedford, and
Northwest ISDs.
Grapevine High School has been named both a National Blue Ribbon School and a
New American High School. It was ranked by Newsweek as the 100th-best high
school in the nation in 2005.
Some Things to Consider When Looking for a Place...
When searching for a new apartment make sure to take your time to think
through what are the most important things to you in an apartment and plan your
search based on those priorities. Here are some things to consider when planning
your move:
1. Consider the areas where you would like to live
* What is the crime rate?
* If you have children - what rating does the local school system have?
* Is there area convenient shopping, health and recreation services in the area?
2. Make a list of your housing priorities
* Do you have pets?
* Do you need parking?
* Do you need to be on the ground floor?
* What amenities are important to you - swimming pool, fitness room, in unit
laundry?
3. Evaluate the building
* What is the condition of the unit and building?
* Are the grounds maintained?
* Are windows, steps, and railings in good condition?
* View the property at night. Is it safe and well lit?
4. The security of the property
* Are there security service? When is the guard on duty?
* Does the building have controlled access?
* Does each unit have secure door and window locks?
5. Talk to the neighbors
* Ask other residents whether they are satisfied with the building.
6. Amenities
* Who is allowed to use the amenities?
* When are they open?
* Are the fees charged to use those facilities included in rent?
7. Ask about Utilities
* Does the owner or tenant pay the utility bills?
* Are any utilities included with monthly rent?
* Do units have separate thermostats to control heat and air conditioning?
8. Review the lease
* How much notice must you give before moving out?
* Can the rent be increased? If so, by how much and how often?
* Are pets allowed?
* What is the security deposit and cleaning costs upon move out?
* What is the responsibility of tenants for damage to property?
* Is there a penalty for breaking a lease?
9. Information too bring to a lease signing
* Credit Report
* Pay stubs/tax returns
* Reference
* Application
More Apartment Information
An apartment (or flat in Britain and most other Commonwealth countries) is a
self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building. Apartments
may be owned (by an owner-occupier) or rented (by tenants).
Some apartment-dwellers own their apartments, either as co-ops, in which the
residents own shares of a corporation that owns the building or development; or
in condominiums, whose residents own their apartments and share ownership of the
public spaces. Most apartments are in buildings designed for the purpose, but
large older houses are sometimes divided into apartments. The word apartment
connotes a residential unit or section in a building. Apartment building owners,
lessors, or managers often use the more general word units to refer to
apartments. Units can be used to refer to rental business suites as well as
residential apartments. When there is no tenant occupying an apartment, the
lessor is said to have a vacancy. For apartment lessors, each vacancy represents
a loss of income from rent-paying tenants for the time the apartment is vacant
(i.e., unoccupied). Lessors' objectives are often to minimize the vacancy rate
for their units. The owner of the apartment typically transfers possession to
the occupant by giving him/her the key to the apartment entrance door and any
other keys need to live there, such as a common key to the building or any other
common areas, and an individual unit mailbox key. When the occupant move out,
these keys should typically be returned to the owner.
Apartments can be classified into several types. Studio, efficiency, bed-sit, or
bachelor apartments tend to be the smallest apartments with the cheapest rents
in a given area. These kinds of apartment usually consist mainly of a large room
which is the living, dining, and bedroom combined. There are usually kitchen
facilities as part of this central room, but the bathroom is its own smaller
separate room. Moving up from the efficiencies are one-bedroom apartments where
one bedroom is a separate room from the rest of the apartment. Then there are
two-bedroom, three-bedroom, etc. apartments. Small apartments often have only
one entrance/exit. Large apartments often have two entrances/exits, perhaps a
door in the front and another in the back. Depending on the building design, the
entrance/exit doors may be directly to the outside or to a common area inside,
such as a hallway. Depending on location, apartments may be available for rent
furnished with furniture or unfurnished into which a tenant usually moves in
with his/her own furniture. Permanent carpeting is often included in an
apartment.
Laundry facilities are usually kept in a separate area accessible to all the
tenants in the building. Depending on when the building was built and the design
of the building, utilities such as water, heating, and electric may be common
for all the apartments in the building or separate for each apartment and billed
separately to each tenant (however, many areas in the US have ruled it illegal
to split a water bill among all the tenants, especially if a pool is on the
premises). Outlets for connection to telephones are typically included in
apartments. Telephone service is optional and is practically always billed
separately from the rent payments. Cable television and similar amenities are
extra also. Parking space, air conditioner, and extra storage space may or may
not be included with an apartment. Rental leases often limit the maximum number
of people who can reside in each apartment. On or around the ground floor of the
apartment building, a series of mailboxes are typically kept in a location
accessible to the public and, thus, to the letter-carrier too. Every unit
typically gets its own mailbox with individual keys to it. Some very large
apartment buildings with a full-time staff may take mail from the mailman and
provide mail-sorting service. Near the mailboxes or some other location
accessible by outsiders, there may be a buzzer (equivalent to a doorbell) for
each individual unit. In smaller apartment buildings such as two- or
three-flats, or even four-flats, garbage is often disposed of in trash
containers similar to those used at houses. In larger buildings, garbage is
often collected in a common trash bin or dumpster. For cleanliness or minimizing
noise, many lessors will place restrictions on tenants regarding keeping pets in
an apartment.
In some parts of the world, the word apartment is used generally to refer to a
new purpose-built self-contained residential unit in a building, whereas the
word flat means a converted self-contained unit in an older building. An
industrial, warehouse, or commercial space converted to an apartment is commonly
called a loft.
When part of a house is converted for the ostensible use of a landlord's family
member, the unit may be known as an in-law apartment or granny flat, though
these (sometimes illegally) created units are often occupied by ordinary renters
rather than family members. In Canada these suites are commonly located in the
basements of houses and are therefore normally called basement suites.
Staying in privately owned apartments rather than in a hotel is quickly becoming
popular with travelers.