Traffic. Its all about the traffic.
And HOA's. You don't want that.
perhaps rent for 6 mos, year. figure out where you want to be, what traffic you can put up with.
Grapevine, lake lewisville, Lake Ray roberts, all reasonably close if you go north, northeast.

Hiways to avoid:

360
I-35
183

Might consider Carrollton, the east/west routes towards grapevine work out.
If you want a long commute and live in the country a bit.... Krum, tx. Sanger,Tx

I drive from Van Alstyne, to Coppell. an hours drive, plus tolls. like 40 bucks a week tolls. lol. But house prices are lower due to lower land cost.