Boston VS Dallas-Fort Worth (cost, state, better, crime)

[DANNYY]

These two (by CSA) are roughly about similar in size, or will be at least in a year or two. Both cities go under the radar and both very respectable and nice cities.

Criteria:
- Weather
- Scenery
- Economy
- Education
- Parks
- Waterfront
- Nightlife
- Safety
- Downtown activity
- Shopping
- Diversity
- Housing stock
- School systems (K-12)
- Higher education (Colleges & Universities)
- Mass Transit
- Niche Industry (What are they for either?)
- Pace of life
- Quality of life
- Cost of living
- Dining scene

Questions:
- Which one would you rather live in? And why?

[HtownLove]

- Weather- slight edge to Dallas.
- Scenery- Boston.
- Economy- Boston
- Education- Boston
- Parks- The original
- Waterfront- what????
- Nightlife- Not too sure. Didn't go out at night in Boston
- Safety- No clue
- Downtown activity- Boston
- Shopping- Boston
- Diversity-Dallas
- Housing stock- Dallas.
- School systems (K-12)- DFW
- Higher education (Colleges & Universities)- Boston
- Mass Transit- Boston
- Niche Industry (What are they for either?)- Dallas is hardly winning anything. This is a handicaped match
- Pace of life- Boston
- Quality of life- DFW- my choice. Dallas fits what I deem quality better
- Cost of living-DFW
- Dining scene- I dunno, Dallas has a lot of good food.

DFW won a few categories, but it was overwhelmingly Boston.

after saying that though, I would much rather live in DFW than Boston.

[OyCrumbler]

Criteria:
- Weather - D
- Scenery - B
- Economy - B (more jobs related to my field)
- Education - B
- Parks - B
- Waterfront - B
- Nightlife - B
- Safety - B
- Downtown activity - B
- Shopping - D (probably)
- Diversity - B in the core of the metro, D outside
- Housing stock - B
- School systems (K-12) - ?
- Higher education (Colleges & Universities) - B
- Mass Transit - B
- Niche Industry (What are they for either?) - B: higher ed, financial services, tourism; D: telecommunications, energy
- Pace of life - B
- Quality of life - B
- Cost of living - D, but B is worth it to me
- Dining scene - B, maybe

Boston. I like Boston.

[BacktoBlue]

Criteria:
- Weather eh they both suck. Boston is snowy and cold and Dallas is hot and humid
- Scenery Boston def wins here. It has a lot of history.
- Economy Boston
- Education Boston Harvard among many orher top schools
- Parks Boston
- Waterfront Boston
- Nightlife Boston
- Safety Boston, Dallas has ghettos
- Downtown activity I honestly don't know
- Shopping Boston
- Diversity Boston
- Housing stock Dallas
- School systems (K-12)Boston
- Higher education (Colleges & Universities) Boston
- Mass Transit Boston
- Niche Industry (What are they for either?) Boston Education/Medicine/Finance
- Pace of life Boston
- Quality of life Boston
- Cost of living Dallas
- Dining scene Boston

Questions:
- Which one would you rather live in? And why?

I would live in Boston because it is not in Texas.
I may not like the cold or snow but I'd rather be in Boston than the south (or Texas for that matter). Also I'd be close to NYC and NJ. Boston just seems so much better imo.

[jayp1188]

Criteria:
- Weather: Boston
- Scenery: Boston
- Economy: Boston
- Education: Boston
- Parks: Boston
- Waterfront: Boston
- Nightlife: Boston
- Safety: Boston
- Downtown Activity: Boston
- Shopping: Dallas
- Diversity: Dallas
- Housing Stock: Boston
- School Systems (K-12): Boston
- Higher Education (Colleges & Universities): Boston
- Mass Transit: Boston
- Niche Industry (What are they for either?): Boston has a stronger niche than Dallas.
- Pace of Life: Boston
- Quality of Life: Tie
- Cost of Living: Dallas
- Dining Scene: Boston

Questions:
- Which one would you rather live in? And why? I'd rather live in Boston, it's one of my favorite cities in the US. To be fair, although Dallas barely won any categories, it's a good place and not as inferior to Boston as my answers may suggest.

[DANNYY]

Criteria:
- Weather: Dallas

- Scenery: Neither, really

- Economy: Both are healthy, and both are large but Boston is the larger of the two

- Education: Boston

- Parks: Boston

- Waterfront: Boston

- Nightlife: Dallas, techno

- Safety: Don't care much, neither are crime ridden cities

- Downtown activity: Boston

- Shopping: Dallas, hands down

- Diversity: Dallas for sure

- Housing stock: I prefer Dallas

- School systems (K-12): Boston

- Higher education (Colleges & Universities): Boston

- Mass Transit: Boston

- Niche Industry (What are they for either?): Boston

- Pace of life: Dallas

- Quality of life: Dallas, I like it more

- Cost of living: Dallas

- Dining scene: Dallas, more of my type of stuff (Thai, Korean, Asian Indian, Tex-Mex, Authentic Mexican)

Questions:
- Which one would you rather live in? And why? Dallas, because I already have before and am comfortable with the Dallas lifestyle. I like Dallas as a whole way more than Boston either way.

