LACK OF DFW PRESENCE ON THE NATIONAL THREAD (City vs. City) (Houston: home, school districts)

[kdogg817]

I have notice a trend that DFW residents do not post on the national thread (City vs. City). I have found so many posters making false claims and perceptions about the 4th largest Metro area in the country. To have a population of over 6.5 million residents we are vastly underrepresented on the national thread.

Its important that our presents be known!!!!

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by kdogg817

I have notice a trend that DFW residents do not post on the national thread (City vs. City). I have found so many posters making false claims and perceptions about the 4th largest Metro area in the country. To have a population of over 6.5 million residents we are vastly underrepresented on the national thread.

Its important that our presents be known!!!!

Do they mock our school districts, saying that teachers don't spend enough time on English grammar and spelling?

I believe you are requesting more PRESENCE on the national boards, not presents. Though I'm sure most people always appreciate a gift

[BigDGeek]

I am fine with people not wanting to move here, that means fewer cars on the road anyway!

[kdogg817]

Originally Posted by TurtleCreek80

Do they mock our school districts, saying that teachers don't spend enough time on English grammar and spelling?

I believe you are requesting more PRESENCE on the national boards, not presents. Though I'm sure most people always appreciate a gift

Thanks for catching my bad grammar. I am not sure what I thinking when I post presents and instead of presence. It is a little embarrassing but it happens to everyone. I will be a little more careful the next time I post something.

[TXNGL]

Originally Posted by kdogg817

I have notice a trend that DFW residents do not post on the national thread (City vs. City). I have found so many posters making false claims and perceptions about the 4th largest Metro area in the country. To have a population of over 6.5 million residents we are vastly underrepresented on the national thread.

Its important that our presents be known!!!!

We have people making weirdly false claims right here! I've just about given up on responding to the stuff. Yes, Dallas has the snobbiest people in Texas, much more snobby than Houstonites. We're all rigid, right wing, racist conservatives who will chase your a$$ down if you don't go to church. We have no trees. Zilch.

[aceplace]

I'll try posting with an observation. Dallas and places like it can be vulnerable to gross distortions (such as no trees, etc.) because the national media boycotts images of Dallas and other cities south of the 39th parallel. The network shows are usually set in places like Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit, etc., when they're not in a generic LA. If Dallas is ever presented at all, it is never seen as a "normal" metro area with more or less normal people, but as a gross exaggeration of every possible stereotype.

How many people in the USA are aware of the actual population size of DFW, or its economic and social role in North America?

[TXboomerang]

Originally Posted by aceplace

I'll try posting with an observation. Dallas and places like it can be vulnerable to gross distortions (such as no trees, etc.) because the national media boycotts images of Dallas and other cities south of the 39th parallel. The network shows are usually set in places like Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit, etc., when they're not in a generic LA. If Dallas is ever presented at all, it is never seen as a "normal" metro area with more or less normal people, but as a gross exaggeration of every possible stereotype.

How many people in the USA are aware of the actual population size of DFW, or its economic and social role in North America?

Good points.

Its funny when I lived in Tennessee how many people there thought that Dallas was almost a desert and had no trees. Oh, and its flat, no hills at all! Lol, I realize it is flat in comparison to Knoxville, but there are some nice, hilly areas in and around the metroplex. And trees everywhere.

[dweej]

When I was going to high-school in Dallas (literally in Dallas, not even in a suburb), old friends of mine in North Carolina would ask me how many people rode horses to school....and they were absolutely serious! I couldn't believe it.

[TXNGL]

Originally Posted by dweej

When I was going to high-school in Dallas (literally in Dallas, not even in a suburb), old friends of mine in North Carolina would ask me how many people rode horses to school....and they were absolutely serious! I couldn't believe it.

Same with my Chicago relatives.

[momof2dfw]

I used to post over on the National threads but it got old and FAST! It is the same old crap and bs that is constantly being hashed about. If they want to show their true ignorance then I say let them. We all know better and know that Dallas, DFW and Texas are NOTHING like what many of these people that constantly knock it and put it and its people down think.

If they can't take the time to find out on their own or even use Google Earth to see that Texas and Dallas is not "flat" totally "treeless" and a vast desert........ let them stay ignorant.

Originally Posted by TXNGL

We have people making weirdly false claims right here! I've just about given up on responding to the stuff. Yes, Dallas has the snobbiest people in Texas, much more snobby than Houstonites. We're all rigid, right wing, racist conservatives who will chase your a$$ down if you don't go to church. We have no trees. Zilch.

LOL!!

Originally Posted by dweej

When I was going to high-school in Dallas (literally in Dallas, not even in a suburb), old friends of mine in North Carolina would ask me how many people rode horses to school....and they were absolutely serious! I couldn't believe it.

I know, I know. They think we are worse off than some Third World country w/ no running water, paved streets or what have you. Little do they realize that we are home to Neiman Marcus and many lovely fashion designers and a shopping mecca. I just let them keep on being that ignorant. After all, we are the ones traveling to all of these other places and experiencing it firsthand while they stay in their little bubble thinking anything south of a certain point is hicksville and without modern conviences and education.