5 Reasons to live/move to Dallas (Houston, San Antonio: spring break, theater, school)

[planohockey]

Originally Posted by Cupcake77

I agree with all of those except number 1. icy cold winters??

I have never worn a jacket since I lived here in Dallas, I have tired to wear a wool sweater on the coldest winter days and ended up sweating. Dallas has very mild winters. Once every 2 years there is an ice storm. big woop. lasts a day or 2 at most.

It's all relative. Compare to Canada it's mild, compare to Southern California it's cold.

I am from Canada so I agreed with you. Winter is not a problem. Hot summer is worse.

[GABMER]

Great commnents I really appreciate all your input, its great to know what Dallas residents think about the city

[Cupcake77]

I posted this same question in the colorado fourm. % reasons to live in colorado. I wanted to see the difference in replies by both Texas and Colorado. What I found interesting.. Dallas was just about cheap housing and work, Colorado was about beauty and comfort.

I would go back to colorado but the job market the way it is makes it very difficult. Just have to make the best of it where ever I am at the moment.

here was their replies

1. We have some of the best mountains in the world.
2. We have nice a variety of cities and life styles on the Front range from Pueblo to Fort Collins in only 150 miles distance then nice mountain towns just a hour or two drive west from any city along the front range.
3. Great summers that are not to hot and humid.
4 Great winters that are not to cold and again not humid.
5. In the middle of the country so its a easy flight to any major city.
6. Bonus one. Pueblo is in Colorado, what state can say that! LOL just joking you all.

1) Not as hot in the summer
2) Not humid
3) Summers aren't as long
4) Not humid
5) Winter sports within driving distance

[artsyguy]

-Dallas might not have super high ranking universities featured on some BS Newsweek article but they are equally as good or better than the vastly overrated UT At Austin. Austin is way behind the times in my opinion. The further south you go, the more traditional, stupid, and behind the times it gets.

-Every major concert or tour comes to Dallas.

-Somebody else mentioned the art scene. It happens to be pretty big for a Texas city. It's growing from what I've heard.

-Cedar Hill State Park and White Rock Lake are areas that people love to hang out at.

-Religious conservatives are everywhere; however, organized religion is becoming less and less important. Religion is still a good reason to leave Texas. People justify their rudeness and nastiness with "It's because Jesus said this. And the scriptures say that". ughhhhhhh.

-Despite the irritating religious conservatives there are liberal communities in Dallas. Deep Ellum is host to the arts and Gothic scene. Cedar Springs and Oaklawn is host to the large gay scene. Although for some reason gay people in Dallas are religious which makes me laugh. I find that perturbing and weird. lol Only in Texas!!

- Although Texas is no place for a liberal or a non-religious person. Dallas seems to be one of the best cities in Texas. Your only other option is Houston. Don't even try Austin that city is backward and behind the times like the philistine village it is.

[4eversearching]

Interesting about Colorado. I had wanted to move there, actually, but Dallas offered more opportunities for school and (hopefully) jobs while going to school. Colorado sounds a bit tough to break into right now, while Dallas seems like there is a lot of opportunity at the moment.

[Cupcake77]

Originally Posted by 4eversearching

Interesting about Colorado. I had wanted to move there, actually, but Dallas offered more opportunities for school and (hopefully) jobs while going to school. Colorado sounds a bit tough to break into right now, while Dallas seems like there is a lot of opportunity at the moment.

That is true, Dallas there are more jobs and the cost of living is a lot cheaper. I would not be here by choice if it was like that back in Colorado. I bet a lot of transplants would not be here by choice. I think Texas, you have to be a native to like it here.

But the replies from the people in dallas and the people in colorado I thought was funny. two different views of what's nice about where they live.

[Peter B]

That's pretty funny. Dallas, "real winter"?? An average high of 56F for January does not constitute real winter, relative to anything One or two days of ice or snow during 3 or 4 months does not constitute "real winter".

Originally Posted by azriverfan.