[nycricanpapi]

Boston of course. Dallas (TX) Dallas is not on Boston's level.

Criteria:
- Weather: Boston I love the cold weather
- Scenery: Boston def wins here. It has a better scene. Boston is the place to be.
- Economy: Boston
- Education: Boston has top schools that Dallas don't have.
- Parks: Boston has great parks
- Waterfront: Boston harborwalk is great.
- Nightlife: Boston
- Safety: Boston
- Downtown activity: Boston has a great downtown. It's very urban
- Shopping: Boston
- Diversity: Boston of course
- Housing stock: Boston
- School systems: Boston
- Higher education (Colleges & Universities): Boston
- Mass Transit: Boston has a great mass transit
- Niche Industry (What are they for either?) Boston
- Pace of life: Boston
- Quality of life: Boston of course
- Cost of living: Boston. I am already used to NYC cost of living.
- Dining scene: Boston

Questions:
- Which one would you rather live in? And why?

I would pick Boston. Dallas cannot be compared to Boston at all. Dallas is not on Boston's level. Dallas is not as urban as Boston. Dallas does not have no good schools like Boston. I could on and on about Dallas fuggedaboutit

[NorCal44]

Originally Posted by DANNYY

These two (by CSA) are roughly about similar in size, or will be at least in a year or two. Both cities go under the radar and both very respectable and nice cities.

Criteria:
- Weather-Dallas
- Scenery Boston
- Economy-Dallas
- Education-Boston
- Parks-Boston
- Waterfront-Boston
- Nightlife-Dallas
- Safety-tie
- Downtown activity-Boston
- Shopping-Dallas
- Diversity -tie (?)
- Housing stock-Dallas, (cheap)
- School systems (K-12)-tie?
- Higher education (Colleges & Universities)-Boston
- Mass Transit-Boston
- Niche Industry (What are they for either?)-?
- Pace of life-tie
- Quality of life-Dallas
- Cost of living-Dallas
- Dining scene-?

Questions:
- Which one would you rather live in? And why?

I've never lived in Boston, just visited. I've lived in Big D. According to my list, they tie, but if I had to choose to move to one of them, I would choose Boston for it's history, scenery, quaintness and proximity to NYC and Cape Cod/Nantucket/Martha's Vineyard--some of the most amazing places I've ever visited. Texas just doesn't have anything like that. Plus I like Massachusette's liberal/accepting attitudes. Of course, Dallas is extremely liveable and inexpensive, thus their population explosion. But give me Boston/East Coast anyday over Texas. (BTW, if there was a skyline category, Dallas all the way! Is it just me, or does it seem like no one talks about what an awesome cityscape Dallas has?)

[grapico]

- Weather: Boston ( better 4 seasons)

- Scenery: Boston, in New England, Coastal

- Economy: Boston, more depth.

- Education: Boston, like when the Death star got blown up...that is Dallas in this category

- Parks: Boston, but Dallas should get some good ones soon

- Waterfront: Boston, Dallas is the Sahara in comparison

- Nightlife: Boston, like the bar scene

- Safety: Boston

- Downtown activity: Boston

- Shopping: Boston, Dallas is close though

- Diversity: Tie

- Housing stock: Boston

- School systems (K-12): Boston

- Higher education (Colleges & Universities): Boston see Star Wars Death Star

- Mass Transit: Boston, landslide here

- Niche Industry (What are they for either?): Boston several

- Pace of life: Boston, prefer east coast pace to TX

- Quality of life: Boston

- Cost of living: Boston, you pay for what you get and Boston packs a punch. If you wanted to live totally dirt cheap in the metro then I guess you could go with Dallas.

- Dining scene: Tie

[BacktoBlue]

Originally Posted by NorCal44

I've never lived in Boston, just visited. I've lived in Big D. According to my list, they tie, but if I had to choose to move to one of them, I would choose Boston for it's history, scenery, quaintness and proximity to NYC and Cape Cod/Nantucket/Martha's Vineyard--some of the most amazing places I've ever visited. Texas just doesn't have anything like that. Plus I like Massachusette's liberal/accepting attitudes. Of course, Dallas is extremely liveable and inexpensive, thus their population explosion. But give me Boston/East Coast anyday over Texas. (BTW, if there was a skyline category, Dallas all the way! Is it just me, or does it seem like no one talks about what an awesome cityscape Dallas has?)

I completely agree with all your bolded statements! repped you!