"Good" street tires depend almost entirely upon what you want your tires to do.
If you want a long-ish lasting tire that will suffice in hot, cold, wet, dry and maybe even slippery, the 711 is not bad.
If you want cheap, fairly quiet, longish lasting that does pretty well in warm and dry or wet, but will suffice in cold and maybe wet, the Hankook 405 is cheaper - and probably stickier during 99% of the weather in Dallas.
If you're just wondering whether the sidewall will explode and want something to hold your rims off the rocks, then no, probably not, so the 711 should be fine.