Why Dallas Empty Nesters are Trading Square Footage for Lifestyle For decades, the "Texas Dream" was measured in acreage and attic space. We spent the better part of twenty years in the suburbs of North Dallas, Southlake, or Plano, cultivating 4,000-square-foot sanctuaries where the echoes of soccer practice and graduation parties still linger. But as the Class of 2026 heads off to college, a new trend is taking hold of the DFW luxury market. It’s not just "downsizing"—that w