I've been there when it's snowed in Dallas. Usually it doesn't get cold enough to make snow and thus ice or hail will result. The roads can get icy in the winter in Dallas for sure. I've had several flights delayed at DFW because they had to address the ice on the runways. It's not consistent by any means and yes there nice days during your winter but you will have cold days too. Everything is relative. Relative to Boston, Chicago Milwaukee, you have a mild winter, relative to Houston, Phoenix, LA, Miami, Las Vegas and San Diego, you have a real winter.

[aceplace]

Doesen't it seem bizzare to compare a city to an entire state. For a realistic comparison, you should compare Colorado to Texas... or compare Dallas to Denver.

The problem with generalizing about Colorado is that half of the state is a flat, semiarid plain, similar to the Texas Panhandle. Plus, nobody lives all over Colorado... they live in a particular part of the state, and that part must stand on its own.

People who want to live in wild, mountainous country have very different goals and life expectations than people who like to live in huge megacities such as DFW. It's unrealistic to compare the two...

[aceplace]

A metro of 6 million people is able to offer a much vaster scale and extent of cultural entertainment that a smaller metro. Here's a partial list of DFW theatre companies, professional, semiprofessional and amateur.

This is definitely one reason to live in DFW rather than some second or third echelon metro.

ACT I Productions
African-American Repertory Theater
AmeriStage Players
Amphibian Productions
Anagram Productions
Artisan Center Theater
Audacity Theatre Lab
Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Blacken Blues Theater
Box Theatre
Cara Mia Theatre Company
Casa Manana
Cautionary Tale Theater
Circle Theatre
Collin Theatre Center
Contemporary Theatre of Dallas
Core Performance Manufactory
Cornerstone Theatre
Creative Arts Theatre & School
CrimeScene Company
Dallas Children's Theater
Dallas Summer Musicals
Dallas Theater Center
Echo Theatre
Ennis Public Theatre
Enter Stage Left
Family Music Theatre
Fight Boy Theatre
Firestarter Productions
Flower Mound Performing Arts Theatre
Fort Worth Theatre
Frisco Area Children’s Theater
Frisco Community Theatre
Garland Civic Theatre
Garland Summer Musicals
Greater Lewisville Community Theatre
Hip Pocket Theatre
ICT MainStage
Inevitable Theatre Company
Jubilee Theatre
Junior Players
Kitchen Dog Theater
Level Ground Arts
Lyric Stage
Martice Enterprises
McKinney Repertory Theatre
McKinney Summer Musicals
McKinney Youth Theatre
Mesquite Community Theatre
Momentum Productions
Music Theatre of Denton
ONSTAGE in Bedford
Pantagleize Theatre Company
Pegasus Theatre
Plano Community Theatre
Plaza Theatre Company
Pocket Sandwich Theatre
Project X
PublicWorks Theatre Company
Repertory Company Theatre
Richardson Theatre Centre
Richland College Theatre Department
Risk Theater Initiative
Rotunda Theatre
Rover Dramawerks
Runway Theatre
SceneShop
Second Thought Theatre
Shakespeare Dallas
Shane-Arts Theatrical Ensemble Rep
Slappy's Puppet Playhouse
SMU Division of Theatre
Stage West
Stars Theater Company
Stolen Shakespeare Guild
Stone Street Theatre
Sundown Collaborative Theatre
TCC Northeast Playhouse
TCC South Drama
TCC Southeast Campus Drama Program
TCC Theatre Northwest
TCU Department of Theatre
Teatro Dallas
Teatro de la Rosa
Teatro delle Muse
TeCo Theatrical Productions
Texas Radio Theatre Company
Texas Wesleyan University Theatre Department
Texas Woman's University Theatre Department
The Actors Conservatory Theatre
Theater Fusion
Theatre Arlington
Theatre Britain
Theatre Brookhaven
Theatre Coppell
Theatre Off the Square
Theatre Quorum
Theatre Three
The Butterfly Connection
The J Players
The San Jacinto Project
UD University Theater
Undermain Theatre
UNT Dance & Theatre Department
Upstart Productions
Uptown Players
UTA Department of Theatre Arts
UTD Theatre Production Ensemble
VOX
WaterTower Theatre
WingSpan Theatre Company
Word of Mouth Productions

[natpo]

I already heard about the other stuff, but how are the stats regarding white males dating black females?