If you're looking for some Southern comfort, you can find it in Wylie, Texas. This quaint city of 15,000 is one of the fastest growing communities in the country's fastest growing State. The population has increased a whopping 42% in the last four years.

Residents enjoy their proximity to the booming Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Downtown Dallas in all its glory is just 24 miles from Wylie. As such, Wylie has found prosperity as a commuter base for new families who value quality education, low crim, and a strong local economy.

The city of Wylie dates back to 1886 when it was incorporated alongside two important railroads. Some quirkier historic points include Wylie's self-proclamation as the "Onion Capital of the World in between 1930-1950. Even stranger for a time was the nickname "Wide Awake Wylie" between 1940-1950, so given because citizens would often gather at late hours and many stores remained open till midnight!

Over the last 50 years, Wylie has riden the Dallas-Fort Worth wake and enjoyed its own independent form of success. Of late, two major toranadoes ripped through the downtown area. The resilient citizens of Wylie refused to let the disaster set them back and they used the opportunity to revitalize their downtown district.