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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 9:27 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 9:37 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 9:54 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 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 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 10:17 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 10:23 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 10:40 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 11:03 pm to jlovel7
Dallas blows
Posted on 5/12/24 at 11:13 pm to jlovel7
I do agree with this. I went to the Roanoke area awhile back and loved it. Just driving north of Dallas to get there was an eye opener coming from North LA.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 6:33 am to jlovel7
The Jones quotient in DFW is remarkable.
Not hating on it, but it does feel way more “plastic” than the rest of TX.
Not hating on it, but it does feel way more “plastic” than the rest of TX.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 6:58 am to jlovel7
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and it just feels like I’m in some version of the Truman show on a massive scale
That’s because you are.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 6:59 am to jlovel7
Not a fan of the miles of tree-cleared lots with cookie cutter homes and gable roofs for as far as the eye can see. The job opportunities and good schools in North DFW can't be beat but it seems depressing.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 7:11 am to jlovel7
Dallas itself doesnt have much scenery or mountains.
Most of you live in Louisiana trying to talk bad about the views lmao. Have some self awareness.
That being said, there are a ton of places to hike that are actually hills and parks that have high elevations. Within 30 to 45 minutes.
Most of you live in Louisiana trying to talk bad about the views lmao. Have some self awareness.
That being said, there are a ton of places to hike that are actually hills and parks that have high elevations. Within 30 to 45 minutes.
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