When alex kristwn lanio,52and43,decided relocate their chocolate making company from Newport, R.I.,to the dallas-fort Worth area in 2011, they had plenty of business-friendly, affordable towns to choose from. One they walked through downtown McKinney, with its brick buildings and cobblestone streets, they knew they'd found the place. "Around here,everyone seys hello and stops to chat," says Alex. "It's a truly hometown feeling.