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The DFW metroplex is fascinating to me
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:18 pm
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:18 pm
It’s basically unstoppable suburban growth. Come here for work sometimes and it’s incredible how the two cities of Fort Worth and Dallas have just sprawled the way they have. It makes sense. Lots of work, flat land, surely low regulation and taxes (I know property taxes are quite high these days though) and lots of land to build on.
You can see these organic downtowns of the big cities and various small towns that surround the area that are 100+ years old, and then the infill is all highly regimented subdivisions and apartment complexes and strip malls/office parks that all seem only 20-40 years old.
It’s like it has everything you could ever want in suburbia 50 times over but somehow it all feels very stale and bland and repetitive, and it just goes on like that for miles and miles.
Compare this to the East coast that has been filled in for a while and has a little more naturally topography to break things up and it just feels like I’m in some version of the Truman show on a massive scale.
You can see these organic downtowns of the big cities and various small towns that surround the area that are 100+ years old, and then the infill is all highly regimented subdivisions and apartment complexes and strip malls/office parks that all seem only 20-40 years old.
It’s like it has everything you could ever want in suburbia 50 times over but somehow it all feels very stale and bland and repetitive, and it just goes on like that for miles and miles.
Compare this to the East coast that has been filled in for a while and has a little more naturally topography to break things up and it just feels like I’m in some version of the Truman show on a massive scale.
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Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:20 pm to jlovel7
DFW is a great place to live. Checks the boxes but it is not a sexy metropolis. It has everything you need except mountains and beach….two airports to go access those.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:24 pm to lynxcat
quote:False. Things are terrible here and getting worse by the day. We are also full. Have a nice day.
DFW is a great place to live.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:26 pm to North Dallas Tiger
You can have it
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:27 pm to jlovel7
I moved here 7 years ago and it was one of the best decisions I have ever made. There’s endless things to do all days of the week. Weekends are always jam packed. Great for families and single folks. Only a prude or a miserable human would think this place is a bore or a horrible place to live.
This post was edited on 5/12/24 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:28 pm to North Dallas Tiger
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False. Things are terrible here and getting worse by the day. We are also full. Have a nice day.
Sorry champ, was there for 22 years and I’m coming back Aug. 1.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:34 pm to lynxcat
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DFW is a great place to live.
U call that livin’?
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:34 pm to lynxcat
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Checks the boxes but it is not a sexy metropolis
God bless them, but there isn't a metropolis in existence that can be defined as "sexy". The homogenous, safe, family oriented lifestyle with good job opportunities that the majority of people seek much makes sexy impossible, if not reasonably attainable.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:35 pm to BeachDude022
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Great for families and single folks.
*who make really good money
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:37 pm to jlovel7
As someone who enjoys hiking and wild spaces, this does not sound like the place for me.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:40 pm to jlovel7
For whatever reason I get an empty, desolate feeling in Dallas that I don’t get in Houston. I have no rational explanation for this 
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:48 pm to Funky Tide 8
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As someone who enjoys hiking and wild spaces, this does not sound like the place for me
There’s actually several places to hike and trail ride in the area. We do it quite often. New hobby I picked up about a year ago.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:50 pm to StringedInstruments
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*who make really good money
You gotta get out of La, Ms, or Al to enjoy making $$$ and make a good life for yourself and family.
This post was edited on 5/12/24 at 9:51 pm
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:52 pm to BeachDude022
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I moved here 7 years ago and it was one of the best decisions I have ever made. There’s endless things to do all days of the week. Weekends are always jam packed. Great for families and single folks. Only a prude or a miserable human would think this place is a bore or a horrible place to live.
I think you missed the point. It’s bland. But some people like that. The Truman show was a nice place to live as well. It’s just bizarre to me. I grew up on the east coast which has its own suburban growth but somehow it feels more broken up. DFW is this perfect storm that makes it feel much different and somehow just miles and miles of sameness.
ETA: not even necessarily saying it’s a bad place to live. More so commenting. I live in a small 30k person town in the mountains now so obviously the difference is just that more stark.
This post was edited on 5/12/24 at 9:54 pm
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:54 pm to jlovel7
You’re not the prude
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:54 pm to jlovel7
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taxes (I know property taxes are quite high these days though)
I'm going to keep kicking out of staters in the dick over this. Property taxes in Southlake (where Mark Cuban lives) were well under 2%, and valuations crept up under 5% in five years, generally. Property taxes in Houston (Fort Bend county) can be 3.5% in some parts of the county (due to MUD districts that don't exist in DFW), and valuations are routinely maxxed at 10% *every year,* or close to it, and this includes during oil crashes when hundreds of thousands get laid off.
You don't have a lot of a certain populace relocating to your area, from somewhere, like, say, Sugarland. If you put the word "school" or "education" in any proposal, they greenlight taxes like it's a 11 year old asking for time on the iPad.
Better than Louisiana? Sure, St. George much? LA has been a failed state for decades, at a minimum.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:56 pm to jlovel7
Sprawling on the fringes of the city
In geometric order
An insulated border
In-between the bright lights
And the far, unlit unknown
In geometric order
An insulated border
In-between the bright lights
And the far, unlit unknown
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:57 pm to BeachDude022
White Rock Lake is beautiful
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:02 pm to mattz1122
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White Rock Lake is beautiful
It's ok.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:04 pm to StringedInstruments
quote:This is what mostly makes a good community if we’re being totally honest. People struggling financially doesn’t usually make a thriving community.
*who make really good money
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