Heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, teddy bears and red roses galore: You know the drill. It’s February, and love is in the air.
And with all that sappy sentiment, you really can’t help but see the world — including our neighborhood — through rose-colored glasses.

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In fact, ask just about any Lake Highlands resident how he or she feels about our neighborhood, and you’ll hear nothing but lots of love — the schools are top notch, the neighbors are friendly, and the community cares.

But let’s be honest: Every great love, even the love for our neighborhood, eventually reaches the end of its honeymoon stage. Sure, we’re all crazy about Lake Highlands, which is obviously why we choose to live here. But there’s always room for improvement. And while neighbors say they wouldn’t change much, there are a handful of pet peeves we absolutely love to hate.
Chances are, a few of them will ring true with you. 

IF ONLY WE HAD A PEI WEI …

I sometimes get frustrated by the fact because when I drive into newer areas of Dallas (McKinney, Coppell, Southlake, etc.), they always seem to have all of the popular fine dining and casual restaurants and retail stores grouped together in their immediate neighborhoods. Other than a few places, we have to drive to the west anytime we want to eat out or shop. It would be nice if we had an Einstein’s Bagels, La Madeline, Pei Wei, Pot Belly’s, Blue Goose, Cafe Brazil, Snuffer’s, Burger House, etc., in our area. I think Lake Highlands would support these establishments. Build it, and we will come.
— Sam Finklea

To all retailers, especially grocery stores, I am putting you on notice. I am sick to death of seeing trash strewn all over your parking lots, including dirty diapers, empty fast food sacks and, worst of all, beer bottles. Also, when I spend $200 a visit to your store, you should train your people to look me in the eye and THANK ME for my business. It’s bad enough that I have to negotiate my way through trash and broken glass just to get into the store, then to bag and take out my own groceries … now, all I get are surly stares and silence from your employees. I live here, but I don’t work here. I can take my business elsewhere. And I will if your service doesn’t improve.
— Jean Fifer

I don’t like that we don’t support the businesses in the neighborhood, so we can’t get anything in here. I’d like to see anything but a dollar store.
 — Kathy Graves