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Nashville is definitely the most "country" of the three.
Atlanta is the most "Deep South" even with it becoming more diverse over the years. The burbs along I-20 and to the South do have more of a "country" feel.
Dallas is the least Southern and country of the 3 listed and it's also the biggest and most diverse. When you get this far West, things just start to blend more culturally. Dallas also considers itself to be the Southwest, so that adds a different cultural layer as well. Tourists in Dallas may see things like the bar in Uptown called "Concrete Cowboy" and think it's a country bar, but that term is actually related to white collar sales persons who travel for work. Dallas is also probably the least "Texas" feeling big city in the state as well. In this area, Fort Worth would be the most country or "western" culture city around.
I agree soul food is Atlanta is not that great, but I grew up part time in Mississippi where everyone swears they're the best soul food cooks, so maybe I'm spoiled...LOL.
Also, I do see your point about why you feel DFW is more country than ATL though. I guess I'm looking at it from a "feel" pov, because even though Atl seemed to embrace urbanity more than DFW, it still feels more country than DFW to me, but that's so subjective. Because Atl did embrace heavy rail back in the 70s and seems to have more high-density/multifamily development than DFW overall. This is kind of trivial, but I've noticed that there are far more townhomes/condos in Atlanta all the way into the suburbs moreso than DFW (and even Houston). It seems like the starter home is more popular in the Texas metros.
Umm... I'm not quite sure that's a true statement. The Central Expressway and Dallas North Tollway corridors are very heavily developed way up into the burbs. Highrise condos and apartments are going up in Plano and Frisco these days.
Intown Atlanta has a lot more single family homes and lower density acreage than Central Dallas or within the loop in Houston. There's entire neighborhoods full of single family homes right in Midtown Atlanta even. Outside the main areas of Atlanta even within the perimeter you have a lot of rural looking areas that are heavily wooded with winding two lane roads with no sidewalks and single family homes are set far back off of the road. You just don't really see that in Dallas or Houston. The overall population density is a bit less too. Certain areas of Midtown have good density, but I wouldn't say that's the norm. Even the burbs in DFW have higher density in population and office/retail development as is the case in Houston as well.
Understand, I'm not arguing which is "more country" but which has played on its country flavor the best, or which has integrated more elements of the country/rural areas into its identity which is the topic of the thread. I think culturally, you get a good fusion of urban and rural Texas in the Metroplex and that's probably because Texas overall has a distinct cultural flair whereas Georgia just has more of a general Southern flair so there's nothing really distinct to embrace that would lend itself to a more recognizable identity.
Nashville is definitely the most "country" of the three.
Atlanta is the most "Deep South" even with it becoming more diverse over the years. The burbs along I-20 and to the South do have more of a "country" feel.
Dallas is the least Southern and country of the 3 listed and it's also the biggest and most diverse. When you get this far West, things just start to blend more culturally. Dallas also considers itself to be the Southwest, so that adds a different cultural layer as well. Tourists in Dallas may see things like the bar in Uptown called "Concrete Cowboy" and think it's a country bar, but that term is actually related to white collar sales persons who travel for work. Dallas is also probably the least "Texas" feeling big city in the state as well. In this area, Fort Worth would be the most country or "western" culture city around.
I guess no matter how we look at these Southern Gems, All 3 are Booming Southern Sunbelt Metros of Today and are unique enough in their own way to get big Companies like Amazon's Attention
Dallas fully embraces cowboy culture and in that way, it ranks above Atlanta.
Exactly this. Dallas might be outranked by Fort Worth in this regard in the state, maybe even by San Antonio and Houston as well. But all Texans and even transplants get into the cowboy thing here in Texas. It just isn't done in Atlanta. Not at all. Despite Burt Reynolds' best efforts in the 70s with all his locally made movies and country flavor.
Exactly this. Dallas might be outranked by Fort Worth in this regard in the state, maybe even by San Antonio and Houston as well. But all Texans and even transplants get into the cowboy thing here in Texas. It just isn't done in Atlanta. Not at all. Despite Burt Reynolds' best efforts in the 70s with all his locally made movies and country flavor.
Yeah, I mean Dallas is still part of (or on the edge of) the great plains and is more Western, both culturally and of course geographically than the other two.
Exactly this. Dallas might be outranked by Fort Worth in this regard in the state, maybe even by San Antonio and Houston as well. But all Texans and even transplants get into the cowboy thing here in Texas. It just isn't done in Atlanta. Not at all. Despite Burt Reynolds' best efforts in the 70s with all his locally made movies and country flavor.
Yep, Burt Reynolds, (John Schneider, Catherine Bach, and Tom Wopat ) all played up Country in Atlanta with Smokey and the Bandit and the Dukes of Hazzard back the 70's and early 80's... Then Burt Reynolds brought that city flavor of Atlanta out as a Vice cop in Sharkey Machine...
South Dallas, IMO, is very country. I was very surprised to find that out when I moved to Dallas for work. Atlanta is more urban than Dallas because of its compactness. But it too has a counrty flavor to it. But as others said it is mostly at the fringes. I think Nashville wins this one easily.
Doesn't Dallas slightly have a higher density not only in the city but in the metro area? Unless you and him means compact in a different way in totality.
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