Dear Donna, May I Live In You?

That's the admittedly awkward sounding question you must be asking this remote Texas town of nearly 16,000. Well, her answer is a wholehearted ""Yes.""

Located just across the border from ol' Mehico, this town gets a lot more attention than you'd think. Some places have a very eager group of record keepers despite their relatively unknown status. Donna appears to be one of those places.

With the motto, ""The Heart of the Valley,"" in place since the 1940s (greatly shortened from ""The City with a Heart in the Heart of the Rio Grande Valley,"" speaking of awkward wording), Donna welcomes you to its very southern location in a southern state.

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Apartment Rental Prices: Get Privy

We just love that word, ""privy.""

Anyway, Donna's apartment offerings are truly first rate. There's old, there's new, there's affordable, and there's you!

Catchy, eh? We should probably seek to trademark that.

So, as of ||monthpull|| the average price of a one bedroom in Donna was ||1BRrentpull||, whereas a two bedroom went for ||2BRrentpull||. If what you're after is a three bedroom, know that as of that same month it came in at ||3BRrentpull||.

Get moving on your apartment search by selecting among the rentals listed below.

Get To Know Donna

Not that we're trying to play matchmaker or anything.

So you know that song, ""Oh, Donna"" by Ritchie Valens? He could have been singing about this Texas town in Hidalgo County. But don't take our word for it. You'd be better advised to go here for your Ritchie Valens research needs.

Named after the daughter of T.J. Hooks - no relation to T.J. Hooker - a developer who did much to put Donna (the town) on the map at the turn of the 20th century, Donna would see its environs become an agricultural center of much repute. Later the Brownsville, St. Louis and Mexico Railway would help connect the town to other veritable veins and arteries that made for the proto-National Highway System we now take for granted. Speaking of highways, the city today can be found just off U.S. Highway 83, along with many a gas station and greasy food joint too no doubt.

During the mid-twentieth century Donna, like many a southern town, was marred by the existence of segregated schools. There was even a third type of school for migrant (read: immigrant) students. Of course in time this situation would develop into the colorblind schools we see now, with no recognition of students differences based on race or national origin.

According to the town itself, Donna is a destination for tourists and retirees. We cop to believing the retiree part of the equation. After all, there's a long recognized tendency for the elderly to retire in places that are hotter than blazes. But tourists? The third most popular destination in the city according to this site is Dairy Queen. This doesn't mean the city hasn't got some other qualities worth mentioning, but we wonder about the tourist claim. Now calling it a ""hot spot,"" on the other hand, is far more accurate, if you’re talking about the weather that is.

Boredom Will Not Strike

Speaking of tourism, the closely related concept of what to do once you're renting an apartment here needs tending to. And the options for fun in the almost-always-shining sun are not to be dismissed.

So having said that, we hope you believe food to be the essence of enjoyment. Because apart from the Donna Hooks Fletcher Museum, a place needling little explanation, you'll be doing a lot of eating here. We wish we could report a plethora of edible options, but alas Burger King, Pizza Hut, and the previously mentioned Dairy Queen rank high on the list. The only saving grace is the Mexican food ""scene."" It appears to rock, or rather ""roca."" Such exquisite establishments include Taqueria El Amigo, Pete's Mexican Seafood Grill, and Taco Llandia D'Donna.

So what are you waiting for? Find your new apartment and go get your grub on!