West Walnut St, Garland

Stretching several miles across central Garland, West Walnut Street is home to the city's only real hospital, the main post office, Dart Train/Bus transit center, and the new community college, making it one of the city's most important streets. However Walnut is not just commercial, many people also live on West Walnut, in several sections of single family homes, and apartment complexes.

However, while Garland is a reasonably safe city, if there was one area of town that I would avoid at night, it would be West Walnut, particularly around Jupiter Rd. In my opinion the crime problem has more to do with the plethora of low rent apartment complexes that line Walnut west of Shiloh, rather than the single family residential neighborhoods that surround West Walnut, which are mostly in reasonably good shape.

A lot of Businesses have closed along Walnut in the past few years, including the chain fast food places like Arby's, McDonalds, Long John Silvers, and Taco Bell. However a couple of new restaurants, Chopstick Xpress, and Rice Xpress are under now under construction, so perhaps it is a sign that the area is headed for a rebound soon.

West Walnut Street in Garland is home to the downtown Garland train station. Walnut lies in the northern epicenter of the center of the city, and is a pretty big road, so it can handle some heavy volume. If you come across Garland in your travel, look for accommodations and eateries along Walnut so you can couple it with your transportation.