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Why Dallas, Texas is the worst major city in the world
Posted on 9/14/25 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 9/14/25 at 2:37 pm
Every major city has its flaws, but usually there are redeeming qualities that balance them out. Take Atlanta for example. It has plenty of problems, but there are still clear reasons why someone might choose to stay. Dallas on the other hand feels like every issue is amplified with almost nothing positive to offset it. The traffic is a nightmare, the city is so unwalkable you practically need to Uber across the street, the city looks like a collection of 1980s strip malls, the weather is brutal, it is flat and bare with hardly any trees, the food scene is mid at best, and it is no longer even cheap to live there.
So genuinely, what is the appeal? For those of you who love Dallas, I would like to hear why, because from my perspective I just do not see it.
So genuinely, what is the appeal? For those of you who love Dallas, I would like to hear why, because from my perspective I just do not see it.
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Posted on 9/14/25 at 2:39 pm to ClemsonKitten
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Take Atlanta for example. It has plenty of problems
Say it louder for the people in the back.
Posted on 9/14/25 at 2:42 pm to ClemsonKitten
Haven't been to every major city in the world.
DFW ain't so bad. I am sure there is much worse and much better.
DFW ain't so bad. I am sure there is much worse and much better.
Posted on 9/14/25 at 2:42 pm to ClemsonKitten
Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, New Orleans, Philadelphia, say “Dallas who?”
Posted on 9/14/25 at 2:43 pm to ClemsonKitten
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traffic is a nightmare,
Goes for about every major city in America because we refuse to take mass transit. Dallas is no exception.
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the weather is brutal
Hyperbole. It's hot. Now compare Dallas weather to Houston, Phoenix, Vegas,New Orleans, Atlanta, San Antonio, Miami, etc.
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it is flat
Weird thing to make it the worst major city in the world.
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with hardly any trees
Well, that's not true.
Not saying Dallas is some utopian paradise but there are far worse cities around.
Posted on 9/14/25 at 2:44 pm to ClemsonKitten
Most of that is true
Dallas is still immensely popular because it has nice areas, keeps hood confined to hood areas, lots of conservatives and traditionalists, and money.
It’s also better than Houston
Dallas is still immensely popular because it has nice areas, keeps hood confined to hood areas, lots of conservatives and traditionalists, and money.
It’s also better than Houston
Posted on 9/14/25 at 2:44 pm to ClemsonKitten
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and it is no longer even cheap to live there.
Compared to other big cities it looks affordable
Unless you're trying to live in Highland Park or something
Posted on 9/14/25 at 2:50 pm to ClemsonKitten
I live here and it’s okay for city living, imo. I am in a ‘suburb’, like 20 min from downtown. Grew up in a small Texas town.
Once I make enough money my chick and I are moving to the middle of nowhere though.
It’s weird, I’ll think about when I was younger (like 10, I’m 35 now) and thinking I wanted to be in LA or NYC and doing so I’d have ‘made it’
Once I make enough money my chick and I are moving to the middle of nowhere though.
It’s weird, I’ll think about when I was younger (like 10, I’m 35 now) and thinking I wanted to be in LA or NYC and doing so I’d have ‘made it’
Posted on 9/14/25 at 2:52 pm to ClemsonKitten
Since you didn't mention bums and crime as an issue, Dallas sounds nice compared to most metro cities I've been to.
Posted on 9/14/25 at 2:53 pm to 4Bagger
There’s plenty there
Posted on 9/14/25 at 2:55 pm to ClemsonKitten
Cowboys cheerleaders?
Posted on 9/14/25 at 2:56 pm to ClemsonKitten
As a kid from SE Texas, I grew up not caring for Dallas. Had a great business trip there in the early 90s that made me change my thoughts a.little. But my last two times through Dallas were not fun. For me, it’s a giant, faceless monster with little that I find interesting. I was right when I was a kid. Thought it was bland then, think it’s bland now.
Posted on 9/14/25 at 2:56 pm to ClemsonKitten
Posted on 9/14/25 at 2:58 pm to ClemsonKitten
I’ve been to every major city except Portland. I completely disagree that Dallas is below average, but I agree it sucks to visit.
Posted on 9/14/25 at 2:59 pm to ClemsonKitten
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hardly any trees
Not true, unless you spent time in the new suburbs way north of Dallas closer to Oklahoma. That’s basically prairie land.
Posted on 9/14/25 at 3:01 pm to ClemsonKitten
I lived there for 3 years. Hated it.
Pluses:
1. DFW is a major hub so you could get the hell of Dodge easily.
2. Great restaurants.
3. Beautiful women.
Negatives:
1. HOT as hell.
2. Ugly.
3. No matter how much you make you can't compete.
Pluses:
1. DFW is a major hub so you could get the hell of Dodge easily.
2. Great restaurants.
3. Beautiful women.
Negatives:
1. HOT as hell.
2. Ugly.
3. No matter how much you make you can't compete.
Posted on 9/14/25 at 3:06 pm to ClemsonKitten
quote:tell me that you've never left the USA without telling me.
Why Dallas, Texas is the worst major city in the world
Plenty of absolutely wretched huge cities in Asia, Africa, and S America.
Posted on 9/14/25 at 3:07 pm to ClemsonKitten
If Dallas is the worst then what does that make Houston?
Houston is far shittier swampier and more traffic. Its terrible
Houston is far shittier swampier and more traffic. Its terrible
Posted on 9/14/25 at 3:09 pm to McCaigBro69
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Once I make enough money my chick and I are moving to the middle of nowhere though.
Yeah at this point in my life there us zero appeal to living in a major city. They are just for visiting.
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