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Old 11-04-2009, 11:13 PM
 
Location: Savannah, GA
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There is stuff to do here, obviously, since there are 5 million+ people here, but not nearly enough for a city of it's size... I say ATLANTA.
A close second would be Buffalo. ...Can we still consider Buffalo a large city?

 
Old 11-05-2009, 07:52 AM
 
Location: At your mama's house
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Dallas IS boring. You can only go shopping and eating out so many times. The closest beach is Galveston, where I wouldn't send my worst enemy to (but the town itself is lovely). No mountains nearby and it's usually too hot to do any outdoorsy activities. The club scene is tired. It's nice to see that they're finally bringing museums and culture to the city with the Arts District. It's sad that the 8th largest city in the country didn't have the quality of museums that nearby Ft. Worth has.

At least the cost of living is cheap and there is a busy airport, so you can save a lot of money and fly to more interesting, exciting destinations.
 
Old 11-05-2009, 11:16 AM
 
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Dallas IS boring. You can only go shopping and eating out so many times. The closest beach is Galveston, where I wouldn't send my worst enemy to (but the town itself is lovely). No mountains nearby and it's usually too hot to do any outdoorsy activities. The club scene is tired. It's nice to see that they're finally bringing museums and culture to the city with the Arts District. It's sad that the 8th largest city in the country didn't have the quality of museums that nearby Ft. Worth has.

At least the cost of living is cheap and there is a busy airport, so you can save a lot of money and fly to more interesting, exciting destinations.
You just listed things to do. I think everything that you just said, hurt the point you were trying to get across, more then it helped.The average person is fine with all that stuff, SOME people just prefer more then others. What you just described is basically EVERY city(as crazy as it may sound).
 
Old 11-05-2009, 05:03 PM
 
Location: Somewhere in the universe
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Dallas IS boring. You can only go shopping and eating out so many times. The closest beach is Galveston, where I wouldn't send my worst enemy to (but the town itself is lovely). No mountains nearby and it's usually too hot to do any outdoorsy activities. The club scene is tired. It's nice to see that they're finally bringing museums and culture to the city with the Arts District. It's sad that the 8th largest city in the country didn't have the quality of museums that nearby Ft. Worth has.

At least the cost of living is cheap and there is a busy airport, so you can save a lot of money and fly to more interesting, exciting destinations.
I don't think Dallas is that close to any beach unless you were joking.
 
Old 11-05-2009, 06:02 PM
 
Location: At your mama's house
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I don't think Dallas is that close to any beach unless you were joking.
That's exactly my point. Dallas isn't that close to the ocean, and the nearest beach within driving distance is Galveston, and that is a good 5-6 hours away.
 
Old 11-05-2009, 06:05 PM
 
Location: At your mama's house
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You just listed things to do. I think everything that you just said, hurt the point you were trying to get across, more then it helped.The average person is fine with all that stuff, SOME people just prefer more then others. What you just described is basically EVERY city(as crazy as it may sound).
So you're confirming my point that Dallas is average and offers very little in terms of recreation and culture for such a large metropolitan area. Thanks!
 
Old 11-05-2009, 07:38 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Dallas IS boring. You can only go shopping and eating out so many times. The closest beach is Galveston, where I wouldn't send my worst enemy to (but the town itself is lovely). No mountains nearby and it's usually too hot to do any outdoorsy activities. The club scene is tired. It's nice to see that they're finally bringing museums and culture to the city with the Arts District. It's sad that the 8th largest city in the country didn't have the quality of museums that nearby Ft. Worth has.

At least the cost of living is cheap and there is a busy airport, so you can save a lot of money and fly to more interesting, exciting destinations.
Koodos to Dallas for the additions to the art District. They're just getting started BTW. By 2015, they're going to have one of the best art districts in the country.

I think most people, including me, where thinking of the whole city instead of just Dallas. I agree Fort Worth is much more appealing and unique than Dallas for the moment. Although I don't necessarily agree that Dallas is really boring, I see your point. Dallas doesn't have a beaches, mountains, is pretty brown during the winter, and is relatively flat for the most part. Considering the size of the city, they really need use some more creativity to make its "interestingness" appropriate for its size because North Texas geography and topography isn't going to help. I've always thought Dallas should try and build a tourist industry around its lakes. They have some beautiful lake areas that seem to have a lot of potential on many different levels.

But things are changing in the DFW very quickly. A ton of great projects are in the work and the area is growing like crazy. It really is turning one of the coolest metros in the country.
 
Old 11-05-2009, 11:18 PM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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So you're confirming my point that Dallas is average and offers very little in terms of recreation and culture for such a large metropolitan area. Thanks!
Youre dead wrong about the club scene. The clubs here are some of the best Ive ever been to. Not to mention they have clubbing districts for just about every taste.

Outdoors wise, DFW doest offer as much as I wish it did.
 
Old 11-05-2009, 11:21 PM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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Koodos to Dallas for the additions to the art District. They're just getting started BTW. By 2015, they're going to have one of the best art districts in the country.

I think most people, including me, where thinking of the whole city instead of just Dallas. I agree Fort Worth is much more appealing and unique than Dallas for the moment. Although I don't necessarily agree that Dallas is really boring, I see your point. Dallas doesn't have a beaches, mountains, is pretty brown during the winter, and is relatively flat for the most part. Considering the size of the city, they really need use some more creativity to make its "interestingness" appropriate for its size because North Texas geography and topography isn't going to help. I've always thought Dallas should try and build a tourist industry around its lakes. They have some beautiful lake areas that seem to have a lot of potential on many different levels.

But things are changing in the DFW very quickly. A ton of great projects are in the work and the area is growing like crazy. It really is turning one of the coolest metros in the country.
People fail to realize that DFW is changing faster than just about any other metro area in the US. Atlanta is the only other one I would put in the same boat, but now that DFW is growing faster, its also changing faster. Dallas isnt the same city it was when I used to come here 10 years ago. Its far different. Niether is Fort Worth.

The nice thing is that DFW is changing for the better. Its getting more culutre, more international, and more progressive by the truckload.
 
Old 11-05-2009, 11:41 PM
 
Location: Houston
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People fail to realize that DFW is changing faster than just about any other metro area in the US. Atlanta is the only other one I would put in the same boat, but now that DFW is growing faster, its also changing faster. Dallas isnt the same city it was when I used to come here 10 years ago. Its far different. Niether is Fort Worth.

The nice thing is that DFW is changing for the better. Its getting more culutre, more international, and more progressive by the truckload.
I think you could put Houston up there too. Really Houston is changing just as much as Dallas. It's strange how the two metros play off each other. Houston builds an internationally renowned museum and theater district so Dallas has to do the same. Dallas builds a huge light rail system and spends a great deal of focus on creating a quality transportation system, so Houston does as well. DFW Airport evolves into one of the busiest airports in the world, so Houston decides to almost double the size of IAH (or at least it supposed double in size with in the next ten years). Hell, while Dallas and Fort Worth a have a development and park projects along the Trinity River in the works, Houston has something very similar planned for the Buffalo Bayou. I think one of the main aspects that drive the growth of Houston and Dallas is the fact that they are always trying to "one-up" each other to become the dominate and most recognizable city in Texas. IMO this competitiveness is what has made the cities what they are today.

Anyway, to get back on topic, if Houston or Dallas are the most boring big cities in the country (which they're not), it wont be that way for long.
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