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re: The DFW metroplex is fascinating to me
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:05 pm to Funky Tide 8
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:05 pm to Funky Tide 8
Reminds me of Lake Baikal
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Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:05 pm to jlovel7
Once you get west of the pines of east Texas, the landscape is just ugly. When you have mass suburban development on top of that ugly landscape, you get...well...as you said, stale and repetitive.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:06 pm to East Coast Band
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Sprawling on the fringes of the city
In geometric order
An insulated border
In-between the bright lights
And the far, unlit unknown
Sounds like Rush. Don't feel like looking up
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:06 pm to jlovel7
My sister has lived in the metroplex since 1980's. She moved to Rockwall back in the late 80's. Visited her in 92, and then again in 98. It's really remarkable how big that area has grown.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:10 pm to RidiculousHype
Same. Very impersonal place. All kinds of different buildings and strip malls thrown up near each other. A bank next to a Taco Bell next to a nice hotel with a business park behind it. Neighborhood’s next to busy commercial areas and nowhere for miles to escape it all. Doesn’t make sense to me. But I’m from a small-medium sized city so that’s probably why. But the strip clubs are good. One stripper believed I was Kenny Powers. Next thing I know she’s letting me know she’s also an escort.
This post was edited on 5/12/24 at 10:11 pm
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:14 pm to BeachTiger2018
If you're talking about San Antonio, I agree. There are enough places in Houston that ain't bad (not talking about people, but just scenery, Spring Branch, the Woodlands, south of I-10 in Katy, etc.) But San Antonio is just shite. Part way between the desert, hill country, and the bayou, and nothing but heavy metal to redeem it.
To shite on your point directly, at least we don't need tornado shelters in the backyard. The amount of hail, 60+ mph winds, temperatures 15 degrees hotter than what is happening in Houston, is rough. I'll still end up there after my kids go to college, but it's not all rosy. If you move to DFW, you will likely end up helping chasing a neighbor's trampoline down the street due to wind.
To shite on your point directly, at least we don't need tornado shelters in the backyard. The amount of hail, 60+ mph winds, temperatures 15 degrees hotter than what is happening in Houston, is rough. I'll still end up there after my kids go to college, but it's not all rosy. If you move to DFW, you will likely end up helping chasing a neighbor's trampoline down the street due to wind.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:16 pm to WyattDonnelly
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bank next to a Taco Bell next to a nice hotel with a business park behind it.
Don't tell me, the bank is a Wells Fargo, and there is a Target and a Whataburger across the street.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:17 pm to jlovel7
Why did Dallas grow in the first place?
Ft Worth was on the cattle trail from SA to MO/KS, so I understand that.
Ft Worth was on the cattle trail from SA to MO/KS, so I understand that.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:19 pm to BeachDude022
quote:Like what? Just curious?
There’s endless things to do all days of the week.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:23 pm to jlovel7
Yeah the DFW Metroplex land area coverage is INSANE!
60 miles Wide ! from SW Fort Worth/Benbrook NE to McKinney!
Impressive growth & sprawl along the North Dallas Tollway thru Addison & Frisco
60 miles Wide ! from SW Fort Worth/Benbrook NE to McKinney!
Impressive growth & sprawl along the North Dallas Tollway thru Addison & Frisco
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:28 pm to LemmyLives
[quote]Southlake (where Mark Cuban lives)
He lives in Preston Hollow and not Southlake.
He lives in Preston Hollow and not Southlake.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:29 pm to RidiculousHype
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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 ?
Dallas is one of the seediest feeling cities I've ever been to... And Its not close.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:32 pm to RBTiger
We did Dallas to Plano to Frisco over a 20 year period. Don’t regret moving from there and wouldn’t go back but mostly fond memories. Miss the restaurants mostly. You can find pretty much any cuisine.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:35 pm to RidiculousHype
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For whatever reason I get an empty, desolate feeling in Dallas that I don’t get in Houston
Same here. Houston feels more gritty but more real. Having grown up in BR, it definitely feels more like home.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:37 pm to Basura Blanco
quote:Houston is a bayou city w/o coonasses
Having grown up in BR, it definitely feels more like home.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:40 pm to jlovel7
DFW is 2nd most expensive city to live in TX. Houston has cheaper houses and is for all accounts basically the same city imo as Dallas but with a subpar beach which is why I prefer Houston. I'm not into keeping up with the Joneses which is what Dallas is too.
Some people in Houston think it has a cajun influence to a degree which I laugh at. It's wayyyyy 50x more Mexican influence than Cajun. The only thing cajun is an occasional cajun restaurant you drive by. Dallas from what I remember has same amount of cajun restaurants as Houston. Both charge 2x for crawfish what you can get in Louisiana including Shreveport.
Some people in Houston think it has a cajun influence to a degree which I laugh at. It's wayyyyy 50x more Mexican influence than Cajun. The only thing cajun is an occasional cajun restaurant you drive by. Dallas from what I remember has same amount of cajun restaurants as Houston. Both charge 2x for crawfish what you can get in Louisiana including Shreveport.
This post was edited on 5/12/24 at 10:42 pm
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:52 pm to jlovel7
4 years ago we moved into the country NW of fort worth. Now, about 10000 homes are being built within 5 miles of us. shite sucks.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:54 pm to jlovel7
I hear it is chipppppper cost of living in Texas?
This post was edited on 5/12/24 at 10:57 pm
Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:58 pm to AllDayEveryDay
Somewhat similar experience in Frisco. It grew so fast. We had some friends that lived on the remnants of their family farm surrounded by a subdivision. It was nice going over there - pastures with cattle, a decent sized barn all encircled by privacy fences.
Posted on 5/12/24 at 11:01 pm to AllDayEveryDay
Should have seen the area 30 years ago....nothing and I mean absolutely nothing....pasture land, cattle, a Dairy Queen and a Braums. It is insane, the growth. Is unrelenting.
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