Having moved to Texas almost 2 years ago from Pennsylvania Philadelphia Suburbs , I can tell you that everything you described is a whole lot more than what Pennsylvania suburbs have to offer . In the suburbs of Pennsylvania there is absolutely nothing to do unless you go directly into Center City Philadelphia . There are so many choices of places to eatshop here in North Texas I live in Frisco Little Elm side that it makes Pennsylvania suburbs look like an absolute joke . The only thing I would say Pennsylvania suburbs had going for it were the amount of dive bar choices to choose from which seems to be lacking here . However , my perception on that aspect may even be warped as I have not made any friends here yet to go to bars with , where as in Pennsylvania I had a lot of friends that always wanted to go to bars when I was younger .