Dallas suburbs are creating their own centers of gravity with walkable downtowns

When Leah Holden moved to a loft apartment in Frisco’s historic downtown two months ago, she felt like she had stepped into an episode of “Gilmore Girls.”

Characters in the idyllic early 2000s television show regularly pass musicians busking in the town square as they walk to the diner where they know all their fellow patrons.

In downtown Frisco, Holden and her boyfriend run into neighbors on walks to get pistachio lattes and pints at Rollertown Beerworks.

Her new apartment is just four miles from her old neighborhood near The Star, which boasts the Dallas Cowboys’ training facility and ritzy shops, restaurants, and offices. The area was walkable, but its proximity to the Dallas North Tollway limited how far she could go.

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