We found this rental a couple miles from the UT Dallas campus, which worked well for our plans. It's in a family-owned, new neighborhood, which felt safe (to go for a run etc). It's not walking distance to restaurants etc, so you'll need a car if you stay here. While the bedroom was better insulated, the living room shares a door with the owner (to their living room?) and has a (2-inch?) gap underneath; hence, you can hear on the other side of the door very easily. Having said that, it seems they tried hard to keep the noise level down (and have a dog and small child from the sounds of it).