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Right. Dallas seems to be more grouped with the "Plains/Central" cities. I'm pretty sure there is a strong Dallas-OKC relationship for example. What are the ties/relationships between Dallas and KC or STL? There is a strong Dallas/Little Rock relationship, isn't there?
I've almost always associated Houston with the Gulf Coast grouping of cities, but isn't Houston closer to SA and Austin than Dallas is as well?
Dallas seems to provide the more "stereotypical/quintessentially "Texan"" imagery than Houston, which doesn't really provide the "stereotypically" Texan imagery in the same sense.
Whenever people talk about what stereotypical Texas is like, I always think Houston is the complete opposite of that. Dry, dusty, desert...I'm wondering have some people ever seen Houston!
Whenever people talk about what stereotypical Texas is like, I always think Houston is the complete opposite of that. Dry, dusty, desert...I'm wondering have some people ever seen Houston!
Exactly. Houston has bayous for chrissakes. It's as if people think that Texas automatically becomes a desert as soon as you cross over the Sabine river from Louisiana, LOL.
Or people who seem to think that Dallas is the desert. It may feel as hot as one in the summertime, but desert it is not.
Exactly. Houston has bayous for chrissakes. It's as if people think that Texas automatically becomes a desert as soon as you cross over the Sabine river from Louisiana, LOL.
Or people who seem to think that Dallas is the desert. It may feel as hot as one in the summertime, but desert it is not.
Dallas isn't the desert, but it is kind of dry compared to areas further east. In 2001, I went to Dallas,TX from Atlanta for a week. It was July. The temperature was around 101 degrees F. The heat was drier, so for me, 101 F was more bearable in Dallas than 85 F was in Atlanta. For me, Dallas felt more like a desert.
Dallas isn't the desert, but it is kind of dry compared to areas further east. In 2001, I went to Dallas,TX from Atlanta for a week. It was July. The temperature was around 101 degrees F. The heat was drier, so for me, 101 F was more bearable in Dallas than 85 F was in Atlanta. For me, Dallas felt more like a desert.
Nevertheless, it's still not in the desert. Dallas sits on the prairie. It is pretty dry compared to Atlanta or Houston though. The humidity in Atlanta isn't as bad to me as it is in Houston or in Florida (where I used to live). YMMV
I remember passing through Phoenix years ago at 10 in the morning and the temps were hovering in the low 100's already. I was laying down in the back of an SUV and didn't have any shoes on and almost made the mistake of putting my bare feet on the concrete when we made a stop
Dallas isn't the desert, but it is kind of dry compared to areas further east. In 2001, I went to Dallas,TX from Atlanta for a week. It was July. The temperature was around 101 degrees F. The heat was drier, so for me, 101 F was more bearable in Dallas than 85 F was in Atlanta. For me, Dallas felt more like a desert.
Geographically Dallas/Ft Worth is located just east of the dry more desert type areas of Texas.
So in the summer the weather patterns come from those parts and lead to the desert type weather.
Im from New Mexico and I think Dallas is more well known, I hear of it more locally in my home town plus I think its more well known because of the tv show and the Dallas Cowboys, I think Dallas just represents what TX is.
Dallas isn't the desert, but it is kind of dry compared to areas further east. In 2001, I went to Dallas,TX from Atlanta for a week. It was July. The temperature was around 101 degrees F. The heat was drier, so for me, 101 F was more bearable in Dallas than 85 F was in Atlanta. For me, Dallas felt more like a desert.
To me Dallas is alot hotter than ATL, I think Dallas heat has got to be some of the worst I have felt.
What city in Texas do you think people think of when they think of Texas? Why do you think so?
San Antonio.
When thinking of "Texas" a couple of things usually pop into people's minds.
-The Alamo
-Lots of empty land
-Scrub brush, few trees
-Dusty and hot
- Hill country
- Everything is bigger
-Tex-Mex food
-Significant mexican-american population
-Country music
I'd say San Antonio fits stereotypical Texas more so than DFW, Houston or Austin do.
Now if that was rephrased "first city in Texas to come to mind", it would probably be Dallas.
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