Is Dallas southern or midwestern?

[onlee]

I would say more southern than Midwest, though with its own independent mindset as well. They say that FTW is the gateway to the west, and I do feel a bit more eastern flavor to Dallas. I feel some kinship with the SE, but have spent surprisingly minimal time down there. Certainly agree with what another said about OK, Missouri being more southern as well, and I would doubt KS, though I haven't spent an time their to speak of.

[NoClueWho]

Originally Posted by widespreadfan

I would say Dallas fits Texan culture.

Does Dallas really still fit Texan culture much anymore, though? And if so, for how much longer?

These days, feels like half/most of the people who live in Dallas and many places surrounding Dallas aren't even FROM Texas. ESPECIALLY if you don't lump Fort Worth in with Dallas.

Fort Worth is still a very Texas culture-heavy city but Dallas hasn't felt very "Texas" in a while to me.

Originally Posted by widespreadfan

If I had to choose, I would say Texan culture more mirrors Southern culture, much more so than Midwestern culture.

This I definitely agree with.

[rabbit33]

No way is Dallas "midwestern".

Go up to the midwest and stay a while and you'll be screaming to leave and come back to Dallas where people have manners, don't talk through their noses, and have some class.

Dallas is somewhat "southern" in the sense that there's a Southeastern influence here just as in all of Texas. But not in the sense of Mobile or Jackson Miss.

What Dallas is, is a large sophisticated city in Texas, with all that entails.

[Johnhw222]

The region names may have been useful when travel and moving was harder to do and done to a lesser degree. Today they generate more confusion than add clarity. I say call it uniquely Texas and you less likely to be spreading more confusion. If there is.a common sense reason this question was asked, drill down a little to find why they really want or need to know about Dallas so you can provide real help.

[Mister Torgue]

Originally Posted by FreeVilley

Southwestern

^ Winner. Born and raised in DFW so I speak with intimate knowledge. There is exactly ZERO midwestern or southeastern influence here.

[bgNCATL]

I’m from the Southeast born and raised. I’ve been living in Metro Dallas for 11 years now. It’s definitely not southeastern down here but you can see some influences of it here and there. It’s not really southwestern fully either. I’m specifically talking about the Dallas area. West Texas is definitely southwestern, but not east Texas. Dallas is right in the middle. It’s a bit more on the green belt side which makes it feel a bit different. It really is a mixture of southwestern and southeastern from a visual and cultural standpoint.

[yrs2009]

Southwestern, not southern or Midwestern. East of DFW starts getting more south like, west of DFW is more western.