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Why isn't DFW expanding much to the south

Posted on 5/16/25 at 7:40 pm
Posted by yaboidarrell
westbank
Member since Feb 2017
6153 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 7:40 pm
DFW continues to grow like crazy but much of that growth is northward (east and west is growing too but not as fast). There hasn't been much southward expansion even though the smaller cities in between Dallas and Austin (Waco, Temple) are growing. How come?
Posted by Randall Savauge
Member since Aug 2021
367 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 7:41 pm to
Dfw is bigger than some states. What more do you want?
Posted by fastlane
Member since Jul 2014
3551 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 7:42 pm to
Does DFW mean some type of DILF?
Posted by biscuitsngravy
Tejas, north America
Member since Jan 2011
3501 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 7:43 pm to
Land is cheap towards Oklahoma
Posted by GeauxTigers123
Member since Feb 2007
2457 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 7:48 pm to
Well, part of it is that the nice parts of Dallas just kept going north into suburbia.

South Dallas is ghetto so you would have to go through the ghetto to get there.
Now, having said that those towns are getting much larger. Midlothian, Waxahachie, and other towns are getting much bigger.
Posted by BeachDude022
Premium Elite Platinum TD Member
Member since Dec 2006
36406 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 7:49 pm to
Because south Dallas is the freaking hood and no one got time for that.
Posted by schexyoung
Deaf Valley
Member since May 2008
6577 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 7:59 pm to
Maybe you should be explore south of I-20 and report back.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
172310 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 8:00 pm to
Same reason Baton Rouge is expanding south and east and not north.
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
144979 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 8:01 pm to
DFW sucks.

I can click off 50 other metros id choose to live in before Dallas
Posted by Ziippy
Member since Aug 2023
1238 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 8:02 pm to
I think that is the answer.
Posted by ThatMakesSense
Fort Lauderdale
Member since Aug 2015
15193 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 8:02 pm to
quote:

I can click off 50 other metros id choose to live in before Dallas


Do it then, ding dong.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
30656 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 8:03 pm to
quote:

DFW sucks. I can click off 50 other metros id choose to live in before Dallas


I’m guessing the top of you list would include cities that don’t enforce drug laws and/or don’t allow criminal background checks
Posted by RichJ
The Land of the CoonAss
Member since Nov 2016
4234 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 8:04 pm to
No one wants to live in Waxahachie…
Posted by Horsemeat
Truckin' somewhere in the US
Member since Dec 2014
14519 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 8:12 pm to
Wilmer is exploding....with warehousing. Farmers are being pushed out for it.
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
23794 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 8:13 pm to
That’s Jasmine’s area down south
Posted by turnpiketiger
Lone Star State
Member since May 2020
11289 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 8:15 pm to
Because they want to be Oklahoma so bad so they keep inching as close as possible.
Posted by Longhorn Actual
Member since Dec 2023
2379 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 8:17 pm to
Real estate is all about getting as far away from those people as possible without having an hour commute.

North it is.
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
65873 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 8:19 pm to
I think most cities seem to expand inexplicably unevenly, as far as geography goes.
Birmingham is growing more southward, Atlanta northward. And even Tuscaloosa is growing northward.
Montgomery is eastward.
And yes, the reason is not geography.
Posted by blueridgeTiger
Granbury, TX
Member since Jun 2004
21733 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 9:26 pm to
Drivel SW from FW on the Chisum Parkway and you can see mucho expansion.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
104493 posts
Posted on 5/16/25 at 9:44 pm to
I just drove today from Waco to Dallas and thought the entire time it’s crazy how much land is vacancy there on 35
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