re: The DFW metroplex is fascinating to me

There are so many pathetic misconceptions/claims about Dallas & Houston in this thread.
In no particular order:

- It's all chain restaurants, no culture: if you truly believe this then you have 0 actual understanding of DFW or Houston. In the Dallas Metroplex alone you could visit a different NON-CHAIN restaurant every day for breakfast, lunch, & dinner & not repeat the same name once. (For the LA educated that's 1,095 different restaurants). If you can't find them = you are just a moron.

- It's too much traffic: 8M people inside of 60 mile radius = NO shite, Sherlock. Learn how to read a map, plan your living + working accordingly & you'll be far better off than any area in LA.

- The geography is stale/bland/other BS: yeah it's so much worse than overly polluted everywhere in LA in addition to the insect infested muddy waters & hunting areas that you can't even access be/c it's all private land. DFW affords you the Katy Trail (a far better experience than anywhere that LA can offer) + the proximity to the Hill Country, Northeast TX, & Big Bend, etc. In LA you're best bet is just a 4-6 hours drive to Far East Louisiana aka Destin, FL.

- The schools aren't better than in LA: posters making these claims need a mandatory 60-day ban. LA is 49th/50th in education year over year for the last 4+ decades. Teacher certifications, teacher salaries, test scores, graduation rates, college acceptance rates, college graduation rates (of the accepted), etc. do not belong in the same conversation as the crap that LA produces.