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Old 04-15-2009, 06:15 AM
 
Location: Houston, Texas
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Feud or no feud, the whole region is still doing (comparatively) well. So let's bury the hatchet:

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Old 04-15-2009, 11:07 AM
 
Location: NE Atlanta Metro
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And congrats ! You will have the honor of having the first Super-Bowl ever in
North Texas !
How is that, Ft Worth is going to annex Arlington by 2011?
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Old 04-15-2009, 11:31 AM
 
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How is that, Ft Worth is going to annex Arlington by 2011?
She was implying Arlington is extended Fort Worth and it is extended Fort Worth I really don't care what the MSA say and all that crap. Dallas just wants to claim Arlington as a suburb. Dallas suburbs are Grandpraire, Irvin eastward. I live in Fort Worth and I am literally 5 minutes away from the new stadium. Dallas even try to claim Hurst, Euless, and Beford now. Next it will Crowley, Benbrook, Whatuga, White Settlement they will be trying to claim. Anything in Tarrant County is basically Fort Worth even if you like it or not.
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Old 04-15-2009, 11:41 AM
 
Location: DFW Texas
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20 or 30 years ago I would have said YES, Arlington is a suburb of both Dallas and Fort Worth......Today, not so much, I think Arlington can hold its own, as can Plano. The unique thing about the DFW area is that it doesnt have just One principle city, It has SEVERAL. That alone makes DFW stand out above anywhere else.
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Old 04-15-2009, 01:18 PM
 
Location: Austin/Houston
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20 or 30 years ago I would have said YES, Arlington is a suburb of both Dallas and Fort Worth......Today, not so much, I think Arlington can hold its own, as can Plano. The unique thing about the DFW area is that it doesnt have just One principle city, It has SEVERAL. That alone makes DFW stand out above anywhere else.
That's why people think that it shouldn't be coined as "Dallas" as being the largest metro area in texas. It's DFW becasue Dallas wouldn't be able to do it by itself. Soon, it should be DFWA (Dallas/Ft.Worth/Arlington)
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Old 04-15-2009, 01:49 PM
 
Location: Knox - Henderson
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That's why people think that it shouldn't be coined as "Dallas" as being the largest metro area in texas. It's DFW becasue Dallas wouldn't be able to do it by itself. Soon, it should be DFWA (Dallas/Ft.Worth/Arlington)
Actually, it already is called the Dallas-Ft.Worth-Arlington MSA. United States metropolitan area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 04-15-2009, 03:31 PM
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Location: Fort Worth
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That's why people think that it shouldn't be coined as "Dallas" as being the largest metro area in texas. It's DFW becasue Dallas wouldn't be able to do it by itself. Soon, it should be DFWA (Dallas/Ft.Worth/Arlington)
Or how about giving it an acronym..... The FWAD Area, maybe?
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Old 04-15-2009, 05:44 PM
 
Location: DFW
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Or how about giving it an acronym..... The FWAD Area, maybe?
I'm sure the term DFW will be around for a while even with Arlington's growth.
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Old 04-15-2009, 05:47 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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20 or 30 years ago I would have said YES, Arlington is a suburb of both Dallas and Fort Worth......Today, not so much, I think Arlington can hold its own, as can Plano. The unique thing about the DFW area is that it doesnt have just One principle city, It has SEVERAL. That alone makes DFW stand out above anywhere else.
Yes locally, I can understand that. Outside of the immediate area, the entire area will still be called Dallas area or Dallas-Fort Worth. Just like the Bay Area is called the San Francisco Bay area and it isn't even the largest city in the metro area. The Tampa Bay area is Tampa and St. Petersburg and St. Petersburg is a pretty large city by itself in another county and is home to the Tampa Bay Rays.

I do however disagree with Arlington standing on it's own. It's a suburb in every sense of the word. It leaches off both Dallas AND Fort Worth and owes it's current status to those two cities.
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Old 04-16-2009, 12:00 AM
 
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Arlington does not even have a downtown area or big business complex. So yes Arlington is very dependent.
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