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Let me start by saying although I live in Dallas I LOVE LA and go every year, but I actually do prefer Dallas' skyline. It's architecture is very unique and at night the light show is spectacular. Whenever I am in LA I rarely see the skyline because it is small I'm comparison to the massive region. Dallas' is more of a centerpiece to the city and can be seen from so far away (I guess due to our lack of scenary). The mountains in LA are beautiful, but I still think the skyline is one of the few departments that Dallas slightly edges out LA.
This doesn't mean LA isn't one of the most spectacular cities in the nation, but because the area is so spread out there are multiple skylines so their main one is relatively small, especially for such a massive metro area
The mountains, the palm trees, & even its night time skyline is colorful though Dallas does bling a bit more at night.
Dallas' night time skyline is like the Vegas Strip of the South. Some call it tacky or gaudy, but I like it & think it fits Dallas personality perfectly.
Sunbelt cities like Dallas and Houston, or Atlanta have always been sort of like the obnoxious, rude, tactless student in kindergarten or first grade, who begs to be seen, raises their hands flailing his arms, yelling, "pick me! pick me!" "i know!", "i know!", "look at me! look at me!" the one who always brags about what new toys they have, the "biggest" in everything, and shouting out "look at me!", "dont you see me?!"
There's not much in terms of history, charm or culture, so they have to bring attention to themselves in other ways. They're the 30K Millionaire Early-20-somethings with Ed Hardy Shirts of cities
Well this made me laugh (at you, not with you). And the part that made me chuckle the most was the "obnoxious kindergarten student" with the constant need for attention... because that is exactly how you come off in your comment here, Oatmeal.
I can't speak to charm since that is always open to interpretation, but your claim that none of those cities have much culture or history is plain ignorant. Relative to Los Angeles, all 3 of those cities have almost the same amount of history. Just because it doesn't involve the motion picture industry doesn't make it any less significant. And culture? Well, considering L.A. is more than twice as big as any of those cities you mentioned then that's really not a fair comparison. I would be willing to bet that when L.A. metro was only around 6 million people it probably had the same levels of culture that those cities have today. Oh and one other thing.... L.A. is also a "sunbelt" city.
With that said, I prefer L.A.'s skyline to Dallas, though not by some huge margin. L.A. has been a big city much longer than Dallas has, and therefore has had many more years to build up it's skyline. However, Fountain Place in Dallas beats anything in L.A. It's one of my favorite tall buildings in America. L.A. wins for having the taller building, but height isn't everything. For a super-tall, I find BofA to be pretty boring to look at. What makes L.A.'s skyline superior is it's small to mid-size buildings and street-level density. The mountains in the background are pretty and all, but to me they don't count as "skyline". If mountains are a factor then Leavenworth, Washington kicks everybody's butt.
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The mountains, the palm trees, & even its night time skyline is colorful though Dallas does bling a bit more at night.
Dallas' night time skyline is like the Vegas Strip of the South. Some call it tacky or gaudy, but I like it & think it fits Dallas personality perfectly.
I'd say so.
L.A.'s skyilne isn't THAT much more spectacular than Dallas.
Sure they have the mountains, but the buildings themselves...? I'm not saying L.A. doesn't have a great skyline, but I think it's just a bit overrated according to some.
The mountains, the palm trees, & even its night time skyline is colorful though Dallas does bling a bit more at night.
Dallas' night time skyline is like the Vegas Strip of the South. Some call it tacky or gaudy, but I like it & think it fits Dallas personality perfectly.
There's nothing sepcial about LA's Skyline. LA is the 2nd largest city in the USA and places like Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and Miami have better skylines.
There's nothing sepcial about LA's Skyline. LA is the 2nd largest city in the USA and places like Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and Miami have better skylines.
LA's skyline has mountains & palm trees as natural features.
Dallas has a small river which looks more like a creek that's it.
You know those palm trees were planted right. I can show you proof. LA has a small river too. Have you ever heard of the LA River?
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