Will Incoming Governor Greg Abbott Make Duncanville Hip Again?

That’s where he went to to high school, and had his entire class down with him in Austin last night. (He grew up in Wichita Falls. )

I happened to have been in Duncanville yesterday afternoon, looking at real estate with Monte Anderson and Daniel Flores. Getting warmed up for the write up — I thought Duncanville was pretty cool. You can get a home here for — are you sitting down? Smelling salts nearby? — $80,000. Go up to $300,000 and you will have a 3000 square foot ranch on a substantial lot. There are trees, topography, a burgeoning cute downtown and a Ben Franklin with a soda counter. Felt warmth there, even though it was pouring rain. They’ve  even turned a church into a dance studio, which gives me hope that the Religious Right hasn’t gone nuts here yet. The community is also pretty diverse but in a natural, organic way.

It’s just comfy. And the fact that this is Abbott’s high school town may give it a huge boost.

There’s also Monte Anderson: more on Duncanville, home high school of our new gov, coming up. Last night I texted Daniel that Abbott went to Duncanville High.

“Yes ma’am,” he texted back. “It’s Duncanville’s turn!”