Dallas vs. Fort Worth ( ..... ya'll knew this would come one day.... ) (people, cons) - City vs. City - Page 5 - City-Data Forum

JJG · 07-23-2009, 03:36 PM

Great pics.....

Sorry, but that first picutre of Fort Worth was the best I could find.
I have some of my own, but they're worse than that one.....

Although, you could look at it as the two cities being as different as "night and day".

And in transportation, Dallas has Fort Worth beat since they already have a fully established rail system, and Fort Worth wont even start on our streetcar system until 2012.... at least.
But it will get better for both cities since there are talks and plans of a regional rail system as we speak.

Fort Worth Streetcar (http://fortworthology.com/lightrail/ - broken link)

Fort Worth "se 2 ne"

Citislicker · 07-23-2009, 08:27 PM

They don't compare guys! You can have discussion comparing Dallas with Houston/Atlanta, and Fort Worth with San Antonio or OK City, you know.

JJG · 07-23-2009, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Citislicker

They don't compare guys! You can have discussion comparing Dallas with Houston/Atlanta, and Fort Worth with San Antonio or OK City, you know.

Well lets see......

Number of City vs. City threads with Fort Worth included: one (by me)

Number of City vs. City threads with Dallas and just about any other city in America without Fort Worth: start countin'....

And you can have a discusion about two different cities that are only 30 miles appart.
I mean, why not?

westhou · 07-23-2009, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Citislicker

They don't compare guys! You can have discussion comparing Dallas with Houston/Atlanta, and Fort Worth with San Antonio or OK City, you know.

The poll is very close. I'd say it's a good comparison.

Exult.Q36 · 07-24-2009, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by westhou

The poll is very close. I'd say it's a good comparison.

And I would agree. This is probably the least bias thread I have seen on city-data. Just because a city is more well known or bigger does not necessarily make it a better city to live in. Since 2000 the majority of the growth that has taken place in DFW metro area has taken place on Fort Worth side of the metro area. This has widely been ignored by the nation. Fort Worth is one of the nation fastest growing American big city and was named one of the most livable cities in America. New residents that have decided to make DFW home have prefered For Worth over Dallas. This is a fact and stats back it up. This metro is not called Dallas area its called Dallas-Fort Worth for a reason. As Fort Worth continues to grow respect will come and more attention and notarity will follow.

hypocore · 07-24-2009, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Kibby

Funny how these Dallas vs Fort Worth comparisons usually get written up

True...you started the comparisons.....I just noticed it needed a little tweaking.

blkgiraffe · 07-24-2009, 02:31 PM

I gotta go with FW! I like them both the same, but Fort Worth feels more smaller and centralized.

Mikle · 07-24-2009, 06:15 PM

Dallas, of course! We need a Dallasite to post some pics of Uptown, Downtown, the Arts District, etc.

coldwine · 07-24-2009, 06:17 PM

Is there any actual difference between the two? I'd vote but it seems more like only the people in Texas can distinguish between them.

Synopsis · 07-24-2009, 07:24 PM

My vote goes to FW for simple living. It's a great place. Dallas has a far prettier skyline, but FW is one of the best cities in the US.