Is Dallas ugly?

[Cha Ching]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

Hello Cha Ching.

I used to live in Chicago and visited Wisconsin frequently. They have some very pretty places up there.

Im a native of the City of Los Angeles, but am getting ready to move to Dallas in 2 weeks. We visited extensively and haveing spent lots of time in Southeastern Wisconsin, I might be able to offer a few points.

As far as the cities are concerned both have places that are really pretty and those that arent. There are alot of trees and parks in Dallas just as much so as the Chicago area though not as much as Houston or the deep South. The arts are very well represented in the area (especially Fort Worth). The one thing that my wife and I feel in love with about the area is the diversity of culture. Dallas is cosmopolitan and has every possible big city ammenity. Fort Worth is charming and is full of Southwestern culture. You will not find another area where two very different cities reside side by side (Minneapolis/St. Paul might be different, but not as much as Dallas and Fort Worth). Dallas has lots of areas with trees that are beautiful for walking through and exploring. Dallas also has beautiful prarie land. It has alot of things that are beautiful and also that are ugly, but the beautiful is easy to find.

Dallas is much bigger than Milwaukee and more international, though not to the degree of Chicago.
The one thing that I would say that you need to prepare yourself for is the heat. 100 degree heat for days at a time is very very normal in Dallas during the summer. However the winters are very mild.

Sorry, you're responding to the wrong poster. I know both places. Native Texan. Naturalized Cheesehead.

[Cha Ching]

Originally Posted by Baums chamsack

The only thing I hate about Dallas is the weather! There are no seasons here, just 4 grades of summer. Grade 4 is a relentless inferno that scorches the city from July-September non stop. Even at 11pm it's still 95 and humid. No winters here, maybe 2-3 days a year will it drop below freezing but 95% of the days during "winter" it is 60 degrees or warmer. Great weather for a lizard, but not my cup of tea. It rains pretty good here in April, May and June. The rest of the year you're lucky to get a drop.

Other than the weather I love Dallas. There's plenty to do around here. It's not Colorado man, but it's just as beautiful a city as Milwaukee.

That's why I left. MS tends to do that to a person. I figured "if I gotta spend 6 months trapped inside, I'd like for it to be the crappy half!"

There's definitely more to do in Dallas, and it has pretty places. But I am an architecture fiend. It's part of the reason I love Milwaukee so much.

[Lakewooder]

The lambent light of White Rock Lake overlooking Downtown Dallas from the sylvan shore.