Although there is a huge shopping mall and lots of high end retail, this should for all circumstances be considered the suburbs. Close to Hwy 183 for commuting, but there is normally traffic and you have to get over to Mopac to get where you're going in town. For the extra trouble of living so far out, I would not consider the price worth it, especially since it's not all that cheap. For fun, I love the Lake Creek Alamo Drafthouse and the events they do. I wish the Drafthouses would do more special events like they used to.