Is Dallas a "Glamorous" City or not? (Houston: credit, hotel)

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Mister Nifty

Before Dallas became upscale, it used to be one of the places that set the standard. Look at any old encyclopedia of the 50s and 60s and one will see that it had a perception that rated it up there along with Paris and New York City.

Dallas never has & never will be on the same playing field with those 1st tier world gamma cities. Dallas is comparable to cities like Houston & Atlanta. Nothing more nothing less.

You're living a pipe dream man.

[Canine*Castle]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

Well, for whatever reason, Dallas is the city people abroad seem to associate with Texas. Could be because of the show, could be because of the Cowboys, could be whatever.

It just hit me. The football team called the COWBOYS is perhaps why people from other states think Texas is just a cowboy-ridden state. I think they should change the name of the team to rid the country of confusion. Why did they choose that name anyway? No need to respond...I'll look it up online.

[hamiltonpl]

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[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

It feels like a Texas city.

People say Austin is like CA, Houston is like LA, and San Antonio is either Texas or Mexico.

I dont think that is why.

Most of the people who associate Dallas with Texas have never been to Texas (or even the US) at all. Its just the most popular city name of the Texas cities.

Nothing more, nothing less.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Dallas never has & never will be on the same playing field with those 1st tier world gamma cities. Dallas is comparable to cities like Houston & Atlanta. Nothing more nothing less.

You're living a pipe dream man.

I completely agree.

I love Dallas, but Im real about it. Dallas is not Paris, its not New York, its not LA, its Dallas.

Houston, Atlanta, and Philly would be better comparisons.

[TXNGL]

Originally Posted by Canine*Castle

It just hit me. The football team called the COWBOYS is perhaps why people from other states think Texas is just a cowboy-ridden state. I think they should change the name of the team to rid the country of confusion. Why did they choose that name anyway? No need to respond...I'll look it up online.

How about the Dallas Executives?

[Mister Nifty]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Dallas never has & never will be on the same playing field with those 1st tier world gamma cities. Dallas is comparable to cities like Houston & Atlanta. Nothing more nothing less.

You're living a pipe dream man.

I am speaking of matters in regards to fashion. Look, I will agree with you that, in regards to quality of service, the city of Dallas is falling back to the level of Houston because it no longer is setting the scale or standards like it once did while, today, it is thought of as more of a place that is upscale.
I really don't have an opinion about Atlanta.
See, I don't think you get it. You are so certain of yourself that you won't allow yourself to think outside of the box.
What doesn't help is how this forum doesn't allow for contrastings which can lead to heated exchanges from time to time. Everyone is expected to understand everything real time. If someone doesn't immediately understand something that is radical, it is considered an opinion made by a troll. Yet, you can't really compare without allowing for the contrastings.
We learn to do this type of comparing and contrasting in college. There are many things similar in Houston and Dallas which can be compared; likewise, there are many things different between the two cities which can be contrasted. Whether or not they are equal in stature has nothing to do with it.
Also, in college we aren't trained to give our opinion because such is considered inefficient and a weak argument.
Example: Dallas is just better than Houston (no reason to say it is my opinon).
Besides, the city of Dallas is better than Houston.

[Mister Nifty]

Originally Posted by TXNGL

How about the Dallas Executives?

When other southern states were having to dig and claw their way back out of the ruins of the Civil War, Texas was fortunate in that it could turn to gathering together wild beef (longhorns) and moving it north to slaughter houses. Eventually, fencing was invented to cut off the cattle trail and this lead to battles between the ranches and the trail blazers. For some reason, we think of a "cowboy" as someone who works as a ranchhand when, in actuality, that person is a tamed trailhand.

[Mister Nifty]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

I completely agree.

I love Dallas, but Im real about it. Dallas is not Paris, its not New York, its not LA, its Dallas.

Houston, Atlanta, and Philly would be better comparisons.

Yet, Dallas was at one time thought of as similar to cities like New York City and Paris. Go back and look it up in some of those encyclopedias. If you are young, then you will have a difficult time understanding this. Dallas at one time had a garment industry backed by fashion designers. As women's fashion was the crown jewel, men's fashion was the runner up.
This is part of the reason the city of Dallas still has the perception of having some of the most beautiful women in the world. First off, the women in Dallas dressed up better because, well, the city was Dallas after all and it had more resources for them to do so.
The people in Dallas are proud of their city's designation of being more "upscale" than other places. Yet, my argument is that Dallas was once better off as it helped set the standard of what was once considered upscale.
The city no longer does this as it once did. As a result, it is falling back to the level of Houston.

[Metro Matt]

Dallas' fashion, if you wanna call it that stemmed from having Neiman Marcus aka "Needless Markup".

Downtown Houston had the first Foley's department store back in 1900. It was bought out by Macy's a few years back just like the rest of the Foley's stores were. Houston also had Texas' first upscale Galleria.

Dallas IS NOT & WAS NEVER on the level of NYC, Paris, & London when it comes to fashion.