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Your Dallas neighbors made 29,835 calls about THIS.

Your neighbors are really calling 311 about what?

Dallas on the wire — big hat, bigger story.

Look—we talk a lot about the big, flashy stuff down at City Hall, right? The billion-dollar projects, the Trinity River, all that. But sometimes, the real story, the one that tells you what folks are *actually* worried about, it’s in the everyday calls. And y’all, the latest 311 data? It’s a full-on flashing neon sign.

### What’s Bugging Dallas Residents

Turns out, Dallasites are dialing up 311 mostly about "Code Concern - CCS." We’re talking almost 30,000 requests — 29,835 to be exact — that’s the number one issue by a mile. What does that even mean? Well, it’s everything from overgrown lots to junked cars, folks reporting that broken fence their neighbor still hasn’t fixed. It’s the little things that chip away at a neighborhood, you know?

Here's the breakdown of the top issues:

* Code Concern - CCS: 29,835 requests

* Single Family Rental Needs Registration - CCS: 1,307 requests

* Consumer Protection Complaint - CCS: 453 requests

That "Single Family Rental Needs Registration" sitting at 1,307 requests? That’s not nothing either. It tells you there’s a real push for accountability on those investor-owned properties. People want to know who’s responsible, and they're using the system to make sure those rentals are up to snuff.

It’s clear that while we might be building shiny new towers downtown, the bread-and-butter issues of keeping our neighborhoods clean and accountable are still top of mind for most people. What’s next? We’ll be watching to see if City Hall can keep up with this demand, especially with code enforcement. Because *mi madre* always says, "Si no está limpio, no está contento." If it's not clean, it's not happy.

Dallas on the wire — big hat, bigger story.

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