Plano, Texas

I live in Plano, Texas.

Plano is bigger than Jersey City, New Jersey (the second-largest city in NJ behind Newark); Lincoln, Nebraska; Greensboro, North Carolina; Norfolk, Virginia; Birmingham, Alabama; Madison, Wisconsin; Orlando, Florida; Rochester, New York; and Reno, Nevada.

Plano is over 78% white. Next are Asians and Latinos at 10% each. Black people are around 5%. These numbers add up to more than 100%, because about 3% reported two or more races.

Plano is the highest income place in the United States for cities over 130,000 people. It also has the lowest poverty rate of 6.3%, making it the richest city in the United States with a population over 250,000. Plano is also located in Collin County, the richest county in Texas and part of the richest 1% of counties in the United States. The four wealthy zip codes of Plano that contribute to the county's affluence are (in descending order of median household income/year): 75093, 75024, 75025, and 75094. I live in 75025.

64.3% of households are married couples living together.

Plano is also home to many large corporate headquarters, including Electronic Data Systems, JCPenney, Cadbury Schweppes/Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, Frito Lay, and Neiman Marcus.

Plano students achieved notoriety following a cluster of nine suicides in 1983 that raised national awareness about suburban teenage depression and drug abuse. The drug specifically cited by many was heroin. This heroin problem resurfaced in the late 1990s, culminating in coverage by several major news outlets such as NBC's Dateline. Heroin use in Plano eventually led to over a dozen overdose deaths of teenagers and young adults. Many more Plano heroin users suffered from overdoses that did not result in death.

I live in Plano, Texas, but I will never be from here